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BSPlayer for Windows help</h2>
* [[Frequently asked questions]]

* [http://forum.bsplayer.com/answered-solved-questions/ Answered and solved questions on BS.Player forum]

* [http://bsplayer.com/bsplayer-english/contact-us-pro.html Technical support for PRO users]

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Skinning</h2>

[http://bsplayer.com/bsplayer-english/skinmaker.html '''Skin Maker (by Tizio)''']

[http://bsplayer.com/files/resources/BSPlayerSkin_Doc.pdf '''Skinning BS.Player documentation (by Kordo)''']

[http://forum.bsplayer.com/bs-player-skins-skinning/16619-4-tizioas-skinmaker-v-1-07-new-manual-2012-a.html '''Skin maker new manual 2012 (by SergeNL)''']

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BSPlayer app for Android</h2>

* [[Frequently asked questions Android]]

* [http://wiki.bsplayer.com/index.php/Features '''Features explained''']

* [http://wiki.bsplayer.com/index.php/Manual '''Operating Manual''']

* [http://forum.bsplayer.com/bsplayer-android/ '''BSPlayer for Android forum''']
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Manual

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Admin: Created page with "When you run BSPlayer for Android the first time you will see instructions on the screen: http://www.bsplayer.com/android/inst.png - '''Swipe up''' or '''down''' on the '''l..."

When you run BSPlayer for Android the first time you will see instructions on the screen:

http://www.bsplayer.com/android/inst.png

- '''Swipe up''' or '''down''' on the '''left''' side of the display increases/decreases brightness.<br>
- '''Swipe up''' or '''down''' on the '''right''' side of the display increases/decreases volume. (up to 200%)<br>
- '''Tap''' on the video displays and hides user interface<br>
- '''Double tap''' on the video pauses and resumes playback or changes aspect ratio, according to your preferences<br>
- '''Pinch zoom''' zooms video in and out (may not work on all phones in HW accelerated mode)<br>
- '''Swipe left''' go to Next file (or seek Forward - depending on setting ''Use swipe for seeking'')<br>
- '''Swipe Right''' go to Previous file (or seek Backward - depending on setting ''Use swipe for seeking'')<br>
- '''Long tap''' on video - jump to desired play time<br>
- '''Long tap''' '''on item in PL''' (Playlist) or '''Browse''' mode opens context menu<br>
- '''Back''' moves one level back (always in PL mode and optionally in Browse mode - setting ''Use back button for level up'')<br>
- '''Long tap on Back''' opens pop up video window. Double tap on popup window to go back to main playback window<br>
- '''Menu''' ... well, it displays Menu :). Available Menu options change contextually.

== '''Preferences''' ==

1. '''About''' - more info about BSPlayer app

2. '''User interface'''

'''UI''' - select skin of BSPlayer (Base, Skin1, Skin 2, Skin 3) - restart of the app is required
<br>''Only change theme on playback screen'' - change only playback view, and not PL and Browse views (enabled by default)<br>
'''Show controls on play''' - user interface will be displayed at every play, otherwise you have to tap video to see it (enabled by default)<br>
'''Display mode''' - if you want to have different views in PL and Browse mode (example, text mode in Browse and Large thumbs in PL tab), you need to enable this. (disabled by default)

3. '''General Preferences'''

'''Extensions''' - all supported filetypes are entered as text separated by comma: asf, avi, divx, m2v, m4v, m2ts, mts, mkv, mp4, mov, flv, mpeg, mpg ... If you do not want to open certain file type with BSPlayer, simply remove its extension from this list. You can also add new extensions here, to enable BSPlayer to playback it by default.<br>
'''Shown only known extensions''' only files with extensions specified in '''Extensions''' will be displayed in PL and Browse tabs.<br>
'''Startup folder''' if enabled, it will open last folder, if disabled, you can set custom startup folder in '''Specify startup folder''' to be opened everytime you start BSPlayer (for example /sdcard/movies)<br>
'''Screenshot folder''' select folder where the screenshots should be saved (example /sdcard/screenshots)<br>
'''Screen orientation''' - enable smartphone's accelerometer to determine orientation of the video (landscape or portrait) (Enabled by default, disable it if you want to use landscape display only.) Not all devices support playback in both orientations!<br>
'''Use swipe for seeking''' swipe left/right on video will seek xx seconds/minutes, defined in setting '''Seconds to seek when swiping'''. If not enabled, swipe left/right playback will jump to Next/Prev file in playlist, rather then seeking in current file.<br>
'''OSD options''' (on screen display) define which info would you like to have displayed on the screen (battery, date, time, or none) only when user interface is displayed.<br>
'''On play enqueue all files''' everytime you play a movie, BSPlayer will add all media files (defined in ''Extensions'') to current playlist. (Enabled by default)<br>
'''Add subfolders''' when adding all files in current folder to playlist, also scan any sub-folders and add all media files from them.

Features

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New in build 131:

- basic '''YouTube support''' - Open URL and enter youtube address to play. After playback, URL will be added to Recently played list. Prefered quality can be set in Network/Streaming Preferences<br>
- '''pop up video window and background playback''' - long tap on Back to open popup video window, double tap on popup to go back. To always enable popup Preferences>Playback>Background playback>select Audio and video files - pop up video. Selecting only Audio and video files will playback only sound in background<br>
- '''media scanner''' - scans for all media files on SD card. Can be disabled in General Preferences>Auto scan for media files<br>
- '''lock screen''' option - taping the lock icon will lock/unlock screen<br>
- more setting '''orientation options''' in General>Screen orientation<br>
- '''network buffering''' with customizable buffer size, lower buffer will load faster, but may not be enough to keep playback smooth. Small buffer is 1-3MB, medium 9-10MB and large 15-18MB.<br>
- '''high performance wifi mode''' - if needed, enable this option to improve streaming over WiFi, uses more battery<br>
- '''auto detect subtitle encoding''' - if detections fails set subtitle encoding manually in Preferences>Subtitles>Encoding<br>
- '''external keyboard support''' (for buttons Play, Pause, Volume Up and Down)<br>
- '''set audio offset''' - Manually adjust audio delay, useful for Bluetooth devices<br>
- '''clear history''' in Preferences>Other<br>
- '''set playback speed''' from 50 - 200%<br>
- turn off subs<br>
- m3u playlist works from file manager<br>
- customizable gestures and keys<br>
- sort by name, size, date<br>
- LAN folder can be startup folder<br>
- subtitle loading from SMB shares<br>
- custom video aspect ratios<br>

Frequently asked questions Android

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==Where can i see operating instructions / help / manual ?==

'''Manual is available here: http://wiki.bsplayer.com/index.php/Manual'''

A splash screen is displayed at first start, displaying available gestures. You can also see it in Preferences > Show instructions

==BSPlayer FREE does not display all characters in subtitles correctly, what is wrong?==

If you are seeing incorrectly displayed characters in subtitles, go to
'''Preferences'''>'''Subtitle encoding''' and select appropriate encoding for your language.
You can find the right encoding (''codepage'') from the following list:
http://www.science.co.il/language/locale-codes.asp?s=codepage .

==BSPlayer displays subtitles in wrong languages, how to fix this?==
Your subtitle language is set to incorrect one. Go to '''Preferences''' > '''Online subtitles''' > '''Select subtitle language''' and select languages in which the subs should be.

==When playing any video file type the green audio line is shown across the screen. Is that an error from your recent update or is that a preference setting? If its a preference setting how do I shut it off? I keep seeing a green line in the middle of the screen. It moves with the sound. How do i remove it?==

Green line is a VU audio meter which can be enabled or disabled in Preferences>Playback settings>Visualization for Audio and Video separately.

==How to make screenshots in movie player by bs Player? Sometimes it shows up and I can make a screenshot and sometimes not and I don't what conditions I must fulfill to make a screenshot?==
You can create screenshots of the video ONLY while the player is using software decoding mode (SW); while in hardware decoding mode, screenshots cannot be created. To switch decoding mode go to '''Preferences''' > '''Decoding mode''' > select '''Software decoding mode''' and create the screenshots.

==How can I save the video playlist that I created so that it will still be available after I shutdown and restart?==

Go to Library tab, tap on button Menu, then Add new Play List and add files to this PL.

==When playing movie from my android device to a secondary display (TV) through a HDMI cable, subtitles are not displayed. They appear in the cellphone screen, but not on the TV.==

This is Android issue. On most devices it does not work = displays subtitles on secondary screen. Only workaround at the moment is to use software video decoding (SW).
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=32564

==How does one restrict BSPLAYER to video playback only? ==
Go to BSPlayer's Preferences and remove all audio extensions.