Settings

General topics

Settings

System settings

Most of XBMC's global settings can be configured via the GUI (Graphical User Interface) under Settings (labeled "System" under the default skin, Confluence).

Choosing Settings from the Home Screen opens the Settings Window. In this window, you are able to configure XBMC's options:

	Appearance Settings		Video
	Live TV		Music
	Pictures		Weather
	Add-on manager		Services
	System Settings

Additional settings

	Video OSD settings Some video playback settings can (currently) only be accessed while playing a video back and accessing the on-screen-display. For more info see Video playback. These include subtitle and audio track selection, zoom (aspect ratio) options, and more.		Media sources and Setting content For settings related to your file sources and library scanning.
	Add-on manager and add-on settings Various add-ons also have settings that can be accessed by going to Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled add-ons -> the add-on category -> the add-on title -> Configure You can also access add-on settings for some add-ons by bringing up the contextual menu press guide on remote or C or ⊞ Win on a keyboard while using that add-on.		Profiles Profiles allows you to save all of your settings as a profile and change them at the touch of a button. It also allows you to grant access to specific folders and network shares based on the profile being used. This is ideal for systems that have multiple users.

Advanced settings

Main page: advancedsettings.xml

Many advanced settings can not be accessed from the GUI (Graphical User Interface). This is to prevent normal end-users from messing up XBMC by more than they need to. To change/edit advanced settings or configurations you must manually create/edit advancedsettings.xml.

Note: If you have configured a setting in advancedsettings.xml it will be hidden in the GUI Settings! i.e. They do not show up!

Resetting XBMC settings to default

See also: userdata

Delete your userdata folder to remove all XBMC settings and library databases. Deleting some individual files/folders in the userdata folder will also selectively reset those settings.