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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Htm-Help" Content="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents"> <title>PocketTV Help</title> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF TEXT=#000000>  <a name="Main_Contents"></a>PocketTV Help How to: <a href="pockettv_pro.htm#help">See this Help later: select Start > Help</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#playing">Play an MPEG file</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#encoding">Create MPEG's optimized for PocketTV</a> More on: <a href="pockettv.htm#commands">Basic Commands</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#status">Status Bar</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#audio">Audio Settings</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#preamp">Volume Pre-amp</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#size">Size Settings</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#fullscreen">Fullscreen Settings</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#microdrive">Using a Microdrive or Hard Drive</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#buttons">Mapping Functions on Buttons</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#properties">Media Properties</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#color">Color Settings</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#files">Files Settings</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#dither">Dither</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#fastvideo">Fast Video</a> <a href="pockettv.htm#vga">Output Video on VGA Card</a> PocketTV website: www.pockettv.com <hr>  <a name="help"></a>PocketTV - How to see the Help To see this Help later, just select Help in the Start Menu while you are in PocketTV. <a href="pockettv_pro.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="playing"></a>PocketTV - Play an MPEG file To play an MPEG video file with PocketTV, you can do either of the following: <ul><li>Use Tools > Open... <li>Tap the Open icon. <li>Open the file from the File Explorer (tap a file to open it)</ul>The standard Open File dialog only shows the MPEG files located in the My Document folder and in one level of sub-folder under it. On Pocket PC 2002, you do not need to create a My Document top-folder on Storage Cards, but the standard Open File dialog only shows the MPEG files located in the top folder of the Storage Card and in one level of sub-folder. To open MPEG files located elsewhere, use the File Explorer or set Tools > Options > Files > Open with tGetFile to use another Open File dialog that can open files located in any folder. By default PocketTV plays the file as soon as you open it. To change this, un-check Tools > Options > File > Play at Open. <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="encoding"></a>Create MPEG's optimized for PocketTV We recommend following our Simple Guide for making MPEG's optimized for PocketTV:. www.pockettv.com/encoding.html This Guide should be used from a PC (no mobile version available). <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="commands"></a>PocketTV - Basic Commands <ul> <li>Tap the Command Bar icons for the usual VCR-type commands: Stop, Play/Pause, Step (advance one frame), Fast Forward. <li>Tap the Volume icon or use the Up and Down cursor keys to adjust the Volume. <li>Tap the Fullscreen icon or tap the video image to switch between Portrait and Fullscreen mode. <li>Tap the Loop icon to toggle the Loop (Repeat) feature. <li>Use the Slider to move anywhere in the file. Tap anywhere in the Slider to move where you want. You can use the Slider while playing.</ul> <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="status"></a>PocketTV - Status Bar Use Tools > Options to hide/show the Status Bar. The Status Bar indicates: <ul><li>The elapsed time i.e. the current position from the beginning of the file. <li>The total time. Total time and elapsed time are only approximations based on the file size and average bitrate. <li>The actual framerate (fps = Frames per second). This is the average fps since play started. It is updated every 5 sec. <li>The bitrate. The is the average total bitrate (video + audio). To see the video and audio bitrates, use Tools > Properties...</ul> <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="audio"></a>PocketTV - Audio Settings Use Tools > Options > Audio to display or change Audio Settings. You should use High Quality only when using earphones, as it requires more CPU resources and may cause video to play at a lower fps. In general we recommend to use the Medium Quality setting. Swap Left/Right swaps the right and left stereo signals. It should normally not be checked except on some iPaq 3650 units manufactured before 2002 that have left/right audio signals inverted due to an incorrect wiring of the earphone jack. If you hear inverted stereo signals, use this option to correct the problem. <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="preamp"></a>PocketTV - Volume Pre-amp Pre-amp is a software booster that amplifies the audio signal, possibly causing distortions. You should use it only when the audio levels encoded in the file are too low.<ul> <li>Using Pre-amp: If you push the Volume higher than the maximum using the Up cursor button, it will trigger the Pre-amp feature. The Pre-amp booster has 8 levels. <li>Canceling Pre-amp: Pre-amp will stop as soon as you set the volume to less than the maximum value.</ul> <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="size"></a>PocketTV - Size Settings Use Tools > Options > Size to display or change Size Settings. <ul> <li>Auto will scale down the image if it is is too large to fit on the display. <li>Nominal (fast) always play at the nominal size, i.e. it will never resize the image. This is the fastest. <li>Fit Screen will always resize the image to fit the display size.</ul> Scaling is slow and will reduce the performances noticeably, so we recommend using Nominal (fast) for best performances. <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="fullscreen"></a>PocketTV - Fullscreen Settings Use Tools > Options > Fullscreen to display or change Fullscreen Settings.<ul> <li>90║ Left rotates the image 90║ counter clockwise in Fullscreen. <li>90║ Right rotates the image 90║ clockwise in Fullscreen. <li>Auto at Play switchs to Fullscreen as soon as you start playing a video. You can later switch back to Portrait is you want. <li>Always when Playing basically ties up Fullscree and Playing, i.e. it will start playing as soon as you switch to Fullscreen, and pause when you return to Portrait.</ul> Tap the Fullscreen icon or just tap the video image to switch between Portrait and Fullscreen. <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="microdrive"></a>PocketTV - Using a Microdrive or Hard Drive Use Tools > Options > Files to display or change Microdrive Setting. The Microdrive option reduces SIGNIFICANTLY the power used when playing from a hard drive (e.g. IBM Microdrive) but it also uses larger memory buffers. You should set the Microdrive option only when you play from a hard drive on battery power. Set this option before opening the file. <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="buttons"></a>PocketTV - Mapping Functions on Buttons Use Tools > Options > Buttons... to display or change Buttons Mapping. You can map most PocketTV functions to hardware buttons and cursor keys. When functions are mapped to the cursor keys, they are appropriately rotated when in Fullscreen. The default mapping is:<ul> <li>Right = Play/Pause. <li>Left = Stop and Rewind (disabled while playing, to prevent accidental rewind) <li>Action = Step (advance one frame) <li>Up = Volume Up <li>Down = Volume Down</ul> To map a function to a hardware button: <ol> <li>Select the functions in the Functions drop-down list. <li>Press the button to map.</ol> To un-map any function currently mapped to a hardware button: <ol> <li>Select <un-map> the Functions drop-down list. <li>Press the button to un-map. </ol> <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="properties"></a>PocketTV - Media Properties Use Tools > Properties... to display the detailed properties of the current MPEG file. <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="color"></a>PocketTV - Color Settings Use Tools > Options > Colors to display or change Color Settings.<ul><li>Adjust... opens a dialog that you can use to adjust Brightness (gamma), Contrast, Color Saturation and Hue (Red, Green, Blue). <li>Default reset Color Settings to predefined values optimized for your device. <li>Neutral reset Color Setting to neutral values (i.e. no color correction). <li>Load Settings... allows you to load Color Settings from a color settings file. <li>Save Settings... allows you to save current Color Settings in a color settings file. <li>Auto Load controls whether or not PocketTV will automatically save the associated color settings when an MPEG stream is opened. If no associated color settings file is found, previously saved User Default settings are used (see Save User Default). To create color settings files, use Save Settings... or selectAuto Save. <li>Auto Save controls whether or not PocketTV will automatically save the associated color settings when an MPEG stream is closed. <li>Auto Confirm controls whether PocketTV will ask you to confirm auto-loading or auto-saving of color settings files. <li>Save User Default allows you to save the default color settings to be used if Auto Load is selected and no associated color settings file is found. <li> Load User Default allows you to save the default color settings to be used if Auto Load is selected and no associated color settings file is found.</ul> <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="files"></a>PocketTV - Files Settings Use Tools > Options > Files to display or change Files Settings. <ul> <li>Play at Open causes PocketTV to play files automatically when they are opened. <li>Microdrive (see <a href="#microdrive">Microdrive Section</a>). <li>Open with tGetFile controls whether PocketTV uses the standard Open File dialog or tGetFile. tGetFile is an alternative to the default Open File dialog. The default Open File dialog only shows the MPEG files that are in "\My Documents" and its immediate sub-folders (both in the main memory and in the Storage Card). tGetFile allows you to open MPEG files located in any folder. <li>Save with tGetFile controls whether PocketTV uses the standard Save File dialog or tGetFile. tGetFile is an alternative to the default Save File dialog. The default Save File dialog only allows you to create files in "\My Documents" and its immediate sub-folders. tGetFile allows you to create files in any particular folder. <li>Remember Last controls whether PocketTV will automatically re-open the last opened MPEG file. <li>File Association... can be used to restore PocketTV's default file associations if another application changes MPEG file associations. File associations determine what application handles a file opened from File Explorer. </ul> <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="vga"></a>PocketTV - Output on VGA Card Use Tools > Options > Fullscreen to display or change VGA Output Settings. To display video on a VGA Card or extension using PocketTV Enterprise Edition: <ol> <li>Install the VGA card drivers and check that the card works on your device. <li>Insert the VGA Card. <li>Select the card in Tools > Options > Fullscreen <li>To switch between VGA Card output and normal display, tap on the screen.</ol> Output on VGA Card is not supported with PocketTV Classic. <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="dither"></a>PocketTV - Dither Use Tools to display or change Dither Setting. The Dither option enables a fast dithering algorithm that improves significantly the image quality, particularly on devices like iPaq 3600 series, O2 XDA or Jornada 540 series that have only 4096 colors (12-bit). Dither improves visual quality on all 16-bit devices too, especially in flat parts of the image. There is virtually no performance loss caused by using the Dither option, so we recommend to keep it selected at all times. <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a> <hr>  <a name="fastvideo"></a>PocketTV - Fast Video Use Tools to display or change the Fast Video Setting. The Fast Video option allows faster and smoother video rendering but may not work with some devices and cause undesirable effects on the display (e.g. screen sometimes not refreshed properly). Fast Video is effective only when playing video at Nominal Size (i.e. parts of the image will be cropped if it is larger than the display area). Fast Video should be selected at all times unless it causes problem on your device. <a href="pockettv.htm#Main_Contents">Back to the Table of Contents</a>  </BODY></HTML>