Menu path: Setup > Sessions > Media Player > Media Player Global > Video

  • Video output: Specifies the video output method.
    Possible options:
    • Auto: The video output method will be set depending on availability. The following options will be queried in this order. Examples: If available, hardware acceleration will be used. If hardware acceleration is not available but the X video extension is, the X video extension will be used.
    • Hardware accelerated: Hardware acceleration will be used.
    • X video extension: The images will be written to the graphics card memory using shared memory. Hardware acceleration will be used.
    • X Window System: Video will be output via the X11 protocol. Hardware acceleration will not be used.