Linux Dummies 9th

Chapter 14: Messing with Video and Graphics
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✓ Plugins: Controls the plugins used in Totem.
✓ Preferences: Allows you to set basic video and audio settings, such as
setting color balance and audio-output format.
The View menu controls how the video is displayed on your screen:
✓ Fullscreen: Displays the video file, using the entire computer screen.
✓ Fit Window to Movie: Automatically alters the Totem viewing window
to fit the default size of the video file; allows you to view the movie at 50
percent (a ratio of 1:2) of the default size.
✓ Aspect Ratio: Allows you to set the viewing mode to either standard 4:3
or 16:9 for widescreen videos.
✓ Switch Angles: Changes the camera view on DVDs that provide that
feature.
✓ Show Controls: Displays the Play, Skip, and Location controls at the
bottom of the viewing window.
✓ Subtitles: Displays subtitles if included in the video.
✓ Sidebar: Includes the Playlist sidebar window in the viewing window.
The Go menu controls which part of the video file is being played. For video
files, it provides links to specific menus within the video, such as title menus,
chapter menus, audio menus, and camera-angle menus. It also uses these
generic options:
✓ Skip To: Locates a specific point in the video file.
✓ Skip Forward: Goes quickly forward in the video file.
✓ Skip Backwards: Goes quickly backward in the video file.
The Sound menu controls how the audio is handled:
✓ Languages: Plays alternative language audio tracks if they’re available in
the video file.
✓ Volume Up: Increases the volume level of the audio track.
✓ Volume Down: Decreases the volume level of the audio track.
The Help menu displays the Totem manual and information about the software
version that you’re running.