Add/remove video movies in the playlist

A video screensaver can play several movies in sequence. You just have to add them in the project playlist. You can also change the playlist sequence order.

Add video movies to the playlist

1. Activate the Screen Saver Document window.

2. Select the Playlist dialog box (click the tab if necessary), click on the Add button (). A standard Windows dialog box opens to let you choose the video movie files you want to add. Browse your disks, select the files and click Open.

3. The files are added in the playlist (). The selected video file is displayed in the Preview window ().

4. In the Size group ():

• If you check Full screen (maximized) option, it allows to display the video full screen.

• In the Width area, enter here the width of the video window in percent (100% by default). The final width is based on the original video clip width.

• In the Height area, enter here the height of the video window in percent (100% by default). The final width is based on the original video clip width.

• If you check Based on screen size option, the video size is based on the screen size in percent.

5. In the Position (center) group ():

• In the X area, enter here the X coordinate of position of the video window on screen (from -640 to 1280). 0 means the left border and 640 the right border of the screen. This value indicates the position of the center of the video window.

• In the Y area, Enter here the Y coordinate of position of the video window on screen (from -480 to 960). 0 means the top and 640 the bottom of the screen. This value indicates the position of the center of the video window.

• NOTE: The visible screen coordinates are always specified from (0,0: top-left) to (640,480: bottom-right). Of course if you launch your screen saver on a 1024x768 display for example, the coordinates will be recalculated accordingly.

6. Click the Automatically Repeat Forever option () if you want to play the playlist in loop. If this option is unchecked, the playlist is played once.

7. If the Save a copy of the files in the Project Document option is checked (), the video file will be stored in the screen saver project (not recommended for large files).

• If you check this option, the animation file will be included into the screen saver file when saved. This option is useful because the animation file doesn't need to be present on your hard disk the next time you'll open the SSP document. The drawback is that the SSP file is larger and space consuming.

• If you uncheck this option, the animation file will NOT be included into the screen saver file when saved. The SSP file is smaller but the video file must be present on your hard disk (at the right location) or you'll get an error the next time you'll open the SSP document.

Add files using Drag & Drop

1. Go to the librarian, expand Media Files and select the Movies folder.

2. Select the files then drag and drop to the Screen Saver document window.

3. The files are added in the playlist (). The selected video file is displayed in the Preview window ().

4. Set the playback options as above.

Add files using the Clipboard (copy/paste)

1. Go to the librarian or the built-in Explorer (Ctrl+E), browse your folders and select the files.

2. Choose Edit/Copy.

3. Return to the project window.

4. Choose Edit/Paste.

5. The files are added in the playlist (). The selected video file is displayed in the Preview window ().

6. Set the playback options as above.

Remove files from the playlist

1. Activate the Screen Saver Document window.

2. Select the Playlist dialog box (click the tab if necessary), the video files appear in the playlist ().

3. Select the video files you want to remove.

 TIP: You can select several files by clicking on files while pressing on the CTRL key. To select a range of files, use the SHIFT key.

4. Click on the Remove button (). You're prompted to confirm the deletion. Click YES.

Change playlist order

1. Activate the Screen Saver Document window.

2. Select the Playlist dialog box (click the tab if necessary), the video files appear in the playlist () as shown above.

3. Select the video file you want to move in the playlist.

4. Click on the Up or Down button () to move the file.