Creating a cover art collage
Hi,
I am wanting to make a cover art collage from my itunes library album covers, similar to the cover art screen saver on Mac OS X.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to do this? I dont want to blend them but I was hoping there would be a quicker way then just importing all the individual files and positioning them together.
Thanks
If you open a Word Processing document, have it text-entry mode, and then drag images into it, they will be displayed consecutively and wrapped as if they were text. I don't know whether this will be quite the effect you are looking for, but worth a try.
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I'm setting up a media center PC and I'm having some problems with the playlists created by sonata. Another problem I have is not getting freevo to download cover art.
First: When ever I try to make a playlist through the "Current" tab in Sonata it creates a m3u file with every song that's listed in the current window. I'm used to being able to pick one or a couple of songs and then adding it a specified playlist. Is this impossible in sonata? And if I try to play the m3u file created (the one with every song listed) through freevo I get a message that the directory is empty. What am I doing wrong??
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It also seems that mplayer can't play m3u files. Using the mentioned sonata made m3u file in mplayer does nothing. Mplayer starts but nothing happens.
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Here's my local_conf.py:
# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
# local_conf.py - System configuration
# $Id: local_conf.py.example 10508 2008-03-12 07:24:34Z duncan $
# Notes:
# This file contains your freevo settings, overriding the settings in
# freevo_config.py. freevo_config.py, which is usually installed in
# /usr/share/freevo, contains all the core settings. To change the settings copy
# this file to ~/.freevo/local_conf.py or /etc/freevo/local_conf.py
# It does not contain all the possible settings that you can change, see
# freevo_config.py for all the possible settings. Also it does not contain
# settings for the plug-ins, plug-ins contain their configuration information and
# the can be listed with:
# | freevo plugins -l
# and the settings can se shown with
# | freevo plugins -i <name of plug-in>
# E.g.: when you want a alsa as mplayer audio out, just put in local_conf.py:
# | MPLAYER_AO_DEV = 'alsa9'
# The vertical line indicates code.
# This is no normal config file, it's Python code. Because of that, you
# need to follow some rules to avoid crashes. The examples should explain
# the settings, but make sure a line starting with a variable has NO SPACES OR
# TABS at the beginning.
# Freevo - A Home Theater PC framework
# Copyright (C) 2002 Krister Lagerstrom, et al.
# Please see the file freevo/Docs/CREDITS for a complete list of authors.
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
# CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
# Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
# 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
CONFIG_VERSION = 5.23
# ======================================================================
# General freevo settings:
# ======================================================================
# LOCALE='iso-8859-15'
# AUDIO_DEVICE = '/dev/dsp' # e.g.: /dev/dsp0, /dev/audio, /dev/alsa/?
# AUDIO_INPUT_DEVICE = '/dev/dsp1' # e.g.: /dev/dsp0, /dev/audio, /dev/alsa/?
# MIXER_MAJOR_CTRL = 'VOL' # Freevo takes control over one audio ctrl
# 'VOL', 'PCM' 'OGAIN' etc.
# MIXER_MAJOR_MUTE_CTRL = 'PCM' # used in alsamixer.py There are systems where
# volume and mute use different controls
# MIXER_DEVICE = '/dev/mixer' # mixer device
# MIXER_CONTROL_ALL = 1 # Should Freevo take complete control of audio
# MIXER_VOLUME_MAX = 90 # Set what you want maximum volume level to be.
# MIXER_VOLUME_DEFAULT = 40 # Set default volume level.
# MIXER_VOLUME_TV_IN = 60 # Set this to your preferred level 0-100.
# MIXER_VOLUME_VCR_IN = 90 # If you use different input from TV
# MIXER_VOLUME_RADIO_IN = 80 # Set this to your preferred level 0-100.
START_FULLSCREEN_X = 1 # Start in fullscreen mode if using x11 or xv.
# SYS_SHUTDOWN_CONFIRM = 1 # ask before shutdown
# Physical ROM drives, multiple ones can be specified
# by adding comma-seperated and quoted entries.
# Format [ ('mountdir1', 'devicename1', 'displayed name1'),
# ('mountdir2', 'devicename2', 'displayed name2'), ...]
# Set to None to autodetect drives in during startup from /etc/fstab,
# set to [] to disable rom drive support at all
# ROM_DRIVES = None
# Hide discs from the wrong menu (e.g. VCDs in audio menu) and empty discs.
HIDE_UNUSABLE_DISCS = 1
# Attempt to set the speed of the ROM drive. A good value for keeping the
# drive silent while playing movies is 8.
# ROM_SPEED = 0
# Perform a whole system shutdown at SHUTDOWN! Useful for standalone boxes.
# SYS_SHUTDOWN_ENABLE = 0
# Command to execute to shutdown the system
# SYS_SHUTDOWN_CMD = "sudo shutdown -h now"
# SYS_RESTART_CMD = "sudo shutdown -r now"
# ======================================================================
# AUTOSHUTDOWN CONFIGURATION
# ======================================================================
# replace the default shutdown plugin
# plugin.remove('shutdown')
# plugin.activate('autoshutdown', level=90)
# activate the timer
# plugin.activate('autoshutdown.autoshutdowntimer')
# -- autoshutdown menu item configuration --
# SYS_SHUTDOWN_CONFIRM
# Set to True to popup dialog boxes for confirmation.
# this applies to menu items only.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_CONFIRM = True
# -- autoshutdown timer configuration --
# TIMER_TIMEOUT
# Set the timeout in minutes after which the system
# is shutdown. The allowed idle time and the running
# processes (see below) are evaluated to determine if
# a shutdown is allowed. Menu navigation in freevo will
# reset the timer.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_TIMER_TIMEOUT=30
# -- autoshutdown behaviour configuration --
# PRETEND
# Set to True to disable the actual shutdown command.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_PRETEND = False
# PROCESS_LIST
# List the processes that will prevent an automatic
# shutdown. If there are important programs that
# should not be interrupted, then add them to this
# list. Set to None if a shutdown is always allowed.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_PROCESS_LIST = [
# 'emerge',
# 'tvgids',
# 'transcode',
# 'cdrecord',
# 'mplayer',
# 'top'
# DEFAULT_WAKEUP_TIME
# Set the default time at which to wakeup if there
# are no recordings scheduled. The time is specified
# in localtime 24 hour format. Set to None to disable
# default wakeup time.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_DEFAULT_WAKEUP_TIME = "13:00"
# FORCE_DEFAULT_WAKEUP
# Set to True to always wakeup at the default wakeup
# time. Set to False to only wakeup at the default
# wakeup time when no recordings are scheduled.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_FORCE_DEFAULT_WAKEUP = True
# ALLOWED_IDLE_TIME
# The number of minutes that may be spent idle until
# the next scheduled recording or default wakeup. That
# is, if the gap between "now" and the next recording
# or default wakeup is less than the allowed idle time
# then a shutdown is not performed but the system is
# left running. If the period from now to the next
# recording or default wakeup is more than the allowed
# idle time, then the system is shut down and a wakeup
# is scheduled. Use this to minimize the number of
# shutdown/boot sequences when many short programs are
# recorded in a short period of time. Note that this
# variable is used by both the timer and the menu.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_ALLOWED_IDLE_TIME = 45
# -- Choice of wakeup method
# The wakeup can be done via acpi-alarm or nvram-wakeup.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_METHOD = 'acpi'
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_METHOD = 'nvram'
# -- autoshutdown acpi-alarm configuration
# This method uses the wakeup on alarm function that most BIOSs have.
# The wakeup time is set by a simple
# "echo 2004-08-02 20:15:00 >/proc/acpi/alarm"
# On most mainbords you will have to ENABLE "Wake on Timer", "Resume on Alarm",
# "RTC Alarm Resume" or similar things for the acpi wakeup method to work.
# If you want to use acpi, you need to create a small script:
# !/bin/sh
# echo "$1" >/proc/acpi/alarm
# You have to be root or use sudo for this to work.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_WAKEUP_CMD = sudo /PATH/TO/set_acpi.sh
# -- autoshutdown nvram-wakeup configuration --
# The nvram-wakeup utility is used to write the
# wakeup alarm to the RTC in bios. Read the
# nvram-wakeup documentation about this topic,
# a working nvram-wakeup configuration is needed.
# WAKEUP_CMD / NVRAM_OPT
# Path to nvram-wakeup and options. Options can
# be used to specify a config file.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_WAKEUP_CMD = "/usr/bin/nvram-wakeup"
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_NVRAM_OPT = "--syslog"
# WAKEUP_NEEDS_REBOOT
# Set to True if the bios needs a reboot to catch
# up with the rtc alarm that nvram-wakeup sets. The
# boot loader options should be set too. Read the
# nvram-wakeup documentation about this topic.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_BIOS_NEEDS_REBOOT = True
# -- if the bios needs a reboot --
# BOOT_LOADER
# Set to "GRUB" or "LILO" Only needed if bios needs
# a reboot to initialize the RTC wakeup call.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_BOOT_LOADER = "GRUB"
# REMOUNT_BOOT_CMD / REMOUNT_BOOT_OPT
# Grub needs to write to /boot/grub/grub.conf. Set
# the command and options to remount the /boot
# partition writeable. Set to None if this is not
# needed.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_REMOUNT_BOOT_CMD = "/bin/mount"
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_REMOUNT_BOOT_OPT = "/boot -o remount,rw"
# GRUB_CMD / GRUB_OPT
# Grub-set-default command and options that will
# reboot and poweroff the system.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_GRUB_CMD = "/sbin/grub-set-default 0"
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_GRUB_OPT = "0"
# LILO_CMD / LILO_OPT
# Lilo command with options that will reboot and
# poweroff the system.
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_LILO_CMD = "/sbin/lilo"
# AUTOSHUTDOWN_LILO_OPT = "-R PowerOff"
# ======================================================================
# Events
# ======================================================================
# You can add more keybindings by adding them to the correct hash.
# e.g. If you want to send 'contrast -100' to mplayer by pressing the '1' key,
# just add the following line:
# EVENTS['video']['1'] = Event(VIDEO_SEND_MPLAYER_CMD, arg='contrast -100')
# See src/event.py for a list of all possible events.
# Some events to jump to menus
# EVENTS['menu']['GUIDE'] = Event(MENU_GOTO_TVGUIDE) # Not working
# EVENTS['menu']['VIDEOS'] = Event(MENU_GOTO_VIDEOS)
# EVENTS['menu']['MUSIC'] = Event(MENU_GOTO_MUSIC)
# EVENTS['menu']['PICTURES'] = Event(MENU_GOTO_IMAGES)
# EVENTS['menu']['GAMES'] = Event(MENU_GOTO_GAMES)
# EVENTS['menu']['RADIO'] = Event(MENU_GOTO_RADIO) # Not working
# EVENTS['menu']['POWER'] = Event(MENU_GOTO_SHUTDOWN)
# Use arrow keys for back and select (alternate way of navigating)
# MENU_ARROW_NAVIGATION = False
# Process keyboard events from SDL. You want this unless you use only lirc
# or event devices below.
# USE_SDL_KEYBOARD = True
# Keymap to map keyboard keys to event strings. You can also add new keys
# here, e.g. KEYMAP[key.K_x] = 'SUBTITLE'. The K_-names are defined by pygame.
# List of /dev/input/event# devices to monitor. You can specify either the
# device node (e.g. '/dev/input/event1') or the name of the device (e.g.
# 'ATI Remote Wonder II'). If you monitor your keyboard both here and with
# USE_SDL_KEYBOARD, then you will get duplicate events.
EVENT_DEVS = []
# Keymap to map input events to event strings. You can change current mappings
# and add new ones here, e.g. EVENTMAP['KEY_COFFEE'] = 'SUBTITLE'. Key names
# are defined by the Linux input layer (input.h). An axis is described by a
# pair, one for positive and one for negative movement, e.g.
# EVENTMAP['REL_Z'] = ('LEFT', 'RIGHT')
# Use Internet resources to fetch information?
# For example, Freevo can use CDDB for album information,
# the IMDB movie database for movie info, and Amazon for cover searches.
# Set this to 0 if your computer isn't connected to a network.
USE_NETWORK = 1
# Directory location to save files when the normal filesystem
# doesn't allow saving. This directory can save covers and fxd files
# for read only filesystems like ROM drives. Set this variable to your
# old MOVIE_DATA_DIR if you have one. It needs to be set to a directory
# Freevo can write to.
# OVERLAY_DIR = os.path.join(FREEVO_CACHEDIR, 'vfs')
# Umask setting for all files.
# 022 means only the user has write access. If you share your Freevo
# installation with different users, set this to 002
# UMASK = 022
# Suffix for playlist files
PLAYLIST_SUFFIX = [ 'm3u' ]
# Use md5 in mmpython to create unique disc ids. Enable this if you have
# problems with different discs having the same id.
# MMPYTHON_CREATE_MD5_ID = 0
# Keep metadata in memory
# Setting this variable will keep all cache files in memory. Startup will be
# slower, but for large directories, this will speed up the display.
# 0 = Only keep current dir in memory. Use this if you have too much data
# and not enough RAM
# 1 = Once loaded, keep cachefile for directory in memory
# 2 = Load all cachefiles on startup
# WARNING: you should not run 'freevo cache' when freevo is running.
# MEDIAINFO_USE_MEMORY = 1
# Cache images. This uses a lot of disc space but it's a huge speed
# enhancement. The images will be cached in OVERLAY_DIR
CACHE_IMAGES = 1
# ======================================================================
# Plugins:
# ======================================================================
# Remove undesired plugins by setting plugin.remove(code).
# You can also use the name to remove a plugin. But if you do that,
# all instances of this plugin will be removed.
# Examples:
# plugin.remove(plugin_tv) or
# plugin.remove('tv') will remove the tv module from the main menu
# plugin.remove(rom_plugins['image']) will remove the rom drives from the
# image main menu,
# plugin.remove('rom_drives.rom_items') will remove the rom drives from all
# menus
# See freevo_config.py for a list of loaded plugins
plugin.remove('tv')
plugin.remove('headlines')
plugin.remove('idlebar.tv')
plugin.remove('idlebar.diskfree')
plugin.remove('file_ops')
plugin.remove('tv.generic_record')
plugin.remove('tv.view_recordings')
plugin.remove('tv.mplayer')
plugin.remove('tv.manual_record')
plugin.remove('tv.scheduled_recordings')
plugin.remove('tv.view_favorites')
plugin.remove('video.moviecovers')
# User setup
plugin.activate('audio.coversearch')
# plugin.activate('video.moviecovers')
plugin.activate('video.details')
# list of regexp to be ignored on a disc label
IMDB_REMOVE_FROM_LABEL = ('season[\._ -][0-9]+', 'disc[\._ -][0-9]+',
'd[\._ -][0-9]+', 'german')
# list of words to ignore when searching based on a filename
IMDB_REMOVE_FROM_SEARCHSTRING = ('the', 'a')
# When searching for a movie title in imdb, should the result be
# autoaccepted if it is only one hit?
# 0 = show menu even if it is only one hit (gives you an opportunity to cancel)
# 1 = autoaccept
IMDB_AUTOACCEPT_SINGLE_HIT = 1
SCREENSAVER_DELAY = 30 # of seconds to wait to start saver.
SCREENSAVER_CYCLE_TIME = 60 # of seconds to run a screensaver before starting another saver.
plugin.activate('screensaver')
# Use ivtv_record instead if you have an ivtv based card (PVR-250/350)
# and want freevo to do everthing for you. TV_SETTINGS must be set
# correctly. To use you need to set the following two lines:
# plugin.remove('tv.generic_record')
# plugin_record = plugin.activate('tv.ivtv_record')
# Enable this for joystick support:
# plugin.activate('joy')
# Headlines
# You are free to use any rss feeds in the HEADLINES_LOCATIONS below
# These are just working examples for the Freevo feeds.
# To turn off Headlines add plugin.remove('headlines')
# plugin.activate('headlines', level=45)
# HEADLINES_LOCATIONS = [
# ('Freevo news releases', 'http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projnews.php?group_id=46652'),
# ('Freevo file releases', 'http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projfiles.php?group_id=46652'),
# ('Freevo summary+stats', 'http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projsummary.php?group_id=46652'),
# ('Freevo donors', 'http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projdonors.php?group_id=46652'),
# CD Ripping
# CD_RIP_TMP_DIR = '/tmp/'
# CD_RIP_TMP_NAME = 'track_%(track)s_being_ripped'
# CD_RIP_PN_PREF = '%(artist)s/%(album)s/%(track)s - %(song)s'
# CD_RIP_CDPAR_OPTS = '-s'
# CD_RIP_LAME_OPTS = '--vbr-new -b 192 -h'
# CD_RIP_OGG_OPTS = '-m 128'
# CD_RIP_FLAC_OPTS = '-8'
# CD_RIP_CASE = None # Can be title, upper, lower
# CD_RIP_REPLACE_SPACE = None # Can be '_', '-', etc.
# CD Burning
# CDBURN_AUDIO_DAO = 1
# CDBURN_MKISOFS_PATH = '/usr/bin/mkisofs'
# CDBURN_CDRECORD_PATH = '/usr/bin/cdrecord'
# CDBURN_TEMP_DIR='/tmp/'
# CDBURN_DEV = '/dev/cdrom'
# CDBURN_SPEED = 32
# Re-encode
# This plug-in transcodes a video to a different format
# plugin.activate('video.reencode')
# REENCODE_CONTAINER = 'avi'
# REENCODE_RESOLUTION = 'Optimal'
# REENCODE_VIDEOCODEC = 'XviD'
# REENCODE_VIDEOBITRATE = 1000
# REENCODE_AUDIOCODEC = 'MPEG 1 Layer 3 (mp3)'
# REENCODE_AUDIOBITRATE = 128
# REENCODE_NUMPASSES = 1
# REENCODE_VIDEOFILTER = None
# Freevo Music Player Daemon
# http://www.musicpd.org/
# plugin.activate('mpd')
# Freevo Bluetooth Phone Settings
# This plugin uses The Python bindings for Bluez bluetooth stack.
# It can be downloaded from http://org.csail.mit.edu/pybluez/download.html
# or installed with the package manager of your operating system.
# To this plugin to work you need the j2me midlet installed in a compatible
# phone.
# plugin.activate('freevused')
# if RFCOMM port is already binded wait this seconds to retry binding
# FVUSED_BIND_TIMEOUT = 30
# Translation of commands from j2me client to events of Freevo
# FVUSED_CMDS = {
# 'PREV': 'UP', # 1st row left
# 'STRT': 'SELECT', # 1nd row center
# 'NEXT': 'DOWN', # 1st row right
# 'RWND': 'LEFT', # 2nd row left
# 'PAUS': 'PAUSE', # 2nd row center
# 'FFWD': 'RIGHT', # 2nd row right
# 'VOL-': 'MIXER_VOLDOWN', # 3rd row left
# 'STOP': 'EXIT', # 3rd row center
# 'VOL+': 'MIXER_VOLUP', # 3rd row right
# 'VOLM': 'MIXER_VOLMUTE', # 4th row left
# 'SLCT': 'ENTER', # 4th row center
# 'MAIN': 'MENU' # 4th row right
# Freevo Button Bar Plug-in
# plugin.activate('buttonbar')
# You'll also need to map the 'RED', 'GREEN', 'YELLOW'
# and 'BLUE' events to keys for example (don't use this
# it overrides some default keys)
# KEYMAP[key.K_F5] = 'RED'
# KEYMAP[key.K_F6] = 'GREEN' #Already mapped to record
# KEYMAP[key.K_F7] = 'YELLOW'
# KEYMAP[key.K_F8] = 'BLUE'
# Freevo Screensaver Plug-in
# SCREENSAVER_DELAY = 120 # of seconds to wait to start saver.
# SCREENSAVER_CYCLE_TIME = 60 # of seconds to run a screensaver before starting another saver.
# plugin.activate('screensaver')
# plugin.activate('screensaver.balls') # Bouncing balls all over the screen
# plugin.activate('screensaver.bouncing_freevo') # The freevo logo bouncing around the screen
# ======================================================================
# Freevo directory settings:
# ======================================================================
# You can change all this variables in the folder.fxd on a per folder
# basis
# Example:
# <freevo>
# <folder title="Title of the directory" img-cover="nice-cover.png">
# <setvar name="directory_autoplay_single_item" val="0"/>
# <info>
# <content>A small description of the directory</content>
# </info>
# </folder>
# </freevo>
# Should directories sorted by date instead of filename?
# 0 = No, always sort by filename.
# 1 = Yes, sort by date
# 2 = No, don't sory by date for normal directories,
# but sort by date for TV_RECORD_DIR.
DIRECTORY_SORT_BY_DATE = 0
# Should directory items be sorted in reverse order?
# DIRECTORY_REVERSE_SORT = 0
# Should we use "smart" sorting?
# Smart sorting ignores the word "The" in item names.
DIRECTORY_SMART_SORT = 1
# Should files in directories have smart names?
# This removes the first part of the names when identical
# DIRECTORY_SMART_NAMES = 1
# Should Freevo autoplay an item if only one item is in the directory?
DIRECTORY_AUTOPLAY_SINGLE_ITEM = 0
# Force the skin to use a specific layout number. -1 == no force. The layout
# toggle with DISPLAY will be disabled
# DIRECTORY_FORCE_SKIN_LAYOUT = -1
# Format string for the audio item names.
# Possible strings:
# a=artist, n=tracknumber, t=title, y=year, f=filename
# Example:
# This will show the title and the track number:
# DIRECTORY_AUDIO_FORMAT_STRING = '%(n)s - %(t)s'
# DIRECTORY_AUDIO_FORMAT_STRING = '%(t)s'
# Use media id tags to generate the name of the item. This should be
# enabled all the time. It should only be disabled for directories with
# broken tags.
DIRECTORY_USE_MEDIAID_TAG_NAMES = 1
# The following settings determine which features are available for
# which media types.
# If you set this variable in a folder.fxd, the value is 1 (enabled)
# or 0 (disabled).
# Examples:
# To enable autoplay for audio and image files:
# DIRECTORY_AUTOPLAY_ITEMS = [ 'audio', 'image' ]
# To disable autoplay entirely:
# DIRECTORY_AUTOPLAY_ITEMS = []
# Make all items a playlist. So when one is finished, the next one will
# start. It's also possible to browse through the list with UP and DOWN
# DIRECTORY_CREATE_PLAYLIST = [ 'audio', 'image' ]
# Add playlist files ('m3u') to the directory
# DIRECTORY_ADD_PLAYLIST_FILES = [ 'audio', 'image' ]
# Add the item 'Random Playlist' to the directory
# DIRECTORY_ADD_RANDOM_PLAYLIST = [ 'audio' ]
# Make 'Play' not 'Browse' the default action when only items and not
# subdirectories are in the directory
# DIRECTORY_AUTOPLAY_ITEMS = [ ]
# ======================================================================
# Freevo movie settings:
# ======================================================================
# Where the movie files can be found.
# This is a list of items (e.g. directories, fxd files). The items themselves
# can also be a list of (title, file)
VIDEO_ITEMS = [
('movies', '/home/per/movies'),
('movies extra', '/extra/movies'),
('tv', '/home/per/tv'),
('tv extra', '/extra/tv'),
# Some people access movies on a different machine using an automounter.
# To avoid timeouts, you can specify the machine name in the directory
# to check if the machine is alive first
# Directory myserver:/files/server-stuff will show the item for the
# directory /files/server-stuff if the computer myserver is alive.
# The list of filename suffixes that are used to match the files that
# are played wih MPlayer.
# VIDEO_MPLAYER_SUFFIX = [ 'avi', 'mpg', 'mpeg', 'wmv', 'bin', 'rm',
# 'divx', 'ogm', 'vob', 'asf', 'm2v', 'm2p',
# 'mp4', 'viv', 'nuv', 'mov', 'iso',
# 'nsv', 'mkv' ]
# The list of filename suffixes that are used to match the files that
# are played wih Xine.
# VIDEO_XINE_SUFFIX = [ 'avi', 'mpg', 'mpeg', 'rm', 'divx', 'ogm',
# 'asf', 'm2v', 'm2p', 'mp4', 'mov', 'cue' ]
# Preferred video player
VIDEO_PREFERED_PLAYER = 'mplayer'
# Only scan OVERLAY_DIR and VIDEO_SHOW_DATA_DIR for fxd files containing
# information about a disc. If you only have the fxd files for discs in
# one of this directories (and subdirectories), set this to 1, it will
# speed up startup, 0 may be needed if you have fxd files with disc links
# in your normal movie tree.
# VIDEO_ONLY_SCAN_DATADIR = 1
# try to detect a movie with more than one file and join them as one
# item
VIDEO_AUTOJOIN = 1
# try to find out if deinterlacing is needed or not
# VIDEO_DEINTERLACE = None
# Instruct player to use XVMC for playback
# VIDEO_USE_XVMC = None
# Pass field dominance parameter to MPlayer
# VIDEO_FIELD_DOMINANCE = None
# PRE and POST playing commands. Set these to a runnable command if
# you wish to do something before and after playing a video, like
# dimming the lights
# VIDEO_PRE_PLAY = None
# VIDEO_POST_PLAY = None
# ======================================================================
# Freevo audio settings:
# ======================================================================
# Where the Audio (mp3, ogg) files can be found.
# This is a list of items (e.g. directories, fxd files). The items themselves
# can also be a list of (title, file)
# To add webradio support, add fxd/webradio.fxd to this list
AUDIO_ITEMS = [
('music', '/home/per/music'),
('music extra', '/extra/music'),
('playlists', '/home/per/.mpd/playlists'),
# The list of filename suffixes that are used to match the files that
# are played as audio.
# AUDIO_SUFFIX = [ 'mp3', 'ogg', 'wav','m4a', 'wma', 'aac', 'flac', 'mka' ]
# Regular expression used to recognize filenames which are likely to be
# covers for an album
# This will match front.jpg and cover-f.jpg, but not back.jpg nor cover-b.jpg:
# AUDIO_COVER_REGEXP = 'front|-f'
# Format strings used to seach for audio cover images.
# Fist matching GIF, JPG or PNG image will be used as cover.
# Examples:
# AUDIO_COVER_FORMAT_STRINGS = [ 'cover-%(artist)s-%(album)s', 'mycover' ]
# AUDIO_COVER_FORMAT_STRINGS = [ '%(album)s', '../covers/%(album)s', '../covers/nocover' ]
# Preferred audio player
AUDIO_PREFERED_PLAYER = 'mplayer'
# Show video files in the audio menu (for music-videos)
AUDIO_SHOW_VIDEOFILES = False
# ======================================================================
# Freevo image viewer settings:
# ======================================================================
# Where image files can be found.
# This is a list of items (e.g. directories, fxd files). The items itself
# can also be a list of (title, file)
IMAGE_ITEMS = [
('pictures', '/home/per/pictures'),
# The list of filename suffixes that are used to match the files that
# are used for the image viewer.
# IMAGE_SUFFIX = [ 'jpg','gif','png','jpeg','bmp','tiff','psd' ]
# The viewer now supports a new type of menu entry, a slideshow file.
# It also has the slideshow alarm signal handler for automated shows.
# It uses a new configuration option:
# IMAGE_SSHOW_SUFFIX = [ 'ssr' ]
# The viewer can exclude certain types of images based on the regular expression list
# eg IMAGE_EXCLUDE = [('thm','tn_')]
# IMAGE_EXCLUDE = None
# Mode of the blending effect in the image viewer between two images
# Possible values are:
# None: no blending
# -1 random effect
# 0 alpha blending
# 1 wipe effect
IMAGEVIEWER_BLEND_MODE = -1
# When viewing images on a TV screen where the pixels are not square
# the images need to be scaled according to the aspect ratio of the TV
# Use this setting for 16x9 TVs
# IMAGEVIEWER_ASPECT = (float(1024) / float(720))
# Use this setting for 4x3 TVs
# IMAGEVIEWER_ASPECT = (float(768) / float(720))
# Use this setting for Monitors including HDTVs
# IMAGEVIEWER_ASPECT = 1.0
# IMAGEVIEWER_ASPECT = 1.0
# ======================================================================
# Freevo games settings:
# ======================================================================
# MAME is an emulator for old arcade video games. It supports almost
# 2000 different games! The actual emulator is not included in Freevo,
# you'll need to download and install it separately. The main MAME
# website is at http://www.mame.net, but the version that is used here
# is at http://x.mame.net since the regular MAME is for Windows.
# SNES stands for Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Freevo relies
# on other programs that are not included in Freevo to play these games.
# NEW GAMES SYSTEM :
# =================
# The GAMES_ITEMS structure is now build as follows :
# <NAME>, <FOLDER>, (<TYPE>, <COMMAND_PATH>, <COMMAND_ARGS>, <IMAGE_PATH>, \
# [<FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_GENERIC>])
# where :
# - <TYPE> : Internal game types (MAME or SNES) or
# generic one (GENERIC)
# - <COMMAND_PATH> : Emulator command
# - <COMMAND_ARGS> : Arguments for the emulator
# - <IMAGE_PATH> : Optionnal path to the picture
# - <FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_GENERIC> : If the folder use the GENERIC
# type, then you must specify here
# the file suffix used by the emulator
# GAMES_ITEMS = [
# ('MAME', '/home/media/games/xmame/roms',
# ('MAME', '/usr/local/bin/xmame.SDL', '-fullscreen -modenumber 6',
# '/home/media/games/xmame/shots', None)),
# ('SUPER NINTENDO', '/home/media/games/snes/roms',
# ('SNES', '/usr/local/bin/zsnes', '-m -r 3 -k 100 -cs -u', '', None )),
# ('Visual Boy Advance', '/home/media/games/vba/roms/',
# ('GENERIC', '/usr/local/vba/VisualBoyAdvance', ' ', '', [ 'gba' ] )),
# ('MEGADRIVE', '/home/media/games/megadrive/roms',
# ('GENESIS', '/usr/local/bin/generator-svgalib', '', '', '' ))
# GAMES_ITEMS = None
# These settings are used for the MAME arcade emulator:
# Priority of the game process
# 0 = Don't change the priority
# >0 - Lower priority
# <0 - Higher priority
# GAMES_NICE = -20
# MAME cache directory
# GAMES_MAME_CACHE = '%s/romlist-%s.pickled' % (FREEVO_CACHEDIR, os.getuid())
# ======================================================================
# Freevo SKIN settings:
# ======================================================================
# XML file for the skin. If SKIN_XML_FILE is set, this skin will be
# used, otherwise the skin will rememeber the last choosen skin.
# SKIN_XML_FILE = 'blurr'
# Select a way when to switch to text view even if a image menu is there
# 1 = Force text view when all items have the same image and there are no
# directories
# 2 = Ignore the directories, always switch to text view when all images
# are the same
# SKIN_FORCE_TEXTVIEW_STYLE = 1
# Force text view for the media menu
# (The media menu is the first menu displayed for video, audio, images
# and games).
# SKIN_MEDIAMENU_FORCE_TEXTVIEW = 0
# ======================================================================
# Freevo OSD settings:
# ======================================================================
# System Path to search for fonts not included in the Freevo distribution
# OSD_EXTRA_FONT_PATH = [ '/usr/share/fonts/truetype' ]
# Font aliases
# All names must be lowercase! All alternate fonts must be in './share/fonts/'
# OSD_FONT_ALIASES = { 'arial_bold.ttf' : 'VeraBd.ttf' }
# For non-european character sets the OSD_FORCE_FONTNAME and
# OSD_FORCE_FONTSIZE can be set. The size is a scaling ratio, ie 1.2.
# Setting OSD_FORCE_FONTNAME='batang.ttf' and OSD_FORCE_FONTSIZE=1.0
# allows Korean characters.
# OSD_FORCE_FONTNAME = None
# OSD_FORCE_FONTSIZE = None
# Number of seconds to wait until the busy icon is shown in the menu.
# Busy icon can also be shown right away when there is more than a certain
# number of files in a directory.
# Set this to None to disable this.
# (seconds, files)
# OSD_BUSYICON_TIMER = (0.7, 200)
# Number of pixels to move the display to centre the OSD on the display
# OSD_OVERSCAN_LEFT = OSD_OVERSCAN_RIGHT = 0
# OSD_OVERSCAN_TOP = OSD_OVERSCAN_BOTTOM = 0
# Setting the cursors when freevo is run in fullscreen mode
# OSD_X11_CURSORS = '/usr/lib/X11/cursors/black.cursor /usr/lib/X11/cursors/blank.cursor'
# Execute a script on OSD startup.
# OSD_SDL_EXEC_AFTER_STARTUP = ""
# Execute a script on OSD close.
# OSD_SDL_EXEC_AFTER_CLOSE = ""
# Stop the osd before playing a movie with xine or mplayer. Some output
# devices need this. After playback, the osd will be restored
# OSD_STOP_WHEN_PLAYING = 0
# Dim text that doesn't fit instead of using ellipses.
# OSD_DIM_TEXT = 1
# OSD sound effects
# OSD_SOUNDS_ENABLED=False
# OSD_SOUNDS= {
# 'menu.navigate': None,
# 'menu.back_one': None,
# 'menu.select' : None
# ======================================================================
# Freevo remote control settings:
# ======================================================================
# Location of the lircrc file
# For remote control support, Freevo needs a lircrc file, like this:
# begin
# prog = freevo
# button = select
# config = SELECT
# end
# Check contrib/lirc for examples and helpers/freevo2lirc.pl for a converter
# script.
# LIRCRC = '/etc/freevo/lircrc'
# Joystick support
# 0 = Disable joystick support
# 1 = Use js0,
# 2 = Use js1,
# ... etc
# JOY_DEV = 0
# JOY_SENS = 32000
# JOY_LOCKFILE = /path/to/joystick/lockfile
# Freevo can support as many buttons as your controller has
# as long as there is a corresponding entry in JOY_CMDS.
# You will also need to plugin.activate('joy').
# FYI: new kernels use /dev/input/jsX, but joy.py will fall back on /dev/jsX
# JOY_CMDS = {
# 'up' : 'UP',
# 'down' : 'DOWN',
# 'left' : 'LEFT',
# 'right' : 'RIGHT',
# 'button 1' : 'PLAY',
# 'button 2' : 'PAUSE',
# 'button 3' : 'STOP',
# 'button 4' : 'ENTER',
# Here are the PS3 joy stick mappings
# JOY_CMDS = {
# 'button 5' : 'UP',
# 'button 7' : 'DOWN',
# 'button 8' : 'LEFT',
# 'button 6' : 'RIGHT',
# 'up' : 'UP',
# 'down' : 'DOWN',
# 'left' : 'LEFT',
# 'right' : 'RIGHT',
# 'button 14' : 'SELECT', # <circle>
# 'button 16' : 'EXIT', # <square>
# 'button 15' : 'STOP', # <x>
# 'button 1' : 'ENTER', # <select>
# 'button 11' : 'VOL+', # <L1>
# 'button 9' : 'VOL-', # <L2>
# 'button 2' : 'MUTE', # <L3>
# 'button 10' : 'MUTE', # <R2>
# 'button 4' : 'PLAY', # <start>
# 'button 13' : 'PLAY', # <start>
# 'button 17' : 'MENU', # <ps>
# ======================================================================
# TVtime settings:
# ======================================================================
# Location of the TV time program
# Default: Use the value in freevo.conf
# TVTIME_CMD = CONF.tvtime
# ======================================================================
# MPlayer settings:
# ======================================================================
# MPLAYER_AO_DEV = 'oss:/dev/dsp' # e.g.: oss,sdl,alsa, see mplayer docs
# MPLAYER_VO_DEV_OPTS = '' # e.g.: ':some_var=vcal'
# DVD_LANG_PREF = 'en,se,no' # Order of preferred languages on DVD.
# DVD_SUBTITLE_PREF = '' # Order of preferred subtitles on DVD.
# Priority of mplayer process. 0 is unchanged, <0 is higher prio, >0 lower prio.
# prio <0 has no effect unless run as root.
# MPLAYER_NICE = -20
# Mplayer options to use the software scaler. If your CPU is fast enough, you
# might try a software scaler. You can disable it later for some larger files
# with the mplayer option '-nosws'. If you have -framedrop or -hardframedrop
# as mplayer option, the software scaler will also not be used.
# A good value for this variable is:
# MPLAYER_SOFTWARE_SCALER = "-subfont-text-scale 5 -fs -sws 2 -vf scale=%s:-3,"\
# "expand=%s:%s " % ( CONF.width, CONF.width, CONF.height )
# older versions of mplayer may need
# MPLAYER_SOFTWARE_SCALER = '-xy %s -sws 2 -vop scale:-1:-1:-1:100' % CONF.width
# MPLAYER_SOFTWARE_SCALER = ''
# Mplayer arguments for different media formats. (eg DVDs, CDs, AVI files, etc)
# Uses a default value if nothing else matches.
# MPLAYER_ARGS = { 'dvd' : '-cache 8192',
# 'vcd' : '-cache 4096',
# 'cd' : '-cache 1024 -cdda speed=2',
# 'tv' : '-nocache',
# 'ivtv' : '-cache 8192',
# 'avi' : '-cache 5000 -idx',
# 'rm' : '-cache 5000 -forceidx',
# 'rmvb' : '-cache 5000 -forceidx',
# 'webcam' : 'tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=352:height=288:outfmt=yuy2:device=/dev/video2',
# 'default': '-cache 5000'
# Number of seconds before seek value times out. This is used when
# seeking a specified number of minutes into a movie. If you make
# a mistake or change your mind, the seek value will timeout after
# this many seconds.
# MPLAYER_SEEK_TIMEOUT = 8
# Autocrop files when playing. This is useful for files in 4:3 with black
# bars on a 16:9 tv
# MPLAYER_AUTOCROP = 0
# Try to set correct 'delay' and 'mc' values for mplayer based on the delay
# from mmpython.
# This should correct av sync problems with mplayer for some files, but
# may also break things. (I don't know, that's why it's disabled by default).
# WARNING: When seeking, the playback is out of sync for some seconds!
# MPLAYER_SET_AUDIO_DELAY = 0
# Mplayer video filter for interlaced or progressive videos. If you have
# a slow pc, do not use post processing
# MPLAYER_VF_INTERLACED = ''
# MPLAYER_VF_PROGRESSIVE = 'pp=fd'
# For pal and dvb-t recordings, the following looks good
# MPLAYER_VF_INTERLACED = 'pp=md/de,phase=U'
# MPLAYER_VF_INTERLACED = 'pp=de/fd'
# MPLAYER_VF_PROGRESSIVE = 'pp=de'
# For the autodetect TOP/BOTTOM field first in mplayer
# (if this feature present in mplayer)
# MPLAYER_HAS_FIELD_DOMINANCE = 1
# ======================================================================
# Xine settings:
# ======================================================================
# You need xine-ui version greater 0.9.21 to use the all the features
# of the xine plugin
# XINE_VO_DEV = 'xv'
# XINE_COMMAND = '%s --auto-play=fq --hide-gui --borderless --geometry %sx%s+0+0 --no-splash' % \
# (CONF.xine, CONF.width, CONF.height)
# XINE_ARGS_DEF = "--no-lirc --post='pp:quality=10;expand'"
# XINE_AO_DEV = 'oss' # alsa or oss
# Set to False if xine doesn't have '--no-lirc' option
# XINE_HAS_NO_LIRC = True
# Set to True is xine supports get_time this enables the position to be saved
# XINE_BOOKMARK = False
# ======================================================================
# Freevo TV settings:
# ======================================================================
# This is where recorded video is written.
# XXX the path doesn't work from the www cgi scripts!
# TV_RECORD_DIR = None
# This will enable duplicate recording detection
# TV_RECORD_DUPLICATE_DETECTION = True
# This will enable only new episodes to be recorded
# TV_RECORD_ONLY_NEW_DETECTION = True
# ================================================================================
# Watching TV
# ================================================================================
# XXX You must change this to fit your local conditions!
# NORM: ntsc, pal, secam
# INPUT: television, composite1
# CHANLIST: One of the following:
# us-bcast, us-cable, us-cable-hrc, japan-bcast, japan-cable, europe-west,
# europe-east, italy, newzealand, australia, ireland, france, china-bcast,
# southafrica, argentina, canada-cable, russia
# TV_SETTINGS = 'NORM INPUT CHANLIST DEVICE'
# Video input device
# Usually /dev/video0, but might be /dev/video1 instead for multiple boards.
# FreeBSD uses the Brooktree TV-card driver, not V4L.
# TV_DRIVER = 'v4l'
# TV_DEVICE = '/dev/video0'
# TV_INPUT = 0
# ================================================================================
# Listening to radio
# ================================================================================
# Radio device default is None, /dev/video24 for ivtv
# RADIO_DEVICE = '/dev/radio'
# Radio commands:
# plugin.activate('audio.radioplayer')
# plugin.activate('audio.radio')
# for fmtools
# RADIO_CMD = 'fm'
# RADIO_CMD_START = (RADIO_CMD + ' -d %s ' % RADIO_DEVICE + ' -q %s 65535')
# RADIO_CMD_STOP = (RADIO_CMD + ' -d %s ' % RADIO_DEVICE + ' -q off')
# for ivtv-radio
# RADIO_CMD = '/usr/bin/ivtv-radio -d /dev/radio0 -i /dev/video24'
# RADIO_STATIONS = [
# ('DRS 1', '94.80'),
# ('VIRUS', '104.30'),
# (u'Radio Zürisee', '90.20'),
# Additional options to pass to mplayer in TV mode.
# eg. To turn off deinterlacing:
# TV_OPTS = '-vop pp=ci'
# TV_OPTS = ''
# TV_SETTINGS = '%s television %s %s' % (CONF.tv, CONF.chanlist, TV_DEVICE)
# Size (in MB) of the timeshift buffer. (ie: how long you can pause tv for.)
# This is set to a low default because the default buffer location is
# under FREEVO_CACHEDIR and we don't want to blow /var or /tmp.
# TIMESHIFT_BUFFER_SIZE = 128
# TIMESHIFT_ENCODE_CMD = 'mp1e -m3 -c%s -p%s -r14,100' % \
# (TV_SETTINGS.split()[3], AUDIO_INPUT_DEVICE)
# TIMESHIFT_BUFFER = '%s/timeshift.mpeg' % FREEVO_CACHEDIR
# TV_DATE_FORMAT = '%e-%b' # Day-Month: 11-Jun
# TV_TIME_FORMAT = '%H:%M' # Hour-Minute 14:05
# TV_DATETIME_FORMAT = '%A %b %d %I:%M %p' # Thursday September 24 8:54 am
# This is the filename format for files recorded using Freevo.
# You can use any of the strftime variables in it, provided you
# put two '%%' at the beginning.
# Some examples:
# %%A - Full weekday name.
# %%H - Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].
# %%M - Minute as a decimal number [00,59].
# %%m - Month as a decimal number [01,12].
# %%d - Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].
# %%p - Locale's equivalent of either AM or PM.
# More can be found at: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html
# TV_RECORD_FILE_MASK = '%%m-%%d %%H:%%M %(progname)s - %(title)s'
# If using the persistent recordserver
# TV_RECORD_SCHEDULE = FREEVO_STATICDIR + '/schedule.pickle'
# TV_RECORD_FAVORITES = FREEVO_STATICDIR + '/favorites.pickle'
# TV_RECORD_FAVORITES_LIST = FREEVO_STATICDIR + '/favorites.txt'
# RECORDSERVER_IP = 'localhost'
# RECORDSERVER_PORT = 18001
# RECORDSERVER_SECRET = 'secret1'
# If the recordserver runs as root, set the uid to the given one
# after startup. The gui must also match one of the users group ids
# RECORDSERVER_UID = 0
# RECORDSERVER_UID = 0
# Remove old recordings if GB free is less than specified value
# RECORDSERVER_CLEANUP_THRESHOLD = 0
# start every recording X minutes before scheduled,
# and stop X minutes after scheduled - default to zero minutes.
# This must be a value in seconds although at the moment only has
# the percision of one minute.
# TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 0
# TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST = 0
# Number of minutes before or after the start time of a favorite where
# a program matching the name, day of week etc should still be considered a
# favorite. For example a favorite has a start time of 21.00, but the program
# has been brought forward by the broadcaster by 10 minutes to 20.50, with
# a margin of less than 10 this program will not be recorded as the start time
# is outside the margin. But if the margin is set at 10 minutes or greater this
# program will be considered a favorite and recorded. Probably about 45 minutes
# is the best bet, better a false positive than a false negative.
# TV_RECORD_FAVORITE_MARGIN = 45
# PRE and POST recording commands. Set these to a runnable command if
# you wish to have special mixer settings or video post processing.
# VCR_PRE_REC = None
# VCR_POST_REC = None
# VCR_AUDIO = (':adevice=%s' % AUDIO_DEVICE +
# ':audiorate=32000' + # 44100 for better sound
# ':forceaudio:forcechan=1:' + # Forced mono for bug in my driver
# 'buffersize=64') # 64MB capture buffer, change?
# TV capture size for viewing and recording. Max 768x480 for NTSC,
# 768x576 for PAL. Set lower if you have a slow computer!
# For the 'tvtime' TV viewing application, only the horizontal size is used.
# Set the horizontal size to 400 or 480 if you have a slow (~500MHz) computer,
# it still looks OK, and the picture will not be as jerky.
# The vertical size is always either fullscreen or 480/576 (NTSC/PAL)
# for tvtime.
# TV_VIEW_SIZE = (640, 480)
# TV_REC_SIZE = (320, 240) # Default for slower computers
# Input formats for viewing and recording. The format affect viewing
# and recording performance. It is specific to your hardware, so read
# the MPlayer docs and experiment with mplayer to see which one fits
# your computer best.
# TV_VIEW_OUTFMT = 'yuy2' # Better quality, slower on pure FB/X11
# TV_REC_OUTFMT = 'yuy2'
# XXX Please see the mencoder docs for more info about the settings
# XXX below. Some stuff must be changed (adevice), others probably
# XXX should be ("Change"), or could be in some cases ("change?")
# VCR_CMD = (CONF.mencoder + ' ' +
# 'tv:// ' + # New mplayer requires this.
# '-tv driver=%s:input=%d' % (TV_DRIVER, TV_INPUT) +
# ':norm=%s' % CONF.tv +
# ':channel=%(channel)s' + # Filled in by Freevo
# ':chanlist=%s' % CONF.chanlist +
# ':width=%d:height=%d' % (TV_REC_SIZE[0], TV_REC_SIZE[1]) +
# ':outfmt=%s' % TV_REC_OUTFMT +
# ':device=%s' % TV_DEVICE +
# VCR_AUDIO + # set above
# ' -ovc lavc -lavcopts ' + # Mencoder lavcodec video codec
# 'vcodec=mpeg4' + # lavcodec mpeg-4
# ':vbitrate=1200:' + # Change lower/higher, bitrate
# 'keyint=30 ' + # Keyframe every 10 secs, change?
# '-oac mp3lame -lameopts ' + # Use Lame for MP3 encoding, must be enabled in mencoder!
# 'br=128:cbr:mode=3 ' + # MP3 const. bitrate, 128 kbit/s
# '-ffourcc divx ' + # Force 'divx' ident, better compat.
# '-endpos %(seconds)s ' + # only mencoder uses this so do it here.
# '-o %(filename)s') # Filled in by Freevo
# TV_VIDEO_GROUPS setting to handles multiple arbitrary groups of devices
# for viewing or recording. It is possible to have different Freevo
# channels use different Video Groups.
# See the wiki for more details:
# http://doc.freevo.org/MultiTunerConfig
# http://doc.freevo.org/Analoguemulti
# This example is when you have one IVTV type card installed
# TV_VIDEO_GROUPS = [
# VideoGroup(vdev=TV_DEVICE,
# adev=AUDIO_DEVICE,
# input_type='tuner 1',
# input_num=0,
# tuner_norm=CONF.tv,
# tuner_chanlist=CONF.chanlist,
# group_type = 'ivtv',
# desc='PVR-350 Video Group'),
# This example is for two normal TV cards to allow you to use one card to
# view a programme and the other card to record at the same time
# TV_VIDEO_GROUPS = [
# # Use this group for watching tv
# VideoGroup(vdev='/dev/video0',
# adev=None,
# input_type='tuner 1',
# tuner_norm=CONF.tv,
# tuner_chanlist=CONF.chanlist,
# desc='Watching Video Group',
# record_group=1),
# # Use this group for recording tv
# VideoGroup(vdev='/dev/video1',
# adev=None,
# input_type='tuner 1',
# tuner_norm=CONF.tv,
# tuner_chanlist=CONF.chanlist,
# desc='Recording Video Group',
# record_group=None),
# Settings for ivtv based cards such as the WinTV PVR-250/350.
# TODO: Add descriptions and valid settings for each option.
# bitrate in bps
# stream type
# Options are: 0 (mpeg2_ps), 1 (mpeg2_ts), 2 (mpeg1), 3 (mpeg2_pes_av),
# 5 (mpeg2_pes_v), 7 (mpeg2_pes_a), 10 (dvd)
# TV_IVTV_OPTIONS = {
# 'input' : 4,
# 'resolution' : '720x480',
# 'aspect' : 2,
# 'audio_bitmask' : 233,
# 'bframes' : 3,
# 'bitrate_mode' : 1,
# 'bitrate' : 4000000,
# 'bitrate_peak' : 4000000,
# 'dnr_mode' : 0,
# 'dnr_spatial' : 0,
# 'dnr_temporal' : 0,
# 'dnr_type' : 0,
# 'framerate' : 0,
# 'framespergop' : 15,
# 'gop_closure' : 1,
# 'pulldown' : 0,
# 'stream_type' : 10,
# TV Channels. This list contains a mapping from the displayed channel name
# to the actual channel name as used by the TV watching application.
# The display name must match the names from the XMLTV guide,
# and the TV channel name must be what the tuner expects (usually a number).
# The TV menu is supposed to be supported by the XMLTV application for
# up to date listings, but can be used without it to just display
# the available channels.
# This list also determines the order in which the channels are displayed!
# N.B.: You must delete the XMLTV cache file (e.g. /var/cache/freevo/TV.xml.pickled)
# if you make changes here and restart!
# Format: [('xmltv channel id', 'freevo display name', 'tv channel name'), ...]
# If this variable is set to None (default), Freevo will try to auto-detect
# the channel list based on the xmltv file. This doesn't work for all
# xmltv grabber, e.g. the German list doesn't contain station lists. In this
# case Freevo will output the possible list for you to add them manually.
# If auto-detection doesn't work or you want to edit the list, run
# freevo tv_grab -query.
# Setting this variable to [] will deactivate the tv guide. If you don't have
# a tv card, you may also want to add plugin.remove('tv') to remove the whole
# tv menu.
# All channels listed here will be displayed on the TV menu, even if they're
# not present in the XMLTV listing.
# Timedependent channels:
# The TV_CHANNELS-list can look like this:
# TV_CHANNELS = [('21', 'SVT1', 'E5'),
# ('22', 'SVT2', 'E3'),
# ('26', 'TV3', 'E10'),
# ('27', 'TV4', 'E6'),
# ('10', 'Kanal 5', 'E7'),
# ('60', 'Fox Kids', 'E8', ('1234567','0600','1659')),
# ('16', 'TV6', 'E8', ('1234567','1700','2359'),
# ('1234567','0000','0300')),
# ('14', 'MTV Europe', 'E11') ]
# As you can see the list takes optional tuples:
# ( 'DAYS', 'START','END')
# 1234567 in days means all days.
# 12345 would mean monday to friday.
# It will display "Fox Kids" from 06:00 to 16:59 and "TV6" from 17:00 to 03:00.
# 03:00 to 06:00 it won't be displayed at all.
# TV_CHANNELS = None
# A lambda function to sort the TV_CHANNELS
#TV_CHANNELS_COMPARE = lambda a, b: cmp(int(a[2]), int(b[2]))
# TV_FREQUENCY_TABLE - This is only used when Freevo changes the channel natively.
# This is only the case if you are using V4L2 and any of the following plugins:
# timeshift, ivtv_record, ivtv_basic_tv.
# For the standard frequancy tables see src/tv/freq.py. To add your own just
# replace tuner_id in the following example with a valid tuner id (ie: '5' or
# 'BBC1') and a frequency in KHz. You may have as many entries as you like,
# anything here will simply override a corresponding entry in your standard
# frequency table and you can also have entries here that are not present in
# there.
# TV_FREQUENCY_TABLE = {
# 'tuner_id' : 55250,
# Program to grab xmltv listings. To get a grabber, you need to download
# xmltv. A possible value for users in the USA is tv_grab_na
# Use the tv_grab helper to grab the listings and cache them. Start
# 'freevo tv_grab --help' for more informations.
# XMLTV_GRABBER = ''
# If you want to run tv_sort on your listings add the path to tv_sort here.
# tv_sort will make sure all your programs have proper stop times, otherwise
# programs might get cut off at midnight.
# XMLTV_SORT = ''
# Number of days the grabber should get
# XMLTV_DAYS = 3
## ONLY ADJUST THIS IF YOUR GUIDE TIMES ARE INCORRECT ##
# GMT offset for XMLTV feeds that don't contain timezone information
# An example of this is the OzTivo feed which has the timestamps
# in the XML pre-adjusted for your timezone
# XMLTV_TIMEZONE='+0100'
# ======================================================================
# Freevo builtin commdetect server settings:
# ======================================================================
# COMMDETECTSERVER_UID = 0
# COMMDETECTSERVER_GID = 0
# COMMDETECTSERVER_IP = 'localhost'
# COMMDETECTSERVER_PORT = 6667
# ======================================================================
# Freevo builtin rss server settings:
# ======================================================================
# RSSSERVER_UID = 0
# RSSSERVER_GID = 0
# RSS_CHECK_INTERVAL = 3600
# RSS_FEEDS = '/etc/freevo/rss.feeds'
# RSS_VIDEO = '/media/video'
# RSS_AUDIO = '/media/podcasts'
# ======================================================================
# Freevo builtin WWW server settings:
# ======================================================================
# To activate the built in web server, uncomment the following line
# plugin.activate('www')
# Web server port number. 80 is the standard port, but is often
# taken already by apache, and cannot be used unless the server
# runs as root. Port 8080 is the default, change to 80 if
# needed.
# WEBSERVER_PORT = 8080
# Username / Password combinations to login to the web interface.
# WWW_USERS = {
# "user1" : "changeme",
# "optional" : "changeme2"
# Divide the TV guide into intervals of this length (in minutes)
# WWW_GUIDE_INTERVAL = 30
# Precision for TV guide (in minutes)
# WWW_GUIDE_PRECISION = 5 #
# Show this many blocks at once
# WWW_GUIDE_COLS = 6
# WWW_STYLESHEET = 'styles/main.css'
# WWW_JAVASCRIPT = 'scripts/display_prog-head.js'
# Integrate personal web pages into the web server
# WWW_PERSONAL_PAGE = [
# ('My Page', 'a single personal web page', 'page.html'),
# ('My Site', 'site description', 'site/'),
# ======================================================================
# Internal stuff, you shouldn't change anything here unless you know
# what you are doing
# ======================================================================
# Config for xml support in the movie browser
# the regexp has to be with ([0-9]|[0-9][0-9]) so we can get the numbers
# VIDEO_SHOW_REGEXP = "s?([0-9]|[0-9][0-9])[xe]([0-9]|[0-9][0-9])[^0-9]"
# Remote control daemon. The server is in the Freevo main application,
# and the client is a standalone application in rc_client/
# ENABLE_NETWORK_REMOTE = 0
# REMOTE_CONTROL_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
# REMOTE_CONTROL_PORT = 16310
# Remote control daemon. Similar to the one above, but uses TCP instead
# of UDP. It is possible to send commands with a telnet client.
# ENABLE_TCP_NETWORK_REMOTE = 0
# REMOTE_CONTROL_TCP_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
# REMOTE_CONTROL_TCP_PORT = 16311
# XMLTV File
# This is the XMLTV file that can be optionally used for TV listings
# XMLTV_FILE = '/tmp/TV.xml'
# XML TV Logo Location
# Use the "makelogos.py" script to download all the
# Station logos into a directory. And then put the path
# to those logos here
# TV_LOGOS = OS_CACHEDIR + '/xmltv/logos'
# ======================================================================
# Idlebar and plugins
# These are the default idlebar settings, there are many more see:
# freevo plugins -l for a complete list
# To turn off use plugin.remove('idlebar.cdstatus')
# clock display
# %A - Full weekday name.
# %a - Abbreviated weekday name.
# %B - Full month name
# %b - Abbreviated month name
# %I - Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].
# %H - Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].
# %M - Minute as a decimal number [00,59].
# %m - Month as a decimal number [01,12].
# %b - Name of Month
# %d - Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].
# %p - Locale's equivalent of either AM or PM.
# %y - Year without century as a decimal number [00,99].
# %Y - Year with century as a decimal number.
# ======================================================================
# plugin.activate('idlebar')
# plugin.activate('idlebar.tv', level=20)
# plugin.activate('idlebar.cdstatus', level=25)
# plugin.activate('idlebar.diskfree', level=30)
# plugin.activate('idlebar.clock', level=50)
# CLOCK_FORMAT = '%a %d %H:%M'
# Debugging and logging settings
# logging can be one of:
# CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG or NOTSET
# debugging is a number from 0 to 9, 0 is no debugging 9 is most
# LOGGING = logging.DEBUG
# LOGGING_RECORDSERVER = logging.DEBUG
# DEBUG = 1
# messages go to stdout
# DEBUG_STDOUT = 0
# messages from starting a child application
# DEBUG_CHILDAPP = 1
# timing messages
# DEBUG_TIME = 0
I've been reading wikis and googling now the entire weekend so I hope someone here can help me.Perre wrote:I'm used to being able to pick one or a couple of songs and then adding it a specified playlist. Is this impossible in sonata?
It's clearly not impossible, just different than you expect. Create your playlist as you want it to appear in the Current tab (meaning don't dump every single song from your library in there, just the ones you want) and then save the playlist.
Perre wrote:And if I try to play the m3u file created (the one with every song listed) through freevo I get a message that the directory is empty. What am I doing wrong??
Look at save_absolute_paths_in_playlists in your mpd.conf. -
My problem mainly concerns cover art.
There have been times when I downloaded albums from the iTunes store to find its cover art it is absolutely beautiful, and is absolutely 100% un stretched. Whereas when I have gotten images for a specific album from Google Images it's terribly pixelated and totally disgusting.
Is there a way for me to obtain cover art for my albums that is has clarity equal to the cover art on the iTunes store albums.
Or will it basically boil down to I can only get that cover art by downloading my albums off the store?robcharlus wrote:
The old iTunes libraries do not restore any playlists or song counts.
They should you if you do the roll back properly... Opening files from the Previous iTunes Libraries folder in Windows Explorer simply opens the current library. If you don't see the .itl file extension then don't give your copied and renamed file the extention or iTunes will create an empty library rather than using the renamed file.
If you had a complete pre-problem backup of your library you could restore that. On the assumption that isn't possible I have a script called ExportImport that could in principle be adjusted to save the relevant data from a backup of the library database and then reimport that data into the current library. See this thread for details.
tt2 -
So, to begin I own 3 PCs and the latest iPad/iPhone running iTunes on all 3 PCs. For simplicity, I will refer to the PCs as old, laptop, and new.
My laptop was my primary PC which i used to set up iTunes match. The old PC had all of my music files which have appeared to have been uploaded to Match. Note that I had already transferred most (if not all) of the music to my laptop but I enabled match so that I could download new files to my old PC. Note that I did quite a bit of cleaning, retagging, and ordering files and that I was told by Apple that Match would recognize duplicates, and as such, would not upload these files to the cloud in Match (this does not appear to be the case, however). My laptop PC (originally set up on Match) indicates there are alot of files in the clould (Match) to download. These seem to be duplicate files which were already cleaned on the Laptop and were uploaded on the old PC machine. Thus, it appears that Apples matching alogorythm is not strong enough to detect minor differences (i.e. cover art) in files and decides to upload them anyway (quite annonying if you ask me).
Now, to my problem; I purchased a new PC and have been removing the last duplicate songs, updating cover-art, playlists, among other things. My new PC (which I will refer to as "new") is not recognized by iTunes Match. I have tried uninstalling each app associated with iTunes, starting fresh with a new playlist and library to no avail.
Has anyone else had this problem? Apple Care does not seem to have much knowledge about Match, which is a bit frustrating. All I wish to do is tell Match that my New PC should be the primary PC which will be used to deliver playlists, music, etc since the other 2 machines have many duplicates and the playlists have errors within them. I thought about these solutions (none of which are no appealing) 1) using the laptop as my primary iTunes Match PC since this was the PC Match was created on (this would require rebuilding playlists and removing a massive amount of duplicates, again), 2) creating a new iTunes Match account based on my New PC (basically starting over), 3) forgetting Match all together and going back to the old school store & sync.
Anyone have better ideas or experiencing similar issues? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thx!After going by elimination to isolate if the problem was from (1) iTunes app, (2) my computer or (3) my old iPhone 4G, I figured out what my problem was.
1) First I deleted & reinstalled iTunes on my Windows PC without succes, my playlist did not changed on my iPhone.
2) I tested a successful #sync from the iMac at work.
So my conclusion is: The hard drive on my Windows PC is full and that is affecting iTunes SYNC functionalities.
So I'll do a back-up then run a "Clean Install" of my Windows OS, hoping that it will fix my SYNC problems. -
How to see cover art while browsing playlists?
Is there any way to see the art work displaying in the Selected Song window or anywhere else while browsing the Playlists?
I can't only see the art cover when I select a song, but not before. It would be useful to be able to the cover art of the albums that I have created in the playlist.
I'm using iTunes v4.7.1
Thanks in advance!Is there any way to see the art work displaying in the Selected Song window or anywhere else while browsing the Playlists?
Yes, when you have a song selected.
I can't only see the art cover when I select a song
You mean you CAN only see it when a song is selected?
It would be useful to be able to the cover art of the albums that I have created in the playlist.
This feature was introduced in iTunes 7.
You can view all the artwork with the songs. -
Front Row, Shared Libraries and Cover Art.
I have my Macbook connected to my audio system and I share files between my Macbook and iMac. When playing files that are in the shared library (the files located on my iMac), most of the time the cover art doesn't show. Why is that?
I have noticed that the files where the Covert Art doesn't show up are files where the art was obtained through the iTunes store. The files where I have manually found the cover art work fine.
iMac 24", 2.16GHZ, 500GB & Macbook 2.0 GHZ, 80GB Mac OS X (10.4.8)
iMac 24" 2.16GHZ & Macbook 2.0 GHZ Mac OS X (10.4.8)iTunes 7 does not embed artwork that it downloads, it stores it seperately.
You can embed it by applying it through the Get Info window. To do this:
1. Ctrl-click on the picture in the lower left and select copy.
2. Open preview and hit command-n to create a new file from the clipboard.
3. Save the file to the desktop.
4. Select all of the tracks on the album, ctrl-click on one and select "Get Info".
5. Drag the picture from the desktop onto the artwork box.
You can also use a third party tool such as Curator or CoverScout. -
I use my 80 GB iPod as my main location for all my music, and pretty much only connect the iPod to my computer when I wish to manage my music or create new playlists, etc.
One thing I have noticed is that when I am browsing my music library from my iPod in iTunes, the only viewing mode available is the standard list view. The two "newer" views, the list view that shows you the cover art, and the nifty new cover art (or jukebox) view as I like to call it is not available when browsing the music on my ipod. The buttons are actually grayed out.
Am I missing something?
iTunes 7.1.1
5th generation iPod 80 GB
OS 10.4.9Hmmm... well I guess I am glad that it's not just me, but that makes no sense at all. I can't think from a technical point of view why that would be the case. The iPod itself has all the cover art stored, so why in the world would iTunes not be able to display it?
Sounds more like a bug to me. -
Changing cover art after book is in store
Hi - I used Book Creator to make my book -- it just went up today -- using the producer is it possible to change one's cover art? - -want to make the titiles bigger. Thanks.
You’ll need to create a separate cover image and upload it to iTunes Producer. Use a tool like Photoshop or if you've created the book on your iPad you could just take a screenshot of your cover page and crop it.
The file must be a JPEG, PNG or TIFF file in RGB mode, (these are standard filetypes for images).
The image must also be a minimum of 1400px on its shortest side. It doesn’t matter if the cover art is landscape, portrait or square.
http://www.redjumper.net/blog/2013/11/publish-itunes-step-3-add-book-itunes-prod ucer/ -
Help with add cover art by saving a file as preview.jpg
I need help. Im new to mac and have all my movie files on my external drive. I found out how to make an alias folder and it works great in Front Row. But when I look at the movie in Front Row. All I see is a blue folder. I read another post stating that it can be done and this is what I got,
Front Row in Leopard supports playing VIDEO_TS folders. You can also add cover art by saving a file as preview.jpg in the parent directory. The folder structure would be like the following.
/Users/fred/Movies/The Day the Earth Stood Still/VIDEO_TS/
/Users/fred/Movies/The Day the Earth Stood Still/preview.jpg
But how do I save it this way? Thanks guys and girls!slaychild wrote:
I need help. Im new to mac and have all my movie files on my external drive. I found out how to make an alias folder and it works great in Front Row. But when I look at the movie in Front Row. All I see is a blue folder. I read another post stating that it can be done and this is what I got,
Front Row in Leopard supports playing VIDEO_TS folders. You can also add cover art by saving a file as preview.jpg in the parent directory. The folder structure would be like the following.
/Users/fred/Movies/The Day the Earth Stood Still/VIDEO_TS/
/Users/fred/Movies/The Day the Earth Stood Still/preview.jpg
!!! But how do I save it this way? Thanks guys and girls!
That other post looks like one I wrote. I am note sure what you are stuck on, except perhaps you are not using VIDEO_TS folders.
The normal location for Front Row to look for movies is /Users/yourname/Movies in that movies folder you can put either movie files, or folders containing movie files, or aliases to folders containing movie files (which might via the alias be on another hard drive).
If you are using video files e.g. an AVI, or MPG, or MOV then these normally should be added in to iTunes and Front Row can access them via the iTunes library. iTunes will then let you set a 'poster' frame for the movie.
If the movie is a full VIDEO_TS (i.e. a copy of a DVD) then you cannot add these to iTunes and you cannot set a poster frame. Therefore Front Row which in Leopard now supports playing VIDEO_TS folders has provided another mechanism to provide a poster for each VIDEO_TS movie, which is the previously mentioned preview.jpg file.
This literally is just a standard JPG file, I get most of mine from Amazon.com to match the DVD covers, but some people prefer using movie posters rather than DVD covers, and in that case you could try getting a suitable JPG from http://www.impawards.com/
So, in /Users/yourname/Movies you would either create a folder for each movie (VIDEO_TS) like the following
/Users/yourname/Movies/The Day the Earth Stood Still/
/Users/yourname/Movies/Soylent Green/
/Users/yourname/Movies/Forbidden Planet/
or you would put an alias in Movies to a folder on another drive containing individual folders for each movie, I will use italics to represent an alias
/Users/yourname/Movies/MovieDrive/
MovieDrive would then contain folders for each movie
/MovieDrive/The Day the Earth Stood Still/
/MovieDrive/Soylent Green/
/MovieDrive/Forbidden Planet/
Each movie folder e.g. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" would contain firstly a JPG file called "preview.jpg" which would be your poster or DVD cover image, and also the VIDEO_TS folder which is a copy of the DVD.
/MovieDrive/The Day the Earth Stood Still/preview.jpg
/MovieDrive/The Day the Earth Stood Still/VIDEO_TS/
/MovieDrive/Soylent Green/preview.jpg
/MovieDrive/Soylent Green/VIDEO_TS/
/MovieDrive/Forbidden Planet/preview.jpg
/MovieDrive/Forbidden Planet/VIDEO_TS/
Note: VIDEO_TS is the standard folder name used on DVDs and you have to keep that name so that Front Row know it is from a DVD and therefore how to play it, however in order to let Front Row list them under individual names you put the VIDEO_TS folder inside a folder which would be the Movie name, as shown above.
In Front Row you would select "Movies" this lists the contents of
/Users/yourname/Movies
If you have put an alias in Movies it would list this as a folder which in Front Row you would select. Front Row would then list all the movie folders you have created and it would automatically see the preview.jpg files and VIDEO_TS folders in each movie folder you have created. Front Row would then know to display as a poster the preview.jpg when you highlight each movie folder. -
Hi-
I just bought an iPod touch - when I plug the ipod in and sync music, iTunes removes the cover art that I downloaded for ripped CDs or purchased from the itunes store. All I see is a black box next to the album on ipod and a blank spot on coverflow. The artwork is still in itunes. I've cleared the artwork in itunes (ver 8) and redownloaded - it still arbitrarily removes some of the art.
Help!*Why is artwork not showing on my iPod when it's there in iTunes?*
iTunes will display a cover in many of it's views provided at least one track from the album has embedded artwork. The iPod appears to load only the artwork from track one to create the cover flow and album views which means that it can sometimes fail to display art for albums even when you can see the art in iTunes. Further, when tracks are played on the iPod, artwork is displayed if and only if it exists in the currently playing track, so track one may show art while track two does not.
*How to find tracks without artwork*
To find all the tracks without artwork so that you can update them you can try http://www.stum.de/itunes-find-tracks-without-artwork/ for Windows or http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=trackswithoutartwork for Macs. Use Google, Amazon, Discogs etc. to locate relevant images. Ideally these should be square, 320x320 pixels or above and borderless to give the best results in the various menus. If you have artwork for some tracks of an album, but not others, find the album in the main music folder, select a track with artwork, right-click (Option-Click for Macs) on the art & click copy, then select all the tracks of the album, use CTRL-I or Command-I to *Get Info* and then paste the image into the artwork box.
I say 320x320 because I believe (from using TouchCopy) that it's the size used in the iPod cache so if you're going to crop or resize you might as well work to that size. Otherwise 200x200 is probably good enough.
*Rebuild artwork cache*
Sometimes the artwork cache becomes corrupt and fails to show correct artwork, even when this is properly set up in iTunes. To rebuild the artwork cache, connect your iPod to iTunes. Locate the iPod in the Sources pane on the left-hand side, then select the Music tab. Remove the tick from *Display album artwork on your iPod*, sync the iPod, reselect the option & sync again.
tt2 -
What can I do if my Spotify artworks are glitching? So that every album has its respected cover art?
Hello everyone. I,m not sure if im the only user encountering this problem, but from the many users I know it seems that I.m the only one. Lately, some artwrorks, cover arts, have been glitching in a couple of ways. Sometimes, I'm listening to a song in my library and the respected artwork for the chosen song is not there, but another one most of the times a song I don't have in my library and don't know at all. They reset sometimes after a couple of days but random artworks keep on spawning on my music library. Also, when Im creating a playlist, the display you usually see in the "recently played" tab is the regular playlist design featuring four albums but the problem is that all the artworksare zoomed in. Pictures are attatched below so I can explain myself a little better. I've tried updates, reinstalling and installing the app and removing and resaving music to my library. Help please.
Thanks for the obvious question. I mean it. The very same thought came to me this morning and, sure enough, I had booted into another drive--my old one that, of course, had the old desktop, etc.
It didn't dawn on me that this was the case since I hadn't set it as a boot drive but I guess in the course of all the restarts I did, it got switched.
I'm back to normal again. -
Do I need to pay for Cover art?
Hello All,
Still new to Mac and iTunes. Please forgive me in case this is obvious question.
I have imported several CDs through iTunes with no issues. However, the cover art will not download unless I have an iTune account. So I made one. But, I did not provide credit card information at this time. Do I seriously have to pay to download the cover art for CDs that I own?
Thanks All.You have to provide the credit card information to create the account. The card will not be charged unless you make a purchase in the store. Album art is free.
You can also use PayPal or an iTunes Store Gift Card on your account. Find more info here: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/creditcard
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