CinaAction 34FF Plus Panel

CinaAction 34FF Plus Panel allows you to control the MPEG Decoding Card to playback VideoCD, CD-I, KaraokeCD and MPEG files from CD-ROM drive or hard disk. A separate Display Window is opened for displaying video when this program is started. The Display Window can be resized in any size up to full screen and moved to any place on screen.

Note:

Double click display window to get a full screen display.  Consequently, the mouse pointer shape will change to [image].  Click the right button to get a popup menu of the Display Window.

Panel Buttons

File Open

File Open calls a standard Windows file open dialog box from which you can load one or more MPEG files. The default MIDI File Open dialog lists files with the *.MPG extension, but you can choose to list *.DAT (VideoCD & CD-I White Book) files.

Select CD Format

Click the button to arrange the track sequence of CD-I disc, Video CD, and Video CD 2.0.

Repeat

Click Repeat button ON, and the current track or file will be played in a continuous loop.

Mute Audio

Mute the audio of current playing track or file. To resume the audio, press Mute again.

Play

Plays the current track or file.

If the CD-I select button is ON, the CD-ROM drive is played directly using CD-I format when Play is pressed. If Loop Play is active, play continues until you click either the Pause or Stop button.

Pause

Interrupts play of a file or track.

To resume playing, press Pause again.

Stop

Immediately stops any playing activity on the current track or file.

The status of Loop Play is not affected by Stop.

Slow Motion

Plays the current track or file in slow motion.

Mute button is ON automatically when Slow is pressed. To return normal playing, press Play.

Fast Forward / Rewind

Jump to a new point in time in the current file or track.

These buttons emulate the "fast forward" and "rewind" functions on an analog device.

The Play Counter shows the current count index as you move.

Skip to Next / Last

Moves to the previous or next file or track.

Volume Control Slide

Slide controls for adjusting the left and right channel volume.

Play Time Slider

Slide control for jumping to any point in time in the current file or track.

Video CD 2.0 Remote Control

Video CD 2.0 Remote Control Shows up whenever CinaAction 34FF Plus detects the Video CD 2.0 format.

Numerical Keys

Some of the Numerical Keys light green if the VCD2 title provides that tracks to play.  Click the one of the lighted keys to choose the track.

   Play

Start the MPEG video sequence.

   Previous

Go backward to the last track or previous event.

   Next

Go forward to the next track or event.

   Stop / Special Return

This key has two functions.  Stop the current video sequence or return to previous menu.

Video Overlay Configuration

The "Config" menu provides control for video displayed on VGA screen.  Or you can use the Setup... on the menu bar of the display windows to popup the above dialog box.

Output Horizontal, Output Vertical :

Adjusts the upper left location of displayed video horizontally or vertically in the video windows.

Panning Horizontal, Panning Vertical :

Pans the video's display position horizontally or vertically in the video windows.

VGA DAC Skew :

Adjusts the overlay's DAC delay time. If a special color is shown on the edge while the cursor or CinaAction 34FF Plus Panel is located in the video window, you can adjust the "VGA DAC Skew" to remove the edge color.

Brightness :

Adjust the Brightness of the display video.

H-Sync Polarity, V-Sync Polarity :

Select the polarity of VGA card H-Sync and V-Sync signals.

Interlace :

Select the interlaced monitor display. If you are using the MPEG Decoding Card with an interlaced monitor, select this option to keep the video display correct.

Color Mode :

Select "16 or 256 colors" for normal VGA/SVGA mode. For high color mode, try "High Color Dual Edge" or "High Color Double Clock" options.

Feature Connector Timing :

Select different clock of Feature Connector Timing for those VGA cards which having  poor Feature Connector Timing. If the video on VGA screen is filled with red dots or a vertical line is shown in the video window, you can adjust it by selecting different clock in Feature Connector Timing.

Color Key :

Scan through the color palette to select Color Key for video overlay. Click "Scan" or "Default" buttons to start scan.  The purpose to select a proper Color Key is to avoid be the same color  shown on the screen.  While the color of best overlay effect is shown, click the "Pause" button and click "Done" to save your selection.

If you are in hi-color mode, try to select RGB 5551 or RGB 565 mode according to 32k or 64k color mode.

Disable Colorkey :

The radio button provides the function to display the MPEG video without colorkey.  This function forces the video show in the Display Window even you cannot Scan a appropriate color for video overlay.

Once the radio button, Disable Colorkey is ON, any objects which lay on the MPEG video will not be visible.  For example, the mouse pointer, the menu items, and other active windows...