How C-Play opens and interprets media files

You can open various formats for video, images and audio directly by using “Open file”.

However, while C-Play is this flexible, it has been designed to use combinations of video, images and audio during a show.

For insight into how video is handled, see:

• Video file guide

And images, either as primary sources, backgrounds or overlays, see:

• Image file guide

Both video and images can be mapped onto physical objects in multiple ways, see:

• Video & Image Mapping Modes

Audio can be loaded without video, but is usually combined inside the video or as adjacent files. See:

• Audio file guide

C-Play file structures

You can save a media bundle, based on the content specified above, to make C-Play load everything correctly from one file. See this guide to learn how to make these:

• CPlayfile

Also, multiple cplayfiles can be ordered in a playlist, through this guide:

• CPlaylist

From C-Play v2.1, you can build slides with multiple media layers which can be viewed as an immersive presentation, through this guide:

• CPlayPres