The value populated into the hostname field comes from /etc/hostname. If you change your hostname and restart myth, all your settings will be 'lost' because the table will still be set to the old value.
| Value |
Typical Data |
hostname |
What is it for
|
| DBSchemaVer |
1083 |
NULL |
|
| AutoCommercialFlag |
1 |
NULL |
Whether commercials are automatically flagged
|
| CommercialSkipMethod |
1 |
NULL |
|
| AggressiveCommDetect |
1 |
NULL |
|
| AutoExpireDiskThreshold |
1 |
NULL |
At this percentage of disk space usage recorded programs begin to auto expire
|
| AutoExpireFrequency |
1 |
NULL |
|
| AutoExpireMethod |
1 |
NULL |
|
| AutoExpireDefault |
0 |
NULL |
|
| MinRecordDiskThreshold |
700 |
NULL |
|
| RecPriorityActive |
0 |
NULL |
|
| RecPriorityOrder |
1 |
NULL |
|
| SingleRecordRecPriority |
0 |
NULL |
|
| WeekslotRecordRecPriority |
0 |
NULL |
|
| TimeslotRecordRecPriority |
0 |
NULL |
|
| ChannelRecordRecPriority |
0 |
NULL |
|
| AllRecordRecPriority |
0 |
NULL |
|
| MasterServerIP |
127.0.0.1 |
NULL |
The IP address on your network of your main machine (the PC that has the MySQL database on it). Most setups have only one machine, so all access is to localhost - 127.0.0.1
|
| MasterServerPort |
6543 |
NULL |
Obsolete? What TCP/IP port a frontend talks to the backend via
|
| mythfilldatabaseLastRunStart |
7/12/2006 21:15 |
NULL |
|
| mythfilldatabaseLastRunEnd |
7/12/2006 21:15 |
NULL |
|
| mythfilldatabaseLastRunStatus |
FAILED: xmltv returned error code 512. |
NULL |
|
| MythFillEnabled |
0 |
NULL |
Should mythbackend run mythfilldatabase?
|
| MythFillDatabasePath |
mythfilldatabase |
NULL |
What is the name of the program to fill the database?
|
| MythFillDatabaseArgs |
|
NULL |
Any arguments you want passed to the mythfilldatabase program. See mythfilldatabase --help
|
| MythFillDatabaseLog |
|
NULL |
File or directory to use for logging output from the mythfilldatabase program. Leave blank to disable logging.
|
| MythFillPeriod |
1 |
NULL |
The number of days between mythfilldatabase runs
|
| MythFillMinHour |
2 |
NULL |
This setting to start the process and MythFillMaxHour define a time period when the mythfilldatabase process is allowed to run. For example, setting start to 11 and end to 13 would mean that the process would only run between 11:00 AM and 1:59 PM.
|
| MythFillMaxHour |
5 |
NULL |
This setting to stop/give up on the process and MythFillMinHour define a time period when the mythfilldatabase process is allowed to run. For example, setting start to 11 and end to 13 would mean that the process would only run between 11:00 AM and 1:59 PM.
|
| TVFormat |
|
NULL |
What analogue TV standard do you use? PAL/NTSC
|
| VbiFormat |
|
NULL |
What analogue TV extra information format do you use? (Vertical Blanking Information: Teletext, Closed Captioning, et cetera)
|
| FreqTable |
|
NULL |
|
| TimeOffset |
|
NULL |
|
| MasterBackendOverride |
1 |
NULL |
|
| RecordChanged |
no |
NULL |
|
| BackendServerIP |
127.0.0.1 |
mythtv |
The IP address on your network of your main machine (the PC that has the master backend on it).
|
| BackendServerPort |
6543 |
mythtv |
What TCP/IP port a frontend talks to the backend via
|
| BackendStatusPort |
6544 |
mythtv |
Another port, for test-based status information
|
| RecordFilePrefix |
/myth/tv |
mythtv |
Where recordings are stored. This information is now in the 'storagegroup' table
|
| LiveBufferDir |
/cache/cache |
mythtv |
Where Live TV files are stored. Obsolete as of 0.19, because Live TV files are basically the same as recordings
|
| BufferSize |
6 |
mythtv |
How many GB for Live TV recordings. Obsolete as of 0.19
|
| MaxBufferFill |
50 |
mythtv |
|
| Deinterlace |
1 |
mythtv |
Are Live TV and recordings de-interlaced?
|
| ReduceJitter |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| ExperimentalAVSync |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| DecodeExtraAudio |
0 |
mythtv |
If set, extra audio buffers are kept for smooth HD playback
|
| PlaybackExitPrompt |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| EndOfRecordingExitPrompt |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| ClearSavedPosition |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| AltClearSavedPosition |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| FastForwardAmount |
30 |
mythtv |
How many seconds does FFWD jump. Obsolete as of 0.19? (now in playback group)
|
| RewindAmount |
5 |
mythtv |
How many seconds does RWND jump. Obsolete as of 0.19? (now in playback group)
|
| StickyKeys |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| FFRewRepos |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| ExactSeeking |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| JumpAmount |
10 |
mythtv |
No longer in settings table as of 0.22.0~zrc1, at least through MythWeb
|
| AutoCommercialSkip |
0 |
mythtv |
Does the frontend automatically skip commercials when playing back, 0=no, 1=yes?, 2=no but shows commercial detected dialog |
|
| VertScanPercentage |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| HorizScanPercentage |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| XScanDisplacement |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| YScanDisplacement |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| OSDTheme |
blueosd |
mythtv |
What is the name of the On Screen Display theme?
|
| OSDDisplayTime |
3 |
mythtv |
How many seconds does the On Screen Display stay up for before fading out (if your hardware supports that)
|
| OSDFont |
FreeSans.ttf |
mythtv |
What font does the On Screen Diisplay use?
|
| OSDCCFont |
FreeMono.ttf |
mythtv |
|
| DefaultCCMode |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| RecordPreRoll |
0 |
mythtv |
How many seconds early should recordings start?
|
| RecordOverTime |
0 |
mythtv |
How many seconds late should recordings continue recording for?
|
| PlayBoxOrdering |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| ChannelOrdering |
channum + 0 |
mythtv |
|
| DisplayChanNum |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| GeneratePreviewPixmaps |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| PlaybackPreview |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| AdvancedRecord |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| EPGFillType |
10 |
mythtv |
|
| EPGScrollType |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| EPGShowChannelIcon |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| chanPerPage |
5 |
mythtv |
How many channels (rows) in the programme guide
|
| timePerPage |
4 |
mythtv |
|
| UnknownTitle |
Program Info NOT Available |
mythtv |
|
| UnknownCategory |
|
mythtv |
|
| DefaultTVChannel |
3 |
mythtv |
|
| Theme |
G.A.N.T. |
mythtv |
What is the name of the theme for the user interface
|
| RandomTheme |
0 |
mythtv |
Change the user interface theme every time the frontend starts?
|
| XineramaScreen |
0 |
mythtv |
Use more than one screen?
|
| GuiWidth |
664 |
mythtv |
How many pixels wide for the user interface
|
| GuiHeight |
535 |
mythtv |
|
| GuiOffsetX |
32 |
mythtv |
|
| GuiOffsetY |
24 |
mythtv |
|
| RunFrontendInWindow |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| Language |
EN |
mythtv |
|
| DateFormat |
ddd MMM d |
mythtv |
|
| ShortDateFormat |
d/M |
mythtv |
|
| TimeFormat |
h:mm ap |
mythtv |
|
| QtFontSmall |
12 |
mythtv |
|
| QtFontMedium |
16 |
mythtv |
|
| QtFontBig |
25 |
mythtv |
|
| PlayBoxTransparency |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| PlayBoxShading |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| AudioOutputDevice |
/dev/dsp |
mythtv |
|
| AggressiveSoundcardBuffer |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| MythControlsVolume |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| MixerDevice |
/dev/mixer |
mythtv |
|
| MixerControl |
PCM |
mythtv |
|
| MasterMixerVolume |
70 |
mythtv |
|
| PCMMixerVolume |
96 |
mythtv |
|
| AllowQuitShutdown |
4 |
mythtv |
|
| HaltCommand |
sudo halt |
mythtv |
|
| KeyboardAccelerators |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| DVDDeviceLocation |
/dev/dvd |
mythtv |
|
| ChannelRecPrioritySorting |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| DataDirectMessage |
NULL |
NULL |
|
| HaveRepeats |
0 |
NULL |
|
| SaveTranscoding |
0 |
NULL |
|
| DeletesFollowLinks |
0 |
NULL |
|
| startupCommand |
|
NULL |
|
| blockSDWUwithoutClient |
1 |
NULL |
|
| idleTimeoutSecs |
0 |
NULL |
|
| idleWaitForRecordingTime |
15 |
NULL |
|
| StartupSecsBeforeRecording |
120 |
NULL |
|
| WakeupTimeFormat |
hh:mm yyyy-MM-dd |
NULL |
|
| SetWakeuptimeCommand |
|
NULL |
|
| ServerHaltCommand |
sudo /sbin/halt -p |
NULL |
|
| preSDWUCheckCommand |
|
NULL |
|
| WOLbackendReconnectWaitTime |
0 |
NULL |
|
| WOLbackendConnectRetry |
5 |
NULL |
|
| WOLbackendCommand |
|
NULL |
|
| WOLslaveBackendsCommand |
|
NULL |
|
| JobQueueMaxSimultaneousJobs |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| JobQueueCheckFrequency |
60 |
mythtv |
|
| JobQueueWindowStart |
0:00 |
mythtv |
|
| JobQueueWindowEnd |
23:59 |
mythtv |
|
| JobQueueCPU |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| JobAllowCommFlag |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| JobAllowUserJob1 |
0 |
mythtv |
Allow to use UserJob 1
|
| JobAllowUserJob2 |
0 |
mythtv |
Allow to use UserJob 2
|
| JobAllowUserJob3 |
0 |
mythtv |
Allow to use UserJob 3
|
| JobAllowUserJob4 |
0 |
mythtv |
Allow to use UserJob 4
|
| JobsRunOnRecordHost |
0 |
NULL |
|
| AutoTranscodeBeforeAutoCommflag |
0 |
NULL |
|
| AutoCommflagWhileRecording |
0 |
NULL |
|
| UserJobDesc1 |
User Job #1 |
NULL |
|
| UserJob1 |
|
NULL |
|
| UserJobDesc2 |
User Job #2 |
NULL |
|
| UserJob2 |
|
NULL |
|
| UserJobDesc3 |
User Job #3 |
NULL |
|
| UserJob3 |
|
NULL |
|
| UserJobDesc4 |
User Job #4 |
NULL |
|
| UserJob4 |
|
NULL |
|
| DeinterlaceFilter |
linearblend |
mythtv |
What is the name of the filter that will be used if deinterlacing is set. Current deinterlacers, in increasing quality and CPU load are; linearblend, kerneldeint, bob
|
| CustomFilters |
|
mythtv |
|
| UseMPEG2Dec |
1 |
mythtv |
Which MPEG decoder to use. There are several; Standard (ffmpeg), libmpeg2, and hardware acceleration (XVMC, XVMC-VLD, MacAccel)
|
| UseXVMC |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| UseXvMcVld |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| RealtimePriority |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| UseVideoTimebase |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| AspectOverride |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| PIPLocation |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| UseOutputPictureControls |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| CCBufferWarnings |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| UDPNotifyPort |
6948 |
mythtv |
|
| PlayBoxEpisodeSort |
Date |
mythtv |
|
| PreviewPixmapOffset |
64 |
NULL |
How far into a recording should the little preview image come from
|
| PlaybackPreviewLowCPU |
0 |
mythtv |
If set, skip frames in the preview to now waste CPU cycles
|
| PlaybackBoxStartInTitle |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| ShowGroupInfo |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| AllRecGroupPassword |
|
NULL |
|
| DisplayRecGroup |
All Programs |
mythtv |
|
| RememberRecGroup |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| UseCategoriesAsRecGroups |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| DispRecGroupAsAllProg |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| PVR350OutputEnable |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| PVR350VideoDev |
/dev/video16 |
mythtv |
|
| PVR350EPGAlphaValue |
164 |
mythtv |
|
| PVR350InternalAudioOnly |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| SmartForward |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| FFRewReverse |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| CommRewindAmount |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| CommNotifyAmount |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| CommSkipAllBlanks |
1 |
NULL |
|
| TryUnflaggedSkip |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| OSDThemeFontSizeType |
default |
mythtv |
|
| CCBackground |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| PersistentBrowseMode |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| SmartChannelChange |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| LastFreeCard |
0 |
NULL |
|
| ChannelFormat |
<num> <sign> |
mythtv |
|
| LongChannelFormat |
<num> <name> |
mythtv |
|
| ATSCCheckSignalWait |
5000 |
NULL |
|
| ATSCCheckSignalThreshold |
65 |
NULL |
|
| HDRingbufferSize |
9400 |
NULL |
|
| RerecordAutoExpired |
0 |
NULL |
|
| AutoRunUserJob1 |
0 |
NULL |
|
| AutoRunUserJob2 |
0 |
NULL |
|
| AutoRunUserJob3 |
0 |
NULL |
|
| AutoRunUserJob4 |
0 |
NULL |
|
| EPGShowCategoryColors |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| EPGShowCategoryText |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| EPGShowFavorites |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| WatchTVGuide |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| SelectChangesChannel |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| SelChangeRecThreshold |
16 |
mythtv |
|
| EPGEnableJumpToChannel |
1 |
NULL |
|
| Style |
|
mythtv |
|
| ThemeFontSizeType |
default |
mythtv |
|
| MenuTheme |
classic |
mythtv |
|
| GuiSizeForTV |
1 |
mythtv |
If set, this frontend may not use the full screen for TV playback
|
| HideMouseCursor |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| UseVideoModes |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| GuiVidModeResolution |
720x576 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeResolution |
720x576 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeForceAspect |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| VidModeWidth0 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| VidModeHeight0 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeResolution0 |
720x576 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeForceAspect0 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| VidModeWidth1 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| VidModeHeight1 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeResolution1 |
720x576 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeForceAspect1 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| VidModeWidth2 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| VidModeHeight2 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeResolution2 |
720x576 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeForceAspect2 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| LCDEnable |
0 |
mythtv |
Try to use this machine's small front panel display (driven by LCDd).
|
| LCDShowTime |
1 |
mythtv |
Show the time on that display
|
| LCDShowMenu |
1 |
mythtv |
Show position in menu hierarchy on that display
|
| LCDShowMusic |
1 |
mythtv |
Show songs being played on that display
|
| LCDShowChannel |
1 |
mythtv |
Shaw channel name on that display
|
| LCDShowVolume |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| LCDShowGeneric |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| LCDBacklightOn |
1 |
mythtv |
If that display has a backlight, keep it on
|
| LCDPopupTime |
5 |
mythtv |
|
| AC3PassThru |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| IndividualMuteControl |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| NoPromptOnExit |
1 |
mythtv |
If set and the user escapes at the top-level menu, exits without a prompt
|
| LircKeyPressedApp |
|
mythtv |
|
| UseArrowAccels |
1 |
mythtv |
|
| SetupPinCodeRequired |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| MonitorDrives |
0 |
mythtv |
Look for CDs/DVDs/HardDisks that may have been plugged into the frontend, and try to run appropriate plugin for the media on that drive
|
| EnableXbox |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| LogEnabled |
0 |
NULL |
|
| LogPrintLevel |
8 |
mythtv |
|
| LogCleanEnabled |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| LogCleanPeriod |
14 |
mythtv |
|
| LogCleanDays |
14 |
mythtv |
|
| LogCleanMax |
30 |
mythtv |
|
| LogMaxCount |
100 |
mythtv |
|
| SchedMoveHigher |
0 |
NULL |
|
| OverrideRecordRecPriority |
0 |
NULL |
|
| FindOneRecordRecPriority |
0 |
NULL |
|
| TVVidModeRefreshRate |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeRefreshRate0 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeRefreshRate1 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| TVVidModeRefreshRate2 |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| VideoDefaultView |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| ProgramRecPrioritySorting |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| ProgramRecPriorityReverse |
0 |
mythtv |
|
| ViewSchedShowLevel |
0 |
mythtv |
|
Note: The correct title of this article is settings table. It appears incorrectly here due to technical restrictions.
