Pictures

Slideshow Transitions

• Use Ken Burns effect  on pictures  - Default off - a type of pan-and-scan effect that slowly zooms in and pans as you view the picture
• Use random transitions between pictures  - Default of - alternates the transition effects randomly
• Use X-fade transition between pictures - Default on - cross fade transition where one picture fades out as the next fades in

Slideshow Settings

• Picture visibility - Default: 3 sec - select how long each picture displays
• Transition - Default: 15 frames - determine how long the effect lasts, such as the fade between pictures
• Ken Burns speed - Default: 15 - select the speed of pan and scan for Ken Burns effect
• Repeat/loop slideshow - Default: on - the slideshow runs continuouly and loops back to the first picture until you exit
• Auto shuffle slideshow - Default: off - displays the images in your slideshow in random order

Rotation Settings  

• Use EXIF metadata to determine the rotation (might interfere with buggy viewers) - Exchangeable image file format (EXIF) is a specification for the image file format used by digital cameras. The specification uses the existing JPEG, TIFF Rev. 6.0, and RIFF WAV file formats, with the addition of specific metadata tags. It is not supported in JPEG 2000, PNG, or GIF
• Use Google Picasa.ini to determine the rotation (if file is available) - if Picasa is installed you can choose to use the Picasa settings for rotation, as configured in the Picasa.ini file.

View Settings

• Create a group for each day in date view (instead of showing the full month)
• Enable playing videos files made with your camera - this option will add  video files stored in your pictures folders if the extension is supported under Video Extensions. (Default=off)
• Play videos in slideshows - this option becomes available if you enable playing video files

Changes in the latest release

The following table shows the changes that affect the user interface in the latest version of MediaPortal (final or test release), either within MediaPortal or in the Configuration tool(s). Select the links to view details of the changes. These changes are incorporated into this wiki page once the final stable version is released.

You may sort the table by any of the columns. Note: the Date column displays the date the UI Rellated Change wiki page was created.

 

Change	Date	Release
Play Videos in Pictures	2012/01/08	alpha
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