Fault phenomenon:
Win8: Video and audio of Metro interface
Solution:
Win8 audio and video application operation method
Because of Win8 system Metro interface positioning That is, “open the PC and the mobile terminal”, so in order to adapt to the operating habits of the tablet, the video and music applications of the Metro interface are operated in full screen. The interface structure of these two applications is also very similar, which consists of a “three-layer interface” of “Worklist”, “Selection Interface” and “Play Interface”.
List of works
quick play bar
user to enter video, music applications work after entering the list, there will show the corresponding content classification Windows library. Clicking on the right button of the screen will bring up the black shortcut play bar. Here, users can perform regular operations such as “pause”, “next” and “duplicate”.
selection interface
works in the list, the user clicks the & ldquo; open file & rdquo; that is, into & ldquo; & rdquo ;. selection interface Here, in addition to the ability to select video and audio files anywhere on the computer, we can also select files from the cloud through Skydrive's cloud storage function. It should be noted that audio files can be selected multiple times, and only one video can be selected.
When the media file to be played is selected, the music player interface will display the relevant information of the song, as well as the necessary buttons such as progress bar, play (stop), loop, etc. When the user selects multiple songs, the interface can display the playlist. The video playback interface is more simple — — full-screen rendering of video content, function buttons only progress bar and play (stop) button.
video player interface
audio player interface
Overall, the video system under Win8 Metro interface, audio applications and large interface style consistent: small buttons on the UI, only Keep the essential features and keep in touch with the cloud service for the operation on your tablet.
Win8 audio and video applications support formats
Microsoft has written in the official Windows 8 blog about Win8 will build a rich and expandable media platform. The platform will feature “reduce power consumption, improve battery life, and bring a better entertainment experience to users”. From this point, it can be seen that the media application of the Win8 Metro interface has been targeted to the mobile terminal from the beginning.
music and video applications
Win8 video and audio applications take into account the needs of users following several: in the end you can enjoy HTML5-based Web entertainment; through smart phones, digital cameras and high-definition home movies captured by the camera Provide popular services for music, movies and TV shows.
The video/audio encoding list for the Metro interface is shown below. It should be noted that those formats that add <*” need to be installed with the Win8 Media Center Feature Pack or the Win8 Professional Edition Feature Pack. These formats are not supported in Win8 Standard Edition; plus the format of "**” It is the recommended format under the Metro interface, and users can enjoy it.
Win8 native media applications supported formats
of course, and XP, Win7, like, Win8 players routinely do not support some of the formatting (such as rmvb) media, users need to install the decoder.