Overview

These configuration settings allow you to customize the display when Using or Viewing Pictures in MediaPortal. 

Pictures Settings

In particular you can select several options for slideshow effects and transitions, as well as rotation settings.

These options can also be set from within the MediaPortal interface, see Slideshow Settings.

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