Difference between revisions of "Simple Preferences"

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The current preferences use a tree that matches the vlc internal mechanisms. The new preferences don't have to use this tree. We can use whatever we want. My first thought is a 1-level sorting, with the main topics displayed with images on the left pane and preferences pages on the right pane.

We can select preferences items one by one, we don't need the full pages that are currently used

VLC definitively needs a "simple" preferences window. Here is a list of some of the settings which would be needed:

Now, proceed

I will agree with the basic premise, VLC needs a simple preferences menu. But if you can't see the current tree of simple preferences as they exist presently how can you have the discussion as to include them or not? There also maybe a few that are not now in the simple preferences that should be or a few that best be handled in a different way or done away with entirely. But how can you see them to be able to relate to them or know out of context? Plus the fact that you will never be sure that you have reviewed them all and the new simple preferences will go through several changes while the end user is still confused and or ends up locking down the advanced options. -- User:DJ

(?) = to be decided

Audio
- Enable Audio
- Default audio volume
- Use S/PDIF when available
- Force detection of Dolby surround
  - Filters
    - Equalizer
      - Equalizer preset
    - Headphone effect
      - Characteristic demension
    - Volume normalizer
    - Parmetric equalizer
      - All Presets same as Advanced options (?)
  - Output modules (?) -- Disagree. Only needs to be modified in case of problems -- User:Zorglub --> It's still one of the options which many people have to change, having it handy will be usefull -- User:DJ. If we show it up, we should only include really useful modules, like DirectX/Waveout only for aout under windows. Don't show file and dummy for instance User:Zorglub
    - DirectX Audio output -- It'd be best to not have any "module specific" option in these simple prefs. We could have an "Output device" option ... which could be shared by each of the audio output modules. -- User:Dionoea. Very hard to do. Much simpler is to ask for all of them to show. Only those compiled in will show up. Very easy. User:Zorglub
      - Output device
    - File
      - Output file (?)
    - Waveout
  - Visualizations
    - Goom
      - Goom Didplay height (?)
      - Goom display Width (?)
      - Goom Anamation speed (?)
    - Visualizer
      - Video width
      - Video height

Video
- Enable video output
- Full screen video output
- Skip Frames (?) -- Please change the default to off, effects some newer vid cards adversly. -- User:DJ
- Overlay video output
- Always on top
- Video snapshot directory
- Video snapshot format
- Display video snaphsot preview (?)
- Video cropping (?)
- Source aspect ratio (?)
- aspect ratio (?) -- a seldom used function for most users. -- User:DJ
- Windows decorations (?)
  - Filters
    - Image adjust
      - All Image properties (?)
    - Clone
      - Number of clones
    - Crop
      - Crop geometry (?)
      - Automatic cropping
    - Deinterlace
      - Deinterlace mode
      - Streaming deinterlace mode
    - Distortion
      - Distort mode
      - Gradient image type
      - Apply cartoon effect
    - Motion blur
      - Blur factor
    - Motion detect
    - Transform
      - Transform type
    - Image wall
      - Number of columns
      - Number of rows
      - Element aspect ratio
  - Output module -- Disagree. Only needs to be modified in case of problems -- User:Zorglub --> It's still one of the options which many people have to change, having it handy will be usefull -- User:Dionoea
    - Image file
      - Image format
      - Recording ratio
      - File name prefix
      - Always write to the same file
    - Open GL
      - Effect
    - DirectX
      - Name of desired display device
      - Enable wallpaper mode (?)
  - Subtitles/OSD
    - Enable subpictures (?)
    - Onscreen display
    - Use subtitles file (?)
    - Autodetect subtitles
      - Text renderer
        Font
        
        Text default color
        
        Relative font size
        
        Font effect
      - Logo overlay
        Logo file names
        
        Transparency of the logo
        
        Logo position
      - Marquee
        Text
        
        Marquee position
        
        Opacity
        
        Color
        
        Font size, pixels
        
        Timeout
      - Mosaic
        Transparency
        
        Height
        
        Width
        
        Position method
        
        Number of rows
        
        Number of columns
        
        Keep aspect ratio
        
        Keep orignal size
        
        Elements order
        
        Delay
        
        Blue screen
        
        Blue scerrn U value
        
        Blue screen V value
        
        Blue screen U tolerance
        
        Blue screen V tolerance
      - RSS / Atom
        Fixed URLs
        
        Text position
        
        Opacity
        
        Color
        
        Font size, pixels
        
        Speed of feeds
        
        Max length
        
        Refresh time
        
        Feed images
      - Time overlay
        Text position
        
        Opacity
        
        Color

Input / Codecs
- Audio language
- Subtitle language
- DVD device
- VCD device
- Audio CD device
- UDP port -- err ... what does that mean ? -- User:Dionoea I have refered users here to change the UDP/RTP (multicast) Port. -- User:DJ
- Force IPv4
- Force IPv6
  - Access filters
    - Record
      - Record directory (?)
    - Timeshift
      - Timeshift directory
  - Access Modules
    - Directory
      - Subdirectory behavior
      - Ignored extensions
    - Fake
    - File
    - FTP
      - FTP username
      - FTP password
      - FTP acount
    - HTTP(S)
      - HTTP proxy
      - Caching value in ms -- why would we only include http caching and not all other caching options ? -- User:Dionoea Because that's almost the only one people will really want to change. We might want to add MMS. User:Zorglub
    - MMS
      - Maximum bitrate
    - Real RTSP
    - SMB
      - SMB username
      - SMB password
      - SMB domain
    - TCP
    - UDP/RTP
    - Audio CD
    - DVD with menu
      - DVD angle
      - Start directly in menu
    - DVD without menu
      - DVD angle
    - Screen
    - VCD
    - DirectShow
      - Video device name
      - Audio device name
      - Video size
  - Audio codecs
    - A/52
      - A/52 dynamic range compression
    - DCA
      - DTS dynamic range compression
    - Tolame
      - Encoding quality
      - Stereo mode
      - VBR mode
      - Psycho-acoustic model
    - Vorbis
      - Encoding quality
      - Maximum encoding bitrate
      - Minimum encoding bitrate
      - CBR encoding
  - Demuxers
    - RTP/RTSP
    - Matroska
    - AVI
      - Force index creation
    - Dump
      - Dump filename
      - Append to existing file
    - H264
    - MJPEG
      - Frames per Second
    - MOD
      - Noise reduction
      - Reverb
      - Mega bass
      - Surround
    - MPC
      - Replay gain type
    - Playlist
      - Auto start
      - Show shoutcast adult content
    - Subtitles
    - MPEG-TS
      - Filename of dump
      - Append
  - Other codecs
    - FFmpeg
      - Workaround bugs
      - Hurry up
      - Post processing quality
      - Quality level
      - Ratio of key frames
      - Ratio of B frames
      - Hurry up
    - dvbsub
      - Decoding X coordinates
      - Decoding Y coordinates
      - Encoding X coordinates
      - Encoding Y coordinates
    - Subtitles
      - Subtitles justification
      - Sibtitles text encoding
      - UTF-8 subtitles autodetection
      - Formated subtitles
    - SVCD subtitles
  - Video codecs
    - Fake
      - Image file
      - Deinterlace video
      - Deinterlace module
    - Theora
      - Encoding quality
    - x264
      - All setings are same as Advance options (?)
Stream output
- Keep stream output open (?) -- That shouldn't be in the prefs but in the stream configuration wizards and dialogs -- User:Dionoea Is there basic cases where we don't want to keep it open. I would be to changed the default to true in libvlc -- Xtophe
  - Access output
    - File
    - HTTP
    - Shoutcast
      - Stream name
      - Stream discription
    - UDP
  - Muxers
    - MPEG-TS
    - ASF
    - MP4
    - MPJPEG
    - MPEG-PS
  - Packetizers
    - packetizer_mpegvideo
  - SAP
  - Sout stream
    - Display
    - ES
    - RTP
    - Standard
      - Output access method
      - Output muxer
      - Output destination
    - Transcode
      - Video encoder
      - Destination video codec
      - Video bitrate
      - Video scaling
      - Video frame-rate
      - Hurry up
      - Deinterlace video
      - Deinterlace module
      - Video filters & all check boxes
      - Video canvas aspect ratio
      - Destination audio codec
      - Audio bitrate
      - Audio channels
      - Synchronise on audio track
      - Subtitles encoder
      - Destination subtitles codec
      - Overlays & all check boxes
      - OSD menu
    - VOD
      - RTSP VoD

Advanced
- Allow only one running instance
- Allow only one running instance when started from file (?) -- i kind of agree with ipkiss that this option shouldn't exist anyway ... i guess that i'll remove it and change the default value for "Allow only one running instance". People who want more than one instance can change the prefs -- User:Dionoea.. NOoooo please don't. Current behaviour is optimal (but we certainly don't want to show this in simple prefs)! User:Zorglub
- Enqueue items to playlist when in one instance mode
- Increase the priority of the process
  - CPU features
  - GnuTLS
    - Check TLS/SSL server certificate validity
    - Check TLS/SSL hostname in certificate
  - Logging
    - Log filename
    - Log format
  - Network sync

Playlist -- Do these options really need to be in the prefs ? couldn't we just leave them in the playlist dialog/main controller and remember the state when quiting ? -- User:Dionoea. These options are indeed useless here. Just add change_autosave() on them User:Zorglub
- Play files randomly forever
- Repeat all
- Repeat current item
- Play and stop
  - Services discovery
    - Podcast
      - Podcast URLs list
    - SAP
    - Shoutcast

Interface
- Language
- Show advanced options -- This is "Complex preferences" specific so it shouldn't be in the "simple prefs" -- Usesr:Dionoea This is what locks down the Advanced options. The user should be able to find it in Simple Preferences. -- User:DJ
- Show interface with mouse
  - Control interfaces
    - Gestures
      - Triger button
    - Growl
      - Growl server
      - Growl password
    - MSN
      - MSN Title format string
    - NT service
    - Telnet
  - Hotkeys settings
  - Main interface
    - HTTP
    - RC
      - Do not open a DOS command box
    - Skins
      - Enable transparency effects
    - wxWidgets
      - Embed video in interface
      - Bookmarks dialog
      - Taskbar
      - Extended GUI
      - Playlist view
      - Systray icon

- ffmpeg-hq ? -- Is this out of place? I can't find it in this context -- User:DJ. It's currently not in video, but codecs, but we are free to put whatever we want wherever. User:Zorglub. Isn't that going to get kinda confusing? User:DJ. Nope :) User:Zorglub Given that it's not in that context either and the only thing that's close is FFmpeg's -- "Post processing quality", I believe you have just proven my point. You maybe free to do what you want, but is it prudent and or wise, or can others understand it? :) -- User:DJ

Wish list:

Subtitles
- size --|
- color -|-- freetype 2 font render? -- User:DJ
- font --|

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 **** Volume normalizer
 **** Parmetric equalizer
-***** All Presets same as Advanced options(?)
+***** All Presets same as Advanced options (?)
 *** Output modules (?)  -- Disagree. Only needs to be modified in case of problems -- [[User:Zorglub]] --> It's still one of the options which many people have to change, having it handy will be usefull -- [[User:DJ]]. If we show it up, we should only include really useful modules, like  DirectX/Waveout only for aout under windows. Don't show file and dummy for instance [[User:Zorglub]]
 **** DirectX Audio output -- It'd be best to not have any "module specific" option in these simple prefs. We could have an "Output device" option ... which could be shared by each of the audio output modules. -- [[User:Dionoea]]. Very hard to do. Much simpler is to ask for all of them to show. Only those compiled in will show up. Very easy. [[User:Zorglub]]

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