Configuration

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   1 Configuration of kissdx
   2 Settings supported in the current release
       2.1 Standard usage of kissdx
       2.2 Advanced usage of kissdx
       2.3 Deep inside configuration
   3 History of older kissdx configuration

Configuration of kissdx

The kissdx daemon is configured via a text based configuration file. Each line in the file is a key - value pair of information.

The configuration file is read when kissdx is started. Since version 0.14, this configuration will be reloaded according an option settings.

The location of kissdx configuration file is by default in the appropriate "etc" directory. You might choose another location. See further section for details.

   On Linux ------: /etc/kissdx.conf 
   On FreeBSD --: /usr/local/etc/kissdx.conf 
   Optware ipkg -: /opt/etc/kissdx.conf 

Each installation of kissdx may have a customised configuration and location. To help diagnostics, please use the verbose log mode to track any messages about configuration before submitting a post in the forum.

If more information is needed or would be appreciated on a specific subject, please ask for it in the forum.

Settings supported in the current release

Standard usage of kissdx

Section	Description	Reserved setting keywords
Media repositories	Specify where media files are located.	audiopath, videopath, picturepath, audiofileextensions, videofileextensions, picturefileextensions
Persistent storage	kissdx stores data on your hard drive.	persistentstoragepath, pidfilepath
Streaming history	kissdx stores history of media played.	max_recent_files, recentlyusedfoldername
Character set handling	Ensure correct display of file names.	client_character_set, server_character_set, config_character_set, playlist_character_set
Picture handling	Resize and cache pictures for fast display.	picturetargetwidth, picturetargetheight, picturemaxzoompercent, picturecachesize, picturecachetrimminginterval
Audio handling	Set up audio handling.	-
Video handling	Relax filename checking for subtitle files.	subtitlefilemapping, dvdaccessmethod
Generic media file handling	Automatically rename certain file types.	renamefiletypes
Disk image handling	Tell kissdx which files are ISO images.	isofileextensions
Player display	Hide or show content at will.	enablehiddenfilestext, enablehiddenfilesminutes, listhiddenentries, displaysequencenumbers, serversignature

Advanced usage of kissdx

Section	Description	Reserved setting keywords
Configuration loading	Manage configuration engine	configautoload
Extending kissdx using triggers	Perform actions pre/post serving media	pretrigger, posttrigger, directorypretrigger, directoryposttrigger
KML server	Manage the KML forwarder feature	kmlforwardurl
Administration server	Define settings of administration server	adminserver_port
Networking	Customise networking behaviour	networktimeoutinterval, listenaddress

Deep inside configuration

• Kissdx user manual: Configuration Expert :

This page is focusing configuration in very specific environment, for expert only ( To be done later)

History of older kissdx configuration

Kissdx user manual: Configuration options v01400 - beta1 released 2007-10-28

Kissdx user manual: Configuration options v01310a - released 2007-01-30

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