Codecinfo

Whilst XBMC is playing media on screen you can activate the codecinfo overlay key on keyboard or  on remote. This normally appears as white text on a black background bar located near the top of the screen (dependent on the skin being used). The codecinfo overlay displays a number of real time variables describing detailed information on the codecs currently in use.

Current stable builds

 * Video codecinfo window as seen in stable XBMC v12.x "Frodo" builds.

In Frodo in fullscreen video playback, the codec information is split into 4 lines of text. In Gotham it splits into 6 lines.
 * Audio information - provided by both the D emuxer and the P layer
 * Video information - provided by both the D emuxer and the P layer
 * General playback information C
 * W indowing and System CPU information
 * S ync to screen information

Breakdown
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Future builds

 * Codecinfo window in Gotham development builds

Further information/discussion

 * See the Video Diagnostic Screen forum topic for discussion and more information.