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 releaseBold text

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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