Configuring Player User Preferences

You can configure the audio meter display in the Player User Preferences setting.

When remote assets are slow to open in a GV STRATUS video player, you can configure how the GV STRATUS application handles the download to the video player.

Scrub bar and scrub bar zoom position in the Inspector and other viewers can also be configured on this tab.

Select Edit | User Preferences. The User Preferences dialog box opens. The GV STRATUS application shows or hides sections based on the roles assigned to your GV STRATUS log on credentials.
Select the Player tab.
Select from the following Audio options:
- Meter Grouping: For audio meter grouping setting, select one from below.
  - Mono: Audio Overlay displays Mono audio tracks, with 1 channel per audio bar. This is the default setting.
  - Stereo: Audio Overlay displays Stereo audio tracks, with 2 channels combined per audio bar.
- Meter Display: For the audio meter label display, select one from below.
  - Audio Tracks: Displays track number on the audio bar, which is the default setting.
  - Audio Tags: Displays audio tags on the audio bar. You can configure audio tags for audio channels on the K2 AppCenter configuration manager, as per asset basis.
  - None: No audio label display if this option is selected.
- Meter Orientation: For the audio meter orientation display, select one from below.
  - Stacked Horizontally: Audio Overlay displays audio meter stacked horizontally, which is the default setting.
  - Stacked Vertically: Audio Overlay displays audio meter stacked vertically.
Select one of the following progressive download options:
- Always: If you only access remote GV STRATUS sites, select this option. The GV STRATUS application uses progressive download for all assets on all sites.
- Automatic: If you access both local and remote sites, or if your network access is sometimes slow, select this option. If a remote site, the GV STRATUS application uses progressive download. If a local site, the GV STRATUS application tests each asset's download speed and if slow, the application tries to download it three times. If the speed is still slow, the GV STRATUS application switches to progressive download for all assets from all sites. The GV STRATUS application continues to use progressive download until it is restarted.
- Never: If you never access remote sites and you do not want to use progressive download, select this option. The GV STRATUS application does not test an asset's download speed. If an asset's download speed is too slow, performance of other GV STRATUS operations can be affected.
Progressive download selectively downloads and caches the portion of the low-resolution proxy video asset just before and after the current scrub bar position in the video player, until finally the entire proxy file asset is downloaded. As long as the GV STRATUS application remains open, the downloaded proxy asset remains locally available. If you load the proxy asset into the video player again, the GV STRATUS application uses the locally cached proxy file asset.
Select one of the following scrub-bar size options:
- Collapse Automatically: The scrub bar and scrub bar zoom collapse automatically when the viewer is left idle, which is the default setting.
- Fixed Size: If selected, the scrub bar and scrub bar zoom remain fixed on the viewer always.
To apply a change and continue editing user preferences settings, click Apply.
To accept any changes and close the dialog box, click OK. The dialog box closes.