(the Play icon) on the control panel.To view a DVD title, put the disc into the DVD drive. Make your selections from the menu within the LinDVD window, or click (the Play icon) on the control panel.
1. With the disk in the drive, click 
(the Playlist icon)
2. The Playlist window opens. Select File from the lower right set of options (File or Disc). Move to the drive and directory in which the files are stored. Select the first file to be played.
3. Click Add. Repeat this procedure with as many files as you want. Remember that these files will now play in the order in which they appear. Delete and replace files to create the correct order, if needed.
4. Click Save to save your playlist for future use. Click Close to close the window. When you click Play, the playlist automatically plays the files in the order specified. You can play .mpg, .vob, and .ac3 files.
Loading a Previously Saved Playlist
1. With the disk in the drive, click the Playlist icon.
2. The Playlist window opens. Click Load Playlist.
3. The list of saved playlists appears. Select the playlist to load.
4. Click Close to close the window. When you click Play, the playlist automatically plays the files in the order specified. You can play .mpg, .vob, and .ac3 files.
You may want to enable or disable certain features of your LinDVD. To change any properties and features of your LinDVD:
1. Launch LinDVD and view the main control panel.
2. Click 
(the Properties icon). The Properties window appears.
3. Tab to the desired properties to be changed. Select from General properties, Audio properties, and Display properties.
4. Select the properties you want. If you are unsure about what a particular property means, see the online help for that properties property page, or check the glossary. You can change these properties at any time.
5. Click OK again to accept your changes.
To eject a disk from the player, click 
(the Eject button) from the video viewing window or the toolbar.
You can choose to only see the Video Viewing window. To hide the Player:
1. Open the Properties page.
2. Tab to General. Disable (remove the checkmark) View Player.
3. The player is now hidden. Enable the option again to view the player. You can open the properties page from the right-click menu or from the toolbar on the video viewing window.
Enabling the Toolbar and Status bar
You can choose to include a toolbar and a status bar when using the Video Viewing window.
1. Open the Properties page.
2. Tab to General. Enable View Toolbar to see the toolbar in the video viewing window, and View Statusbar to see the status bar on the window.
3. You can remove the toolbar or status bar from the video viewing window by disabling the selected feature.
Viewing a DVD Movie or Video CD
Insert the Title into the DVD Drive. LinDVD reads the format of the disk and starts automatically.
Playing a DVD Interactive Title
Interactive DVD or MPEG2 video based titles require no special action from the user. Just install the application and it should properly call the LinDVD drivers to playback the DVD or MPEG2 video files embedded in the application.
1. Position the mouse cursor over the top left-hand corner of the desired zoom region.
2. While holding the mouse button down, drag the cursor to the opposite end of the zoom region. This creates a dotted line rectangle, the outline of the desired zoom region.
3. Release the mouse button. LinDVD automatically fills the window with this zoom region.
LinDVD now allows users to capture a static image during movie playback. Press the “P” key at any time to capture a BMP file of a moving or static image. Capture does not work on zoomed regions and on some hardware motion compensation graphics chips. If you are having a problem, try disabling hardware motion compensation and capturing again.
Captured bitmaps are stored in the Capture subdirectory of the LinDVD directory on your hard drive. Captured files are number cap001.bmp, cap002.bmp, etc.
When you insert a karaoke or other vocal disc into the DVD drive, LinDVD automatically reads and correctly decodes the type of disc. The audio output is determined by the Vocal Options properties you have selected.
To close LinDVD:
1. Stop any DVD disc in the DVD drive.
2. Click the Close icon.