Starting the Player
Start the realityplayer by double-clicking on its desktop-symbol. You can also singleclick
on its icon in the start-menu. In Windows 7 or Windows Vista operating systems,
you can use the search-tool: type “realityplayer” into the search-field and click on the
appropriate result of the search.
The realityplayer control (Fig. 1) as well as the black playback window should appear.
The playback window can be switched to full-screen mode by double-clicking
into its interior or – if it has the focus – by pressing F11.

Now, If you just want to play ordinary 2D movies, you are ready to go – just drop any
media file onto the realityplayer control and press the Play-Button ①.
However, if you want to enjoy 3D multiview media file, you need to setup the realityplayer
for your 3D Display.

Basic Usage
To configure your 3D display, simply click on button ② in Fig.1. This will open the
Configuration Dialog (Fig. 2).

For proper playback it is important that you select the appropriate 3D Display from
the first drop-down selection box. The realityplayer is especially designed to play
back multiview 3D content on glasses-free autostereoscopic displays. In case your 3D
display is not listed, please contact us at support@realityfabrik.com for help. While ordinary glasses-based 3D displays are not supported, the realityplayer can play back
3D content as flat 2D or in anaglyph mode on classical 2D displays.
Once you have selected the appropriate display, you can close the configuration dialog
by clicking again on button ② of the main player control, or by simply closing the
window. You are now ready to enjoy 3D media files.

Using the Playlist
A click on button ③ in Fig.1 opens the playlist. The playlist is also automatically
opened when you drag and drop a mediafile onto the main player control.

The playlist window is divided into three sections:
1. At the top the actual playlist is displayed. Here, you can arrange 3D media file
by drag-&-drop.
2. The middle section is unique to the realityplayer. It allows you to change important
3D playback parameters for one file or a group of files selected in the
playlist.
3. The lower section handles general aspects of the playlist itself: you can load
and save playlists, clear the playlist or load single or multiple media-files into
the playlist.

Loading a File into the Playlist
You have several options for including a 3D media file into the playlist. We already
mentioned the drag-and-drop functionality of the player control. You can also drag
any media file directly onto the playlist.

Additionally, you can use the “Load File(s)”-Button on the lower-right of the playlist window.
The standard file selection dialog of your operating system opens. Navigate
to the location of your media-files and select one or more Files you want to load. Finish
by pressing the “OK” button.
If your file is not visible in the File Open Dialog, select the “all files” option.
Any media file is scanned before loading in the playlist. This can take a second or
two, especially if a lot of files are loaded at once into the playlist. If the realityplayer
finds a file which it cannot play, a message will inform you about.

Selecting the Media-Type
Since there are many 3D file-formats established, you have to indicate the 3D file format
before the realityplayer can start to play the file. So the first thing to do after
loading the media files into the playlist is to select the appropriate input type. Usually,
the newly loaded files will already be selected in the playlist. So simply clicking on
the appropriate 3D media type takes care of this step.
If you are in doubt about the appropriate 3D media type of your material, select initially
2D mode and check how the file looks during playback. Compare with the examples
listed in section 3D Media-Types (Appendix) which format might be most appropriate
for your material.

Once the 3D media type is set for every entry of the playlist you can start playback
immediately. The other options in the playlist are for advanced usage and will be explained
in a later section. During playback, the current file is highlighted. If you like,
you can close the playlist.

Deleting Playlist-Entries
The playlist supports basic editing functionality (see Advanced Usage).
To delete one or more entries in the playlist, just select the entries to be deleted by
shift-clicking them with the mouse. Now either press the “del”-key on your keyboard
or press the “Delete Entries”-Button in the lower left of the playlist-window.

If you want to clear the entire playlist, simply use the button labeled “Clear Playlist”.

Playing Files
To start the playback with the first entry to be found in the playlist, simply click the
play-button ① (Fig. 1) on the player control. You can also double-click on any entry in
the playlist to start the playback with this file.