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• Theareasetunderthe[DisplayArea]tabwillbethedisplayarea(exceptwhenaprogramisspecified).
• “Smoothcontentschange”checkbox
Checkthischeckboxtoswitchbetweencontentssmoothlybypreparingtheplaybackofthenext
contentbeforetheendofthecurrentcontent.Alsocheckthischeckboxwhenitisnecessaryto
synchronizethecontentdisplaybetweenframes.
Clicking[PreloadSetting]allowsyoutosetthecontentthatistobereadinadvance.
•Makingtheswitchingofcontentssmoothwill
increasetheloadontheCPUandthememoryuse
amount. It is recommended that tests be conducted
by actually displaying programs before operation.
•Whenperformingadvancedreadingofacontent
that can be played with Windows Media Player,
thevideoacceleratorisdisabled.Checkthatyour
PChasenoughperformancetodisplaycontents
without the video accelerator.
•IfacontentthatcanbeplayedwithInternet
Explorerisreadinadvance,Flashcontentsand
banners embedded in the content may be started
from the middle.
• “Setlimitofprintscreenarea”checkbox
WhenyouareoutputtingmultiplescreensonatargetPC,
theScreenCapturefunctioncapturestheentiredesktop.
Checkthisboxtocapturejustapartofthescreenoutput.
Click[AreaSetting]anddefinetheareayouwantto
capture.
• “Don’tmovefocuswhileprogramviewerstarts”checkbox
Thisboxisusuallyleftunchecked.
CheckthisboxifyoudonotwanttheProgramViewerfocustomovewhenyoulaunchtheProgram
Viewer.
• “Hidetaskbarwhileshowing”checkbox
Whenthischeckboxischecked,thetaskbarishiddenwhenProgramViewerislaunchedanditis
re-displayed when Program Viewer is closed.
• “MyContentsfolder”:Enterthepathofthefolderinwhichcontentstobedistributedinadvancearetobe
saved.
The initial default values are:
•MyContentsfolder:C:\ProgramFiles\SHARP\SHARPDigitalSignageSoftware\MyContents\
(ForWindowsVista/7,C:\ProgramData\SHARP\SHARPDigitalSignageSoftware\MyContents\)
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