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eMail Address
This settings allows the user to provide a contact email for when xLights submits a crash report. This is completely optional.
Hardware Video Decoder
This setting allows xLights to use the computer's GPU to render video files. If you are having issues with video file's not displaying, it is recommended to disable this setting.
Configure the Hardware Engine used to Decode Video Files.
DirectX11
Use Native DirectX 11 Media Library on Windows
FFmpeg Auto
FFmpeg library include in xLight will determine the Hardware Render
FFmpeg CUDA
FFmpeg library will use the Nvidia Hardware Render
FFmpeg QSV
FFmpeg library will use the Intel Quick Sync Hardware Render
FFmpeg Vulkan
FFmpeg library will use the Vulkan Hardware Render(Not Recommended)
FFmpeg AMF
FFmpeg library will use the AMD Radian Hardware Render
FFmpeg DirectX11
Use FFmpeg DirectX 11 Media Library Wrapper
Shader On Background Threads
This setting allows xLights to compile shader effects on a background. This can help improve render times of shaders.
Prompt issues during batch render
If enabled this will prompt the user of error during batch render. These errors could be related to missing models and missing effect files. If disables these errors will be ignored and render will be skipped for the models involved. This will cause batch render to pause and require the user to interact with the process.
Purge download cache on startup
Clear out the Vender Model Download Cache on Startup. This will redownload the Vender Model list on every startup, this will make sure the model list is always up to date. It is recommended to enable this option on fast internet connections.
Packaged Sequences
Exclude Presets
If selected, when a sequence is packaged with the Package Sequence option, all effects presets are stripped from the xlights_rgbeffects.xml file.
Exclude Audio
If selected, when a sequence is packaged the audio file is skipped as it is generally not legal to share audio files with other people. When the recipient opens the sequence they will need to point to where the audio file is on their computer.
If excluding the audio from a packaged sequence, it is necessary to provide the source of the audio file to those the package sequence is being sent to. This is best done by filling on the metadata on the sequence settings for the song, artist, album, and music URL (link for download).
Video Export Settings
Video Codec
Set the Video Codec and bitrate used by the Export House Preview Menu Dropdown. H.264 is recommended new Macs (M1, M1 Max, M2) with hardware video rendering. MPEG-4 is an older/slower standard that will create large video files.
Bitrate
Set the bitrate of the Exported Video File, 0 is Auto.
Link Controller Upload
When Uploading Controller Inputs and Outputs, this will cause xLights to do both upload actions when Upload Output is clicked.
Ignore vender model recommendation
Don't Disable, Will be removed in future versions.
Controller ping interval in seconds
How often xLights pings the controllers in the Controllers Tab.
Tip of the Day
Set the 'Level' of tips of the day, you will receive. Off will disable Tip of the day.
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