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settings.conf [2017/05/25 02:31]
phulshof created
settings.conf [2018/07/12 15:42]
phulshof
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 The settings.conf file in a collection defines the settings for that particular collection. See below for a list of configuration parameters that can be specified in your collection'​s settings.conf file. The settings.conf file in a collection defines the settings for that particular collection. See below for a list of configuration parameters that can be specified in your collection'​s settings.conf file.
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 +^  Variable ​ ^  Default value  ^  Description ​ ^
 +^ list.path ​                ​| ​ /​collections/<​collection name>/​roms ​ | Location of your roms |
 +^ list.includeMissingItems ​ |  false                                | Include games in the include.txt even if the rom does not exist. |
 +^ list.extensions ​          ​| ​                                      | Comma separated rom extensions (e.g. zip,nes) |
 +^ list.menuSort ​            ​| ​ false                                | Defines whether the items in a collection will be sorted alphabetically |
 +^ list.romHierarchy ​        ​| ​ false                                | Defines whether the roms directory should be searched hierarchically. There is a performance hit by enabling this, so only use it when needed. |
 +^ list.truRIP ​              ​| ​ false                                | Defines whether the roms directory should be searched hierarchically based on truRIP format. There is a performance hit by enabling this, so only use it when needed. |
 +^ launcher ​                 |                                       | Specifies which [[launchers|launcher]] is used when a game is selected from the menu (reads from launchers/<​launcher name>​.conf) |
 +^ metadata.type ​                ​| ​ <​collection name> ​               | Specifies the meta file used in the meta.db to pull additional information like manufacturer,​ year, genre, etc. from |
 +^ meda.<​filetype> ​              ​| ​ collections/<​collection name>/​medium_artwork/<​filetype> ​ | Overwrites the path used to pull medium artwork from |
 +^ media.system_artwork ​         |  collections/<​collection name>/​system_artwork ​            | Overwrites the path used to pull system artwork from |
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 +All the settings above can take advantage of the following variables:
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 +^  Variable ​ ^  Description ​ ^
 +^ %BASE_MEDIA_PATH% ​            | The root directory where all artwork resides, defined by baseMediaPath in the [[global_settings.conf|global settings.conf]] file |
 +^ %BASE_ITEM_PATH% ​             | The root directory where all roms resides, defined by baseMediaPath in the [[global_settings.conf|global settings.conf]] file |
 +^ %ITEM_COLLECTION_NAME% ​       | The name of the current collection |
  
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