Playback

Playback

Press OK on a recording to play it. MovieCockpit uses its own player screen, built on the standard Enigma2 movie player, so audio, subtitles, trick play and the info bar behave as you are used to. This page covers what is different.

Where playback starts

When the player has started, MovieCockpit decides where to begin, in this order:

1. Resume. If Resume video at last position is on (default) and the recording has a saved position, you are asked "Do you want to resume playback at position h:mm:ss?". The question times out after 10 seconds and the default answer is No. Answer Yes to jump to the saved position.
2. Otherwise the Video start at setting applies:

Setting	Playback starts
beginning	At the very start of the file, including the recording margin before the programme
first mark	At the first cut-list mark (marks within the first part of the file, shorter than your margin before setting, are ignored)
event start	At the real start of the programme: the recording margin before it is skipped (default)

Event start is what makes a recording that was started a few minutes early begin with the programme and not with the previous one.

Progress and resume position

The position is stored when you leave the player (STOP, EXIT or POWER). It is kept in the .cuts file next to the recording (the same file Enigma2 uses for cut marks) and in the cache, so the list can show the progress bar and the watching / finished icon without opening the file.

• Watching in progress percent (default 10 %) and Finished watching percent (default 90 %) decide which icon the list shows.
• Reset progress (colour button, level 4) clears the saved position of the marked entries.
• Remove all marks (function menu) deletes cut-list marks but keeps the saved position.

If you leave the player, MovieCockpit restores the channel you were watching before and refreshes the list entry.

Smart jump

The two bouquet keys (CHANNEL+ / CHANNEL-) skip forward and backward. The step is not fixed. It is chosen so that you home in on the end of a commercial break with a few presses:

Press	Step
The first jump, either direction	5 minutes
CHANNEL+ again, right after a forward jump	1 minute, and 1 minute for every further press
CHANNEL- again, right after a backward jump	5 minutes again
Every time you change direction	The step gets shorter: 1 minute, then 30 seconds, then 15 seconds, and stays at 15 seconds
No key for 5 seconds	Everything resets; the next jump is 5 minutes again

Example: a commercial break starts. Press CHANNEL+ (5 min). You overshoot the end of the break, so press CHANNEL- (back 1 min). Still too far back, so CHANNEL+ (forward 30 s), then CHANNEL- (back 15 s). After a few presses you are within seconds of the first frame of the film.

Special case: if you are within about a minute of the programme start (the event start point, see above), the first jump is 1 minute instead of 5, so you do not skip past the beginning of the programme.

Jumps never go before the start of the file, and never closer than 5 seconds to the end.

Playing recordings that are still running

A recording in progress can be played. It is shown in red in the list, and its progress bar shows how much has been recorded. You cannot move or copy a running recording, and deleting one asks you to stop the recording first.

Playing from other media

Any video file that Enigma2 can play is listed (see Cache Database). Files that are not Enigma2 recordings (no .eit/.meta) get their length from ffprobe, and their date from the .meta file if there is one, otherwise from the file's creation time.