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PsychDocumentation – Bits of documentation for Psychtoolbox

This folder contains help files and info on different topics
related to PTBs use, technical implementation and troubleshooting.

Note that you can now financially contribute to Psychtoolbox sustainability,
upkeep and continued improvement by buying a “Psychtoolbox Support Membership”,
which also includes some paid support for questions regarding its use, or
issues you may have with it. We also offer paid feature development and
other useful commercial services.

Please type ‘PsychPaidSupportAndServices’ to learn more.

AntiAliasing - Psychtoolbox facilities for anti-aliased drawing and
how to use them properly.

BeampositionQueries - Some technical information on how stimulus onset
timing is determined by the Screen(‘Flip’) command,
and how PTB tests your setup for proper timing and
synchronization with vertical retrace.

ConserveVRAMSettings - Explanation of some flags that you can use to
enable special workarounds in Screen() for
broken graphics drivers or hardware.

DisplayOutputMappings - How they work on multi-display setups, how to
resolve problems.

DrawTextEncodingLocaleSettings - How to specify the text input encoding for
text drawing.

DrawTextPlugin - Troubleshooting the plugin-based Screen(‘DrawText’)
high-quality text renderer.

ECVP2010Poster_VisualTimingPrecision.pdf - Poster about the visual
stimulus onset timing and timestamping precision
of Psychtoolbox tested on different system
configurations. Presented at ECVP 2010. This
version adds multiple pages of comments and
bonus information. It also contains a few more
datapoints collected after ECVP.

[GStreamer](GStreamer) - Installation instructions for the [GStreamer](GStreamer)
media framework.

HybridGraphics - The state of hybrid graphics laptop support and
how to use them with proper timing.

InstallKinect - Installation instructions for the Kinect
drivers.

KbQueue.html - How to use keyboard queues.

LinuxGameMode - How to setup Linux performance optimizations via
“GameMode”.

MirrorMode - Special considerations regarding the use or
non-use of display mirror mode on multi display
setups or Laptops.

MultiDisplaySetups - Info on how to handle and use multi display setups.

NVision3D - Explanation of experimental NVision stereo goggle
support.

Oculus_Health_and_Safety_Warnings.pdf - Info about how to use the Oculus
VR virtual reality headsets safely.

OpenXR - Intro to OpenXR and installation and setup instructions.

ProceduralShadingAPI - Documentation useful for procedural shading.

ProgrammingTips.html - A very incomplete programming manual.

PsychPaidSupportAndServices - Our commercial support and service offerings.

PsychtoolboxKernelDriver - How to set up the low-level support driver for
Apple OSX.

PTBTutorial-ECVP2013.pdf - The slides from the ECVP 2013 tutorial, with
an introduction into basic Psychtoolbox features.

RaspberryPiSetup - How to setup a RasperryPi for Psychtoolbox, and
what to expect.

RetinaDisplay - How to deal with HiDPI “Retina” displays.

SyncTrouble - Problem with synchronization to the vertical
retrace or display timing, and how to resolve
them.

TouchInput - Support for touch input devices.

UseTheSource - How to get access to the Psychtoolbox source code.

VideoRecording - Parameter settings, howtos and tips for Video recording.

VRRSupport - How to set up and use variable refresh rate (VRR) displays.