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title: How to Manually Play a Video File
description: If you need to manually play a file for testing purposes or in a pinch, here's how you can do it from the WinLGX software's Control Panel window.
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# How to Manually Play a Video File

## If you need to manually play a file for testing purposes or in a pinch, here's how you can do it from the WinLGX software's Control Panel window.

Note: Manually playing a file will interrupt any currently playing file or slideshow if played on the MPEG player that goes out to your channel.

1. In the WinLGX software, go to the *Tools* menu and select the *Control Panel* option. This will open the *Control Panel* window.
2. Select the *MPEG Player* icon associated with your channel (in most cases MPEG Player 1) from the *Devices* column on the right side.
3. Make sure the *MPEG 1* input is selected for the top switch row for *Out 1*.
4. To queue up a file to play, click the ellipses (three-dot button) to the right of *Queued Video File*. The *MPEG Player 1* icon, *Queued Video File* button, and  *MPEG 1* input button are shown below circled in red:  
   ![NEXUSControlPanel](https://support.leightronix.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NEXUSControlPanel.png?width=498&name=NEXUSControlPanel.png)
5. This will open the S*torage* window and list the video files. 
6. Select the desired video file and click the *Ok* button. This will show the file in the *Queued Video File* area.
7. You can have the file loop continuous by checking the *Loop* checkbox to the right of the *Play* button before pressing *Play*.
8. To start playback of the queued file, click the *Audio/Video Play* button near the center top of the player interface. The file should interrupt anything else that might be playing and appear in the *Current Video File* section, and the timer for the file should begin to progress as the file plays.

The file will play to the end, or if the *loop* box was checked, it would repeatedly play until the next scheduled event, or the *stop* button (to the left of the *play* button) is clicked.

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