Configuration
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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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