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Customize System Settings

Practical guide: Usage & GUI – Customize System Settings.

This reference contains the help text provided by OpenATV. The open dialog and selected options determine which entries are visible.

Where do I find it?

Section titled “Where do I find it?”

Main Menu → Setup → Usage & GUI → Customize System Settings

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Settings mode

Choose which level of menu/setting's to display. 'Expert'-level shows all items.

Reference & notes

config.usage.setup_level

Setup level: Simple.

Input scroll position

When the input cursor reaches this point (percentage of the width, from either side) scroll the text to the cursor.

Reference & notes

config.usage.cursorscroll

Setup level: Simple.

Enable teletext caching

When enabled, teletext pages will be cached, allowing faster access.

Reference & notes

config.usage.enable_tt_caching

Setup level: Intermediate.

Teletext font and resolution

Configure the display resolution and the font used for teletext.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_font_and_res

Setup level: Intermediate.

Teletext UseTTF (0=fixed font, 1=TrueType)

Configure whether a fixed font or a scalable TrueType font is used for teletext.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_UseTTF

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext TTFBold (0=normal, 1=bold)

Configure whether a bold TrueType font is used for teletext.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_TTFBold

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext TTFScreenResX (screen X resolution)

Configure the teletext screen resolution. Note: Full-HD teletext is not supported by all skins.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_TTFScreenResX

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext StartX (left border)

Configure the start coordinate in x of the teletext display area.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_StartX

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext EndX (right border)

Configure the end coordinate in x of the teletext display area.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_EndX

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext StartY (lower border)

Configure the start coordinate in y of the teletext display area.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_StartY

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext EndY (upper border)

Configure the end coordinate in y of the teletext display area.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_EndY

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext TTFShiftY (vertical letter position)

Adjust the vertical position of the letters used for teletext.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_TTFShiftY

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext TTFShiftX (horizontal letter position)

Adjust the horizontal position of the letters used for teletext.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_TTFShiftX

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext TTFWidthFactor16 (TrueType letter width)

Configure the width of the TrueType font letters used for teletext.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_TTFWidthFactor16

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext TTFHeightFactor16 (TrueType letter height)

Configure the height of the TrueType font letters used for teletext.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_TTFHeightFactor16

Setup level: Intermediate.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Teletext CleanAlgo (resolution reset algorithm)

Select the method of restoring screen resolution and framebuffer when leaving teletext.

Reference & notes

config.usage.tuxtxt_CleanAlgo

Setup level: Intermediate.

Alternative services tuner priority

Configure which tuner type will be preferred, when the same service is available on different types of tuners.

Reference & notes

config.usage.alternatives_priority

Setup level: Expert.

Include ECM in http streams

ECM data will be included in the stream. This enables a client receiver to decode it.

Reference & notes

config.streaming.stream_ecm

Setup level: Expert.

Unscramble http streams

Enables a feature so that the receiver can decrypt streams (if the ECM data is included in the stream and a valid card is available).

Reference & notes

config.streaming.descramble

Setup level: Expert.

Unscramble receiving http streams

Enable to always unscramble received HTTP streams. Uses more resources due to demuxers. Streams with 0x100 in the service type are always unscrambled, regardless of this setting.

Reference & notes

config.streaming.descramble_client

Setup level: Expert.

Require authentication for http streams

When enabled, authentication is required to watch http streams.

Reference & notes

config.streaming.authentication

Setup level: Expert.

Http(s) stream start delay

Define additional delay in milliseconds before start of http(s) streams.

Reference & notes

config.usage.http_startdelay

Setup level: Expert.

After power loss

Select what should be done when the OpenATV was shut down incorrectly, or after power was lost.

Reference & notes

config.usage.shutdownNOK_action

Setup level: Intermediate.

Boot-up action

Select what should be done when the OpenATV was boot-up, normal playing or goto Standby.

Reference & notes

config.usage.boot_action

Setup level: Intermediate.

Wake up time before a timer begins

Default wake-up is 5 minutes prior to timer start to wake up from Deep Standby. Adjust if the wake-up is too early or late, e.g., for network drives.

Reference & notes

config.workaround.wakeuptime

Setup level: Expert.

Use workaround for wake up from deep-standby

If enabled, a time window is used to detect wake-ups from Deep Standby triggered by a timer. The default setting is disabled, which uses a special signal from the receiver. However, some devices send an incorrect or no signal, causing wake-up detection to fail.

Reference & notes

config.workaround.deeprecord

Setup level: Intermediate.

Time window for detection of the wake up by a timer [mins]

The default settings are wake up time - 5 minutes and timer begin time + 5 minutes. This setting changed the time window before the wake up time. So can be detected a wake up by a timer even at very early starting receivers.

Reference & notes

config.workaround.wakeupwindow

Setup level: Expert.

Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.

Enable cut file support for non *.ts files

Enable cut file support for non *.ts files, e.g. mp4.

Reference & notes

config.usage.useVideoCuesheet

Setup level: Expert.

Enable cut file support for audio files

Enable cut file support for audio files, e.g. mp3.

Reference & notes

config.usage.useAudioCuesheet

Setup level: Expert.

Enable extended cut file support

Enable extended cut file support. This will write cut with more information and not only marker.

Reference & notes

config.usage.nativeCuesheetSupport

Setup level: Expert.

Enable chapter support for video files

Show chapter positions for supported video files.

Reference & notes

config.usage.useChapterInfo

Setup level: Expert.

Source: OpenATV setup.xml · fdc9347241.