Starting and using
Starting parameters
During system startup a different display driver can be selected and additional
parameters set. Parameters are entered after the prompt boot:
When no parameters are given or with run run option the system
will start with optimal parameters.
| run | starts with optimal settings |
| vesa | force using VESA driver |
| vesa16 | force using VESA driver with 16 bits per pixel (some graphics cards are incorrectly initialized in 24/32-bit color) |
| vidix | force using VIDIX driver (if possible) |
| fb | force using FB driver, display picture with 1:1 scale |
| 6fb | force using FB driver with resolution 640x480, scale to 640xYYY |
| 8fb | force using FB driver with resolution 800x600, scale to 640xYYY |
| fbnovesa | try forcing framebuffer without using VESA |
| 6fix | use VESA driver, fixed resolution 640x480 |
| 8fix | use VESA driver, fixed resolution 800x600 (in both cases the film is scaled to selected resolution) |
| img | starts a picture slide show instead of playing film |
| imgmus | starts a picture slide show with a background music (images and sounds can be in any place on the CD) |
| NODBL | disable double buffer (may cause pictures and subtitles flickering) |
| NOSWS | no software picture scaling |
| SECSND | use secondary sound card |
| NOSND | don't play sound |
| EJECT | ejects CD tray after playback |
| HALT | turns off computer after playback |
| LOOP | play in a loop (affects both films and slide shows) |
| MOUNTRW | mounts HD partitions for reading and writing |
| NOAUTOSTART | turns off CD autostart after booting |
| 640x480 800x600 1024x768 |
change screen resolution (if possible). It has effect only on FB driver, console and picture display. |
| FIXEDRES=wxh | set fixed screen resolution to WidthxHeight |
| DEPTH=n | change color depth to 8, 16, 24 or 32 bpp (if possible). It has effect only on FB driver, console and picture display. |
| MONITORASPECT=x:y | change default screen aspect ratio to x:y |
| MONITORPARAM=h:v:d | monitor parameters range used when changing refresh frequency (if possible). Works only with VESA driver on cards supporting VBE 3.0 |
| DVDNAV | use navigation menu for DVD movies |
| TIMEOUT=n | during slide show, show next picture after n seconds |
These options should be used immediatly after starting label. They are useful
when one wants to change some parameters in a single system run.
These options have higher priority than analogous options in
cinemix.ini
configuration file.
Example 1
Run with default parameters but don't use software scaling and use looped
playback:
run NOSWS LOOP
Example 2
Istead of playing film start a picture slide show with background music, change
resolution to 800x600, show next picure after 3 seconds and eject CD at the end:
imgmus 800x600 TIMEOUT=3 EJECT
Menu
Cinemix' menu system is built using popular in Linux dialog program. For selecting menu items use arrow keys or 1-9 and 0. To choose selected item press Enter. To cancel selection press ESC twice. To change state of an item (checkbox, radiobox) use space. For help on selecting files see help in file selection dialog.
MPlayer
During playback of a movie (movies) the following keys can be used:
| Right, Up, PgUp | seek forward by 10 seconds, 1 minute, 10 minutes |
| Left, Down, PgDn | seek backward by 10 seconds, 1 minute, 10 minutes |
| ENTER | jump to next position in playlist |
| < or > | backward/forward in playlist |
| p or SPACE | pause movie (any key unpauses) |
| q or ESC | stop playing and quit |
| o | toggle between OSD states: none/seek/seek+timer |
| + or - | adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second |
| * or / | decrease/increase volume |
| c | mute sound |
| z or x | adjust subtitles delay by +/- 0.1 second |
| r or t | adjust subtitles position |
| a | subtitle alignment |
| v | toggle subtitle visibility |
| m | toggle menu |