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How to Change the Preferences for the Software

The Preferences window holds the program settings. You can find it in Catalog/Preferences... on the Main Menu Bar or use the shortcut [Ctrl]+P.

Preference Tabs

Tab Description
General External video player, editor, and general options
Interface User interface settings
Layouts Layout names and auto-layout settings
Video Indexer Screenshot capture and metadata extraction
Auto Index Automatic folder watching
Video Player Playback settings and codecs
Video Wall Video Wall display settings
File Organizer File management settings
Actors Actor portrait settings
Face Recognition Automatic actor detection settings
Scene Classification AI scene and object detection settings
Companion Images Image slideshow and cover settings
Special Folders Symbolic folder names
Attract Windows Attract display settings
Actions Action preferences
Metadata External metadata writing
Auto Keywording Keyword extraction from paths
Web Integrated browser settings

Common Buttons

At the bottom of the Preferences dialog you can find a row of buttons.

The Help button will open the help page for the selected preference page on our web site.

Reset will reset ALL settings to the program defaults.

Import will import an xml file with previously saved preferences settings.

Export will export an xml file with preferences settings. Use this option if you want to move settings between programs.