What's New in Director 8.5 > Controlling the 3D World > Rendering functionality > Movie properties |  |

Movie properties

Use these properties to control which renderer the movie uses:

Property | Access | Description
--- | --- | ---
`the preferred3dRenderer` | Get and set | The renderer a particular movie prefers. The default value is `#auto`, which allows the movie to pick the best available renderer. This property is not the same as the `currentRenderer` property. The `preferred3dRenderer` property stipulates which renderer the movie prefers, whereas the `currentRenderer` property gives the renderer currently in use. The possible values for the `preferred3dRenderer` property are as follows:

`#openGL`: openGL drivers for a hardware accelerator

`#directX7_0`: DirectX7_0 drivers for a hardware accelerator

`#directX5_2`: DirectX5_2 drivers for a hardware accelerator

`#software`: built-in Director software renderer

`the active3DRenderer` | Get | The renderer the movie is actually using. Equivalent to the `RendererServices` object `currentRenderer property`. Possible values are as follows: `#openGL`: openGL drivers for a hardware accelerator `#directX7_0`: DirectX7_0 drivers for a hardware accelerator

`#directX5_2`: DirectX5_2 drivers for a hardware accelerator

`#software`: built-in Director software renderer