How to Change the Preferences for the Software¶
The Preferences window holds the program settings. Open it from the File menu (the one with the catalog name on it) by choosing Preferences, or press [Ctrl]+P.
Preference Tabs¶
The tabs are listed in the order they appear in the dialog.
| Tab | Description |
|---|---|
| General | External video player, editor, and general options |
| Layouts | Layout names and auto-layout settings |
| Auto Index | Automatic folder watching |
| Video Indexer | Screenshot capture and metadata extraction |
| Special Folders | Symbolic folder names |
| Video Player | Playback settings and codecs |
| Video Wall | Video Wall display settings |
| Attract Windows | Attract display settings |
| File Organizer | File management settings |
| Actors | Actor portrait settings |
| Face Recognition | Automatic actor detection settings |
| AI Classification | AI scene and object detection settings |
| Companion Images | Companion image indexing, covers, slideshow and MPV image viewing |
| Actions | Show or hide the common actions in the Action window |
| Metadata | Keyword shortcuts and writing .nfo files and metadata in video files |
| GUI | Mouse-over behavior, thumbnail scaling, keyword views and top menus |
| Auto Tag | Keywords from the video's folder and file names |
| Browser | External browser links and download settings |
Common Buttons¶
At the bottom of the Preferences dialog you can find a row of buttons.
The Help button opens the help page for the selected tab on our web site.
Reset resets ALL settings to the program defaults, after you confirm.
Import imports an XML file with previously exported preference settings.
Export exports the preference settings to an XML file. Use it to move your settings to another computer or installation.