General

Language
Select your countrycode here. If your language isn't available translate the english file in the language directory and send it to me.
Template
This sets the design to use. Each template can have multiple styles (color schemes). Just try them and use the one you like most :-)

nexgen::nexgen

modern::compact

default::metal

elegant::grey
List columns
This is currently only used in the 'modern' template. It defines how many columns are used to show the browsing list. If set to 1 it shows a list like the default template.
Cast columns
This defines how many columns are used to display the cast list in a movies detail view. It depends on your screen resolution and the chosen template how much space you have.
Automatic DiskID
VideoDB uses a DiskID to identify disks. This ID is different from the VideoID which is assigned to every video automagically. This allows you to have multiple videos on a single disk and let them become all unavailable when you lend the disk to someone.
However if you don't have a fancy namingscheme for your disks and just want to number them, VideoDB can suggest an ID when adding a new video by increasing a number. If you want this enable this option.
Order by DiskID
If you enable this parameter the list of movies in the "all" view will be ordered by DiskID instead of the video titles.
Default mediatype
Select which mediatype should be suggested when adding a new video
Default language
This is different from the language setting above. This is the language that will be filled in on default when you add a new video. Leave it blank if you don't like this.
Use your browser's Accept-Language
If checked videoDB will use your browser's language settings when requesting content from remote services. When unchecked will default to en-US. You can use this setting to get localized titles from e.g. IMDB (or, when unchecked, the original english ones)
Default filter
This is the page that will be opened when you start VideoDB.
Show TV Episodes
If you want TV Episodes to be included in the browse view by default enable this option.
New Movies
You can enter the number of movies shown on the "new" filter.
Maximum items per page
Number of items to display on each page. Use 0 or leave empty to disable pagination.
Language flags







Here you can select the flags which should be available as JavaScript buttons in the edit form for quick language selection.
No more than five should be selected.
Remove Articles
If selected, articles are stripped from added movies, e.g. The Angel is stored as Angel, The.
Adult Genres
Movies in the genres you select here will only be visible to users with 'adult' permissions. Hold down the CTRL-key to select multiple genres. (Only applies when multiuser support is enabled)
Show tools
The tools menu will show the contents of the contrib directory. Contents of the contrib directory are useful contributions to videoDB, but not fully tested and might be hazardous to security.
Show Cast Button
Checking this will display a ‘Show Cast’ or ‘Hide Cast’ button on the details page. Speeds up that page if you aren't always interested in the cast of a movie.
Browse page includes title
This will determine if/where the title of the movie is being displayed on the Browse page. Selecting None will not show the title, selecting Top will display the title above the cover-image, selecting Bottom will display the title below the cover-image, and selecting Both will display the title above and below the cover-image.

Custom Fields

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You may define up to four custom fields for your videos. Each can store up to 255 characters. Here you can give them names and select the pluginhandlers which should be used to display the fields. Leave the name blank to disable them.

Data Providers

Default Data Provider
Select from where videoDB should grab its data by default.
Google
Enabling this option will allow videoDB to retrieve data from Google. Google supports image searches only.
OFDB (de) Scraper
Enabling this option will allow videoDB to retrieve data from OFDB (de) Scraper.
Dvdfr (fr)
Enabling this option will allow videoDB to retrieve data from Dvdfr (fr).
Note that this data provider is still in experimental stage and might not work as expected.
FilmWeb (pl)
Enabling this option will allow videoDB to retrieve data from FilmWeb (pl).
Allocine (fr)
Enabling this option will allow videoDB to retrieve data from Allocine (fr).
Note that this data provider is still in experimental stage and might not work as expected.
IMDB
Enabling this option will allow videoDB to retrieve data from IMDB.
OFDB (de)
Enabling this option will allow videoDB to retrieve data from OFDB (de).
YouTube
Enabling this option will allow videoDB to retrieve data from YouTube.

Network and Security

Local network
Here you can define your local network. Users who access VideoDB from somewhere else can not edit the data anymore. This is a regular expression so you may even give some complicated term here.

Examples:
^192\.168\.1\. allows 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254
^(192\.168\.1\.|127\.0\.0\.1$) the same as above plus localhost
^192\.168\.1\.22$ allows IP 192.168.1.22 only
^(192\.168\.1\.22|127\.0\.0\.1)$ the same as above plus localhost
leaving it blank allows everyone

Attention: If you make a mistake here you will lock out your self from the config page!
Multiuser Support
This option enables the multi user support to use VideoDB with multiple password authenticated users.
No public access
Enabling this denies access for everyone except authenticated users. (Only applies when multiuser support is enabled)
User Management
User Management
Follow this link to add, modify and delete users and their permissions for the multiuser mode.
Proxy server
If the host which VideoDB runs on is behind a proxy server you can give its name here. Leave it blank if you don't need a proxy.
Proxy port
Give the port of your proxy here eg. 8080.

Caching

Thumbnails
Enabling this shows a tiny version of the coverimage in the browsinglist. If it is to slow or distracts your eyes disable it.
IMDB Browser
This allows you to browse the IMDB through VideoDB and add movies directly from within their site.
Cache expiry
VideoDB can cache external queries to avoid unnecessary, time consuming requests and lessen the load on the external (e.g. IMDB) servers. Use this setting to define the maximum age of local documents (in seconds). Defaults to 5 days.
Actor thumbnails
This tries to find a tiny image for each actor from the cast and to display it beside the actors name.
Actor thumbnail retry
This defines when to retry to load actor thumbnails that weren't found last time (in seconds). Defaults to 3 weeks.