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Some video cards don’t support image stretching via the DirectDraw application
programming interface. If you have a video card that doesn’t support image stretching,
do not use the 200% view as this could cause your system to crash. For more
information, refer to the documentation that came with your video card.
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If you’re able to select a video hardware device, but can’t view the output from that
device, you may need to select a different Video Standard. To remedy this, select
Options
>
Video Source Settings
. In the
Video Source Settings Panel
dialog box that
appears, select a video format from the
Video Standard
drop-down list.
Using Video Files
SMART Video Player supports all basic video formats, including any format supported by
Windows Media Player.
To open a video file:
1
From the
File
menu, select
Open
.
or
Press Alt + O.
An
Open
dialog box will appear.
2
Under
Look In,
select the directory that contains your file.
3
Select the file type in the
Files of type
drop-down list.
4
Type or select the file name in
File name
.
5
Press the Open button.
The selected video file will begin playing in the SMART Video Player window.
To play and pause a video file:
To play a video file, open the file and it will start playing automatically.
To pause a video, press the Pause button.
To resume playing the video, press the Play button.
Follow these tips when using video files:
1
If you’re using a slower computer system, we recommend that you pause the video
before annotating and clear your annotations before resuming the video as this
requires less system resources.
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Some video cards don’t support image stretching via the DirectDraw application
programming interface. If you have a video card that doesn’t support image stretching,
don’t attempt to use the 200% view as this could cause your system to crash. For more
information, refer to the documentation that came with your video card.
Annotating Over Video
If you want to emphasize a point or add explanatory annotations, pick up a stylus from the
SMART Pen Tray and write on top of a moving or still video image. You can also use the
Pen, Highlighter or Draw Filled Rectangle buttons in the Floating Tools.
You can also set an option that will cause the video file to pause whenever you pick up a
stylus or eraser from the Pen Tray. For more information, see
Defining SMART Video Player
Options
on
page 42.
