JPEG Saver's config dialog — Main tab

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The main tab is where you can choose how JPEG Saver picks the images to display, how often to change the image, and which transitions to use.

JPEG Saver's Main tab

When the configuration dialog starts up, the first thing you see will be this tab. Apart from the controls within the tab, there are a few other items outside the tabbed area:

The rest of this page describes the controls on the Main tab.

Change timer

This input sets the time between images changes. The time is shown in hours, minutes and seconds, and can be set to any value between one second and 24 hours.

You can type in a time in seconds or minutes and it will be converted to the HH:MM:SS format, for example typing in “90” will be converted to “00:01:30”, and “120:00” will be converted to “02:00:00”.

Mode

This drop-down box lets you choose the order that images are shown in. When the mode name contains a slash, the part before the slash is the folder mode and the part after is the file mode.

Sequential
Images are displayed in alphabetical order within each folder. Folders are traversed in the order that they are listed in the folders list.
Alphanumeric
All the images are shown in order by filename, ignoring folders.
Chronological
All the images are shown in order by the file creation time, ignoring folders.
Alternating
Images are displayed starting with the first image in alphabetical order from each folder, then the second, and so on.
Random
Images are displayed at random from the whole list of images available. The random mode has no memory of what it has displayed, so the same image can appear twice in a row, or similar images might appear one after the other.
Shuffled
A shuffled list is made of all the images available, and images are picked from this list in sequence. Each image will be displayed once. After the whole list has been shown it is reshuffled before images are picked from it again.
Alternate/Random
Similar to the alternating mode, an image is picked from each folder in turn. Instead of selecting the images in sequence, one is picked at random from each folder.
Random/Sequential
A folder is picked at random, then all the images within the folder are displayed in alphabetical order. After the images in the folder have been shown another folder is picked at random.
Random/Shuffled
A folder is picked at random, its images are shuffled and displayed, then another folder is picked at random, etc.
Sequential/Chronological
All of the images in a folder are displayed in chronological order before moving on to the next folder.
Sequential/Shuffled
The list of images in each folder in sequence is shuffled and displayed before moving on to the next folder.
Shuffled/Sequential
The list of folders is shuffled this time, with the contents of each folder being displayed in alphabetical order.
Shuffled/Shuffled
The list of folders is shuffled, and the list of images within each folder is shuffled. This means that all the images in each folder are shown in a random order, and all the folders are shown in a random order.

Random start

This checkbox is enabled when the mode selected has some kind of order to it, and when checked chooses the first image shown at random instead of using the first image in the sequence.

Resume

JPEG Saver stores the details of the last image shown when it exits. This option is enabled when the mode is not completely random, and enabled restarting from the last image shown.

Reverse

For modes that have an order, this option reverses it.

Interactive

Checking this box enables the interactive controls, which allow you to navigate through the images and perform some other useful functions. Moving the mouse will not exit the screen saver when this option is enabled - you must click a mouse button or press the “Escape” key.

Interactive options

This button opens the interactive options dialog, where you can configure how JPEG Saver behaves in this mode, and also how the Windows Explorer integration works.

Video

The video checkbox enables loading video files - with it unchecked these files are ignored. JPEG Saver recognises many file extensions as video files, but whether it can load them or not is down to the Windows Media Foundation codecs installed on the system.

Video options

How JPEG Saver handles video files is configured in the video options dialog.

Video only

This option can be used to prevent JPEG Saver loading non-video files.

Transitions

The transitions button opens up the transitions dialog, where you can configure which are enabled and how quickly they run. You can also set up and edit your own presets there.

Transitions preset list

The drop-down list contains all the presets JPEG Saver has saved in the config, including user-defined presets and the predefined list. There is also an entry at the top of the list for reverting to the previously used list of transitions, whether it is a preset or not.

More controls

This button opens another dialog with a few options that would not fit on the main tab. They are described in detail on this page.

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