OSD Settings
Practical guide: Usage & GUI – OSD Settings.
This reference contains the help text provided by OpenATV. The open dialog and selected options determine which entries are visible.
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Menu style
Select the display design for menus.
Reference & notes
config.usage.menuType
Setup level: Simple.
Menu entry style
Select the display options for each menu entry item. If menu numbers are available, then the number buttons can be used to select the numbered menu entries directly.
Reference & notes
config.usage.menuEntryStyle
Setup level: Simple.
Menu entry sort order
Select the sort order of the menu entries. User defined also allows the menu entries to be hidden.
Reference & notes
config.usage.menuSortOrder
Setup level: Simple.
Show screen menu path
Select if the screen menu path history is displayed and, if so, how it is to be displayed.
Reference & notes
config.usage.showScreenPath
Setup level: Intermediate.
Sort Extension Menu
Select the sort order of the Extension Menu entries.
Reference & notes
config.usage.sortExtensionslist
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show Restart Network in Extensions *
Enable to show the 'Restart Network' entry in the Extension Menu screen.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_restart_network_extensionslist
Setup level: Intermediate.
Sort Plugin Browser
Select the sort order of the Plugin Browser menu entries. User defined also allows the menu entries to be hidden.
Reference & notes
config.usage.plugins_sort_mode
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show Movie Selection in Main Menu
Select 'Yes' to show the 'Movie Selection' entry in the Main Menu. This can provide access to the Movie Selection screen when there is no assigned button on the remote control.
After changing: GUI restart required.
Reference & notes
config.usage.movieSelectionInMenu
Setup level: Simple.
File sorting mode
Control how files will be sorted in screens that show a file list. Case sensitive will group uppercase files first followed by lowercase files. Case insensitive will sort files alphabetically, ignoring case.
Reference & notes
config.usage.fileSortCaseMode
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show setup default value
Select if the default value for a setup entry is shown and, if so, where it is displayed in relation to the description.
Reference & notes
config.usage.setupShowDefault
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show True/False as graphical switch
Enable to display all True/False, Yes/No, On/Off and Enable/Disable setup options as a graphical switch.
Reference & notes
config.usage.boolean_graphic
Setup level: Expert.
Show additional slider value
Enable to display the current value of the slider at end of the slider bar.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_slider_value
Setup level: Expert.
Help screen style
Choose the style/order in which items are displayed in help windows.
Reference & notes
config.usage.helpSortOrder
Setup level: Simple.
Help animation speed
Select the animation speed of the button indicators in the help screens. 'Disabled' turns off animation so that indicators jump between buttons.
Reference & notes
config.usage.helpAnimationSpeed
Setup level: Simple.
Button error timeout
Select how long to display the button error pop up. Button input is still permitted while the pop up is displayed.
Reference & notes
config.usage.unhandledKeyTimeout
Setup level: Simple.
Show animation while busy
Show a spinning logo when the system is busy.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_spinner
Setup level: Simple.
Show screen saver
Select the duration of inactivity before the screen saver will be displayed.
Reference & notes
config.usage.screenSaverStartTimer
Setup level: Expert.
Screen saver mode
Choose what appears when the screen saver is active.
Reference & notes
config.usage.screenSaverMode
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Screen saver movement
Select how long the screen saver image will stay in the same location on the screen before it will be moved.
Reference & notes
config.usage.screenSaverMoveTimer
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Show all Information screens
Enable this option to show all the available Information screens in the Information menu item list.
Reference & notes
config.usage.informationShowAllMenuScreens
Setup level: Expert.
Show extra spacing in Information
Enable to add some extra spacing to the Information screens. This can improve readability.
Reference & notes
config.usage.informationExtraSpacing
Setup level: Expert.
1st InfoBar timeout
Set the time to hide the InfoBar.
Reference & notes
config.usage.infobar_timeout
Setup level: Simple.
2nd InfoBar
Enable and set the duration of the second InfoBar (press 'OK' twice) that may include additional information.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_second_infobar
Setup level: Simple.
2nd InfoBar timeout
Set how long the second InfoBar stays visible. The second InfoBar also disappears when you press 'OK'.
Reference & notes
config.usage.second_infobar_timeout
Setup level: Simple.
Show InfoBar picons
Option to disable picons on the InfoBar.
Reference & notes
config.usage.showpicon
Setup level: Simple.
Show InfoBar lite
Set the screen type you see on pressing 'OK' when the InfoBar shows the second InfoBar Lite or event info.
After changing: GUI restart required.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_infobar_lite
Setup level: Simple.
Enable InfoBar fade-out
Fade the InfoBar on hide.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_infobar_do_dimming
Setup level: Simple.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
InfoBar fade-out speed
Control the InfoBar fading speed.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_infobar_dimming_speed
Setup level: Simple.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
InfoBar EPG mode
Select how to activate the Quick EPG mode.
Reference & notes
config.plisettings.InfoBarEpg_mode
Setup level: Simple.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Time delay of the shutdown messages
Set the time to wait before executing the default action in shutdown, standby or restart messages, e.g. used in RecordTimer, Scheduler, SleepTimer etc.
Reference & notes
config.usage.shutdown_msgbox_timeout
Setup level: Simple.
Show job tasks in Extension Menu
With this option you can hide Job Tasks from the Extension Menu screen (BLUE button press).
Reference & notes
config.usage.jobtaksextensions
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show positioner movement
Select whether or not to show an icon when a motorized dish is moving.
Reference & notes
config.usage.showdish
Setup level: Intermediate.
Alternative radio mode
Use the alternative or the conventional radio mode.
Reference & notes
config.usage.e1like_radio_mode
Setup level: Intermediate.
Position of finished Timers in Timerlist
Control of the position how finished timer are shown in the Timer List.
Reference & notes
config.usage.timerlist_finished_timer_position
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show InfoBar on channel change
Select 'Yes' to display the InfoBar when changing channels.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_infobar_on_zap
Setup level: Expert.
Show InfoBar on skip forward/backward
Select 'Yes, to display the InfoBar when fast forwarding or rewinding during media playback.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_infobar_on_skip
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show persistent InfoBar while paused
Select 'Yes' the keep the InfoBar displayed, with no timeout, while media playback is paused.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_infobar_locked_on_pause
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show InfoBar on event change
Select 'Yes' to display the InfoBar when a new event starts.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_infobar_on_event_change
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show channel number in InfoBar
Select 'Yes' to display the channel number in the InfoBar.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_infobar_channel_number
Setup level: Intermediate.
Show picon background color
This option allows you to choose the background color of transparent picons.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_picon_bkgrn
Setup level: Simple.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Show event genre information
This option allows you to choose whether or not to display genre information for the event.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_genre_info
Setup level: Simple.
Show background in Radio Mode
Show background when tuned to a radio channel.
Reference & notes
config.misc.showradiopic
Setup level: Expert.
Show time remaining/elapsed
This option allows you to choose how to display the remaining time, the elapsed time, or both.
Reference & notes
config.usage.swap_time_remaining_on_osd
Setup level: Simple.
Show time elapsed as positive
This option allows you to choose how to display elapsed time, as + or -.
Reference & notes
config.usage.elapsed_time_positive_osd
Setup level: Simple.
Show transponder remaining/elapsed as
This option allows you to choose how to display the remaining/elapsed time for live TV.
Reference & notes
config.usage.swap_time_display_on_osd
Setup level: Simple.
Show subservices
This option allows you to choose the option for Subservice indicator or selection.
After changing: GUI restart required.
Reference & notes
config.usage.showInfoBarSubservices
Setup level: Simple.
Media playback Remaining/Elapsed as
This option allows you to choose how to display the remaining/elapsed time for media playback.
Reference & notes
config.usage.swap_media_time_display_on_osd
Setup level: Simple.
Show crypto info in InfoBar
Show encryption information in the InfoBar (when supported by the skin).
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_cryptoinfo
Setup level: Expert.
Hide softcam servername
Select 'Yes' to hide the server name and IP address of the server.
Reference & notes
config.softcam.hideServerName
Setup level: Expert.
InfoBar front end data source
Configure the source of the frontend data as shown on the InfoBars. 'Settings' is as stored on the settings. 'Tuner' is as reported by the tuner.
Reference & notes
config.usage.infobar_frontend_source
Setup level: Expert.
Swap SNR in '%' with SNR in 'db'
This option allows you to the SNR as a percentage (not all receivers support this).
Reference & notes
config.usage.swap_snr_on_osd
Setup level: Expert.
Show PVR status in MoviePlayer InfoBar
This option moves the PVR status display from a separate window into the MoviePlayer InfoBar.
Reference & notes
config.usage.movieplayer_pvrstate
Setup level: Intermediate.
Zap history sequence
Select the display sequence of previously visited services.
Reference & notes
config.usage.zapHistorySort
Setup level: Simple.
Hide zap errors
Hide any zap error messages.
Reference & notes
config.usage.hide_zap_errors
Setup level: Expert.
Hide CI messages
Hide error messages from the Common Interface module.
Reference & notes
config.usage.hide_ci_messages
Setup level: Expert.
Behavior of 0 key in PiP-mode
Choose what you want the button '0' to do when PiP is active.
Reference & notes
config.usage.pip_zero_button
Setup level: Intermediate.
Close PiP on exit
When enabled, the PiP can be closed by pressing the EXIT button.
Reference & notes
config.usage.pip_hideOnExit
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Remember last service in PiP
Configure if and how long the latest service in the PiP will be remembered.
Reference & notes
config.usage.pip_last_service_timeout
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Show VCR SCART on main menu
When enabled, the VCR SCART option will be shown on the main menu.
Reference & notes
config.usage.show_vcr_scart
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Spinner Position
Set the top left location of the busy spinner. The coordinates are scaled such that the top left is at (0,0) and the bottom right is at (1260,700). Note that the position is the top left of the spinner and not the centre of the spinner.
Reference & notes
config.misc.spinnerPosition
Setup level: Expert.
Source: OpenATV setup.xml · fdc9347241.