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<section begin="intro" />System settings are found here. | <section begin="intro" />System settings are found here. Set up and calibrate displays/video output, configure audio output, set up remote controls, set power saving options, enable debugging, set up master lock.<section end="intro" /> | ||
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Revision as of 18:21, 18 October 2014
Settings | System |
System settings are found here. Set up and calibrate displays/video output, configure audio output, set up remote controls, set power saving options, enable debugging, set up master lock.
Video output
Setting | Description | Setting level |
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Display Mode | Display XBMC in a window, or fullscreen on the selected screen. | |
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Changes the resolution that the User Interface is displayed in. | |
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...when active (Windows only). Does not use the DirectX fullscreen mode. The main benefit is for multi-screen configurations, where XBMC can be used at the same time as other applications without automatically minimizing. Uses a bit more resources and playback may be slightly less smooth. | |
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In a multi-screen configuration, the screens where XBMC is not displayed are blacked out. | |
Stereoscopic mode (current) | Main page: 3D
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Vertical blank sync | Compensation for vertical tearing. | |
Video calibration... | See #Video calibration... | |
Test patterns... | ||
Use limited color range (16-235) | Use limited color range instead of full color range (0-255). Limited range should be used if your display is a regular HDMI TV, while full color range should be used if your display is a PC monitor. |
Video calibration...
Note: Always adjust your TV display settings before XBMC's settings (such as overscan, etc). In most cases, you can get a "just scan/just fit/PC mode/something" mode turned on that will not require any adjustments in XBMC, and will allow for the best screen quality.
This screen allows you to calibrate the User Interface by adjusting the overscan. Use this tool if the image being displayed is too large or small for your display.
Simply adjust the screen so that the arrows are in the top left and bottom right corners and that the entire frame is visible on screen.
It offers the ability to adjust:
- The overscan of the video - How close to the edges of the screen that the image is displayed.
- The position where subtitles are displayed.
- The pixel ratio allows you calibrate the aspect ratio at which videos are played back.
Audio output
Setting | Description | Setting level | Device type | |
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Audio output device | Select the device to be used for audio output. | Standard | All | |
Number of channels | Select the number of channels supported by the audio connection.
Note: This setting might not be exposed depending on what is set for Audio output device. |
Basic | HDMI/Analog-Speakers | |
Output configuration | Fixed | Select how the properties of the audio output are set: [Fixed] - output properties are set to the specified sampling rate & speaker configuration at all times |
Advanced | All |
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Best Match | ||||
Limit sampling rate (kHz) | Maximum sampling rate for spdif or sampling rate for fixed output configuration | Advanced | SPDIF | |
Stereo upmix | Select to enable upmixing of 2 channel audio to the number of audio channels specified by the channel configuration | Advanced | All | |
Normalize levels on downmix | Select how audio is downmixed, for example from 5.1 to 2.0: [Enabled] maintains the dynamic range of the original audio source when downmixed however volume will be lower |
Advanced | All | |
Resample quality | Low | Select the quality of resampling for cases where the audio output needs to be at a different sampling rate from that used by the source [Low] is fast and will have minimal impact on system resources such as the use of the CPU |
Advanced | All |
Medium | ||||
High | ||||
Keep audio device alive | Select the behaviour when no sound is required for either playback or GUI sounds: [Always] - continuous inaudible signal is output, this keeps the receiving audio device alive for any new sounds, however this might also block sound from other applications |
Standard | All | |
Play GUI sounds | Configure how interface sounds are handled, such as menu navigation and important notifications | Basic | All | |
Enable passthrough | Select to enable the passthrough audio options for playback of encoded audio such as Dolby Digital | Advanced | HDMI/SPDIF | |
Passthrough output device | Select the device to be used for playback of encoded formats, these are any of the formats below in the 'capable receiver' options | Advanced | HDMI/SPDIF | |
Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver | Select this option if your receiver is capable of decoding AC3 streams | Advanced | HDMI/SPDIF | |
- Enable Dolby Digital transcoding | Select this if the audio out connection only supports multichannel audio as Dolby Digital 5.1, such as an SPDIF connection. If your system supports LPCM multichannel sound via HDMI then leave this disabled. This option is only available where the number of channels is 2.0, for SPDIF this is set automatically so this option is always available, if using HDMI then you may need to change the Number of Channels setting to 2.0. | Advanced | HDMI/SPDIF | |
Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3) capable receiver | Select this option if your receiver is capable of decoding E-AC3 streams | Advanced | HDMI | |
DTS capable receiver | Select this option if your receiver is capable of decoding DTS streams | Advanced | HDMI/SPDIF | |
TrueHD capable receiver | Select this option if your receiver is capable of decoding TrueHD streams | Advanced | HDMI | |
DTS-HD capable receiver | Select this option if your receiver is capable of decoding DTS-HD streams | Advanced | HDMI |
The "capable receiver" options relate only to the passthrough of audio to another device such as an AVR, where that device must support decoding of the format. Before leaving any "capable receiver" option enabled check to make sure that both the playback device running XBMC (e.g. HTPC) and the connected device (e.g. AVR) both support that format.
If you have a "capable receiver" option enabled that your device does not support then this will result in poor playback of video typically with a very low frames-per-second and no audio, so for example if the TrueHD capable receiver option were enabled then make sure that the playback device can passthrough TrueHD and that the connected device can decode TrueHD, if either of the devices do not support TrueHD then the TrueHD capable receiver option MUST be left disabled.
For any format where the "capable receiver" option is not selected, XBMC will still playback any content containing those audio types, however instead of the audio being passed through, XBMC will decode audio and then send the audio in a compatible format.
If connected directly to a TV be aware that TV are not compatible with DTS, TrueHD or DTS-HD, typically the only encoded format a TV will be compatible with is AC3.
Input devices
Note: The content of this screen largely depends on the input devices that XBMC detects and the OS being used.
Setting | Description | Setting level |
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Peripherals | See #Peripherals. | |
Apple remote (OS X only) | ||
Allow start of XBMC using the remote (OS X only) | ||
Sequence delay time | ||
Remote control sends keyboard presses | When activated, your keyboard arrows will move the selection on the virtual keyboard. When deactivated, they will move the cursor from your text. | |
Enable mouse and touch screen support | See also: Touch screen
If deactivated, XBMC will ignore all mouse movements and clicks. |
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Enable joystick and gamepad support | ||
Enable system keys in fullscreen (Linux only) |
Peripherals
Internet access
Setting | Description | Setting level |
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Use an HTTP proxy server to access the internet | If your internet connection uses a proxy, configure it here. | |
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Proxy server address. | |
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Defines the port of the proxy server | |
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Defines the username used for the proxy server | |
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Defines the password used for the proxy server | |
Internet connection bandwidth limitation | If you have limited bandwidth available, select a suitable value here and XBMC will try to keep to these limits. ? |
Power saving
Note: Some options might not be available on all hardware or OSes. For example, XBMC cannot control shutdown or sleep on Android.
Setting | Description | Setting level |
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Put display to sleep when idle | Turns off display when idle. Useful for TVs that turn off when there is no display signal detected, but you don't want to suspend/shutdown the whole computer. Selectable from 5 minutes to 120 minutes. | |
Shutdown function timer | Sleeps the computer when idle. Selectable from 5 minutes to 120 minutes. | |
Shutdown function | Defines what "Shutdown" will do by default. Can be set to actually shutdown, suspend, minimize, or quit. | |
Try to wake remote servers on access | Main page: Wake on lan
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Note: XBMC also has a "Custom shutdown timer" selectable from the power icon on the home screen, or from the shutdown menu (press S on a keyboard or Power on a remote).
Debugging
Setting | Description | Setting level |
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Enable debug logging | Toggles debug log on / off. Useful for troubleshooting. | |
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Main page: Log file/Advanced
See #Verbose logging |
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Screenshot folder | Folder used to save screenshots taken within XBMC. (see Keyboard controls for the screenshot key for your OS) |
Verbose logging
Master lock
Note: The Master lock options are ONLY available while using the default user profile.
Setting | Description | Setting level |
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Master lock code and settings | Opens the Master lock settings window, where you can configure your Master Lock options. See #Master lock settings. | |
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If enabled, the master lock code is required to unlock XBMC on startup |
Master lock settings
Setting | Description |
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Master Lock | Allows you to set the master lock password. Can be one of three types:
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Lock music window | |
Lock video window | |
Lock pictures window | |
Lock programs and scripts windows | |
Lock file manager | |
Lock settings | |
Lock Add-on manager |
Locking media sources
Locked out?
XBMC will give you three tries when you need to enter a lock/password to access something that is locked. If you max out these three tries then just quit XBMC and re-open it to get three more tries. The Master Lock code is stored in the "profiles.xml" file in the userdata folder. Should you get locked out, you can delete or edit the "profiles.xml" file.
additional settings
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Code needs to be MD5'd, and you can use<masterlock> <startuplock>false</startuplock> <!-- true prompts user for code upon startup --> <automastermode>false</automastermode> <!-- automatically enters master mode if the master code is given --> <loginlock>true</loginlock> <!-- whether to use locks on login screen or not --> <!-- advancedsettings.xml ONLY: --> <maxretries>3<maxretries> <!-- enter the max number of retries to input code, 3 is default. --> </masterlock>