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| ==== PIN to unlock all content ==== | ==== PIN to unlock all content ==== | ||
| - | Enter your PIN code that matches the PIN code entered in Mezzmo Windows Options dialog (Content Rating page). This lets you bypass any content rating restrictions that you may have running in your Mezzmo server. | + | Enter your PIN code that matches the PIN code entered in **Mezzmo Windows Options dialog (Content Rating page)**. Entering the matching PIN code lets you bypass any content rating restrictions that you may have running on your Mezzmo server. |
| ==== Photo slideshow duration ==== | ==== Photo slideshow duration ==== | ||
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| ==== Use Internal Video Player ==== | ==== Use Internal Video Player ==== | ||
| - | Select this setting to use Mezzmo's built-in video player when playing videos on your Android device. When not selected, the you will be prompted to choose video player app you have installed on your Android device. | + | Select this setting to use Mezzmo's built-in video player when playing videos on your Android device. When not selected, you will be prompted to choose a video player app you have installed on your Android device (for example, MX Player). |
| - | Tip: We recommend using Mezzmo Android's built-in video player since it provides: | + | **Tip:** We recommend using Mezzmo Android's built-in video player since it provides: |
| * better video format support | * better video format support | ||
| * external subtitles support | * external subtitles support | ||
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| * previous file and next file support | * previous file and next file support | ||
| * audio channel selection | * audio channel selection | ||
| + | * subtitle selection | ||
| + | ==== Use hardware acceleration ==== | ||
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| + | Select this setting to use your Android device's hardware acceleration features (if available) when playing videos using Mezzmo's built-in video player. Using hardware acceleration can provide better playback performance (for example, less stuttering on high bitrate video files). However, if you notice audio sync issues or other playback issues, try turning hardware acceleration off. | ||
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| + | ==== Use audio passthrough ==== | ||
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| + | Select this setting to turn on HDMI audio passthrough. When turned on, the audio channels from your videos will not be converted for playback in Mezzmo's video player and will be kept in their original form. This is useful if you wish to deliver the original audio channels to your home theater's audio receiver for 7.1 or 5.1 sound via HDMI from your Android device. | ||
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| + | ==== Queue all videos in current folder when playing==== | ||
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| + | Select this setting to queue all the videos in the current folder or playlist when you play a video. | ||
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| ==== Resume Action ==== | ==== Resume Action ==== | ||
| - | Choose the way that you want to resume playing videos that you have stopped midway. | + | Choose the way that you want to resume playing videos when you have stopped playing midway. |
| - | * Resume at last position. Automatically resume from where you stopped the video. | + | * **Resume at last position.** Automatically resume from where you stopped the video. |
| - | * Start from beginning. Always start form the beginning of the video. | + | * **Start from beginning.** Always start from the beginning of the video. |
| - | * Prompt. Always prompt you to choose whether to start from the beginning or resume from the last position. | + | * **Prompt.** Always prompt you to choose whether to start from the beginning or resume from the last position. |
| ==== Subtitles ==== | ==== Subtitles ==== | ||
| - | When Mezzmo Android display subtitles using it's built-in video player, you can customize ho to display the subtitles. | + | When Mezzmo Android displays subtitles using it's built-in video player, you can customize how to display the subtitles using the following settings. |
| - | === Select font === | + | === Show subtitles if available === |
| - | Choose the font that you want the subtitles displayed with. | + | Select this setting to automatically display subtitles if present in a video when playing the video. |
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| + | === Text Color === | ||
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| + | Select the text color of the subtitles. | ||
| === Text Color === | === Text Color === | ||
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| Select the background color of the subtitles. | Select the background color of the subtitles. | ||
| - | ==== Font Size ==== | + | === Font Size === |
| Select the font size of the subtitles. | Select the font size of the subtitles. | ||
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| ==== Chromecast Subtitles Settings ==== | ==== Chromecast Subtitles Settings ==== | ||
| - | Select this setting to configure how subtitles are displayed on Chromecast dongles. | + | Touch or click this setting to configure how subtitles should be displayed on Chromecast dongles. |
| ==== Use Internal Audio Player ==== | ==== Use Internal Audio Player ==== | ||
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| ==== Use Internal Web Viewer ==== | ==== Use Internal Web Viewer ==== | ||
| - | Select this setting to display web pages within Mezzmo Android. When deselected, you will be prompted to choose the web browser to view web content. | + | Select this setting to display web pages within Mezzmo Android. When deselected, you will be prompted to choose the web browser app installed on your Android device to view web content. |
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| + | ==== Keep device awake ==== | ||
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| + | Select this setting to force your Android device to stay awake when playing music, video and photos. This can be useful to stop if your Android device enters sleep mode after a period of time and stops playing your files. | ||
| ==== Enable logging ==== | ==== Enable logging ==== | ||
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| ==== Auto-start Local Server ==== | ==== Auto-start Local Server ==== | ||
| - | When selected, Mezzmo Android will start it's own media server when Mezzmo Android app is started. | + | When selected, Mezzmo Android will automatically start it's own media server when Mezzmo Android app is started. |
| ==== Share Server on Network ==== | ==== Share Server on Network ==== | ||
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| ==== Auto-rotate images ==== | ==== Auto-rotate images ==== | ||
| - | When selected, Mezzmo Android will auto rotate images that have rotation metadata embedded in their files before streaming them to devices. | + | When selected, Mezzmo Android's own media server will auto rotate images that have rotation metadata embedded in their files before streaming them to devices. |
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| + | ==== Scale images for local files ==== | ||
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| + | Select whether you wish to scale images stored on your Android device to a certain size. This is useful if you wish to stream photos from your Android device to other devices in your home (such as a TV) and these devices cannot display large sized images. | ||
| ==== Start Local Server / Stop Local Server ==== | ==== Start Local Server / Stop Local Server ==== | ||
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| When selected, Mezzmo Android will display recommendations on Android TV based-devices. These recommendations can be viewed on the homepage of your Android TV-based device. | When selected, Mezzmo Android will display recommendations on Android TV based-devices. These recommendations can be viewed on the homepage of your Android TV-based device. | ||
| - | Note: | + | **Note:** |
| * Recommendations only work when Mezzmo Android is installed on an Android TV-based device. | * Recommendations only work when Mezzmo Android is installed on an Android TV-based device. | ||
| * Recommendations only work when the server is set to a Mezzmo server. | * Recommendations only work when the server is set to a Mezzmo server. | ||
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| ==== Get Artwork / Update Artwork ==== | ==== Get Artwork / Update Artwork ==== | ||
| - | Touch or click to get Mezzmo Android to find album artwork for music files stored on your Android device. Mezzmo Android will search for album artwork based on the artist name and album name. Album artwork is stored on your Android device's local storage. | + | Touch or click to get Mezzmo Android to scan through your music files stored on your Android device and get matching album artwork images for them. Mezzmo Android will search for album artwork based on the artist name and album name. Album artwork is stored on your Android device's local storage. |
| ==== Device/Server Name ==== | ==== Device/Server Name ==== | ||
| - | Touch or click to change the name of Mezzmo Android's device and server name. This name appears on your home network when you stream files. | + | Touch or click to change the name of Mezzmo Android's device and server name. This name appears on your home network when you stream files and in **Mezzmo Windows Media Devices** dialog. You may want to change the name of your device so that it is easier to identify. |
| ==== Search ==== | ==== Search ==== | ||
| - | Touch or click to change the attributes that you want to for when searching a Mezzmo server. | + | Touch or click to change the attributes that you want to use when searching a Mezzmo server for files to play. |
| - | ==== Version ==== | + | ==== Build & Version ==== |
| - | The installed version number of Mezzmo Android. | + | The build and version number of Mezzmo Android installed on your Android device. |