Preferences

General

Enable statistics

Check to enable statistics. Statistics can be viewed through the statistics view.

Statistics are only used to report your usage of your library to you. They are never sent to anyone, they remain on your computer.

Check for new version at start-up

If checked, Jampa will check over Internet for a new version. This is done between 10 seconds and 2 minutes after Jampa has started.

Library path

Add the directories wich compose your music library.

Synchronize library at start-up

If checked, Jampa will compare the number of items in the library with the number of items in the directories of your library path. If they are different, Jampa qill perform a database update.

Date format and time format

Specify the date and time format used to diaplay playlists's creation date in the playlists view.

Internet

An Internet connection is used by Jampa to check for new version availability, to update, download or play podcasts, and to play radios.

Connection type

Used this settings if you need or want to use a proxy server to connect to Internet. When using a proxy (HTTP or SOCKS), the Host and Port parameters are mandatory.

By default, when the MPlayer playback engine read an audio stream from Internet (this is done by listening to a radio or a podcast that has not been downloaded), it uses the proxy parameters specified by the HTTP_PROXY environment variable. If you want to override this behavior and force the MPlayer playback to use the parameters specified in this section, you must check the relevant option in the MPlayer options of the preferences windows (see below).

Controls

Show controls in main toolbar

If checked, the playback controls buttons (pause, stop, next, time bar, volume bar...) are shown in the application toolbar. If unchecked, the controls buttons are available in a dedicated view (available through the Views menu item.

Tool bar size

Allow to specify the toolbar controls buttons size, when they are located in the application toolbar.

Use native sliders

If checked, Jampa will use operating system's native slider component for the progress bar and the volume bar.

This preference is unchecked by default under Windows, and checked by default under Linux.

Seek duration

Duration of the seek steps, used to advance or go back within a playing song.

Notifications

Activations

This section allow to choose events display a notification.

On new playing song

Display a notification when a new song is played.

Only when minimized

If checked, the notification when a new song is played will happen only if Jampa is minimized to the system tray.

On new podcasts items

Display a notification when new podcasts items are available.

On podcast download end

Display a notification when a podcast item's download has ended.

Parameters

Use transparency

If checked, the notification window will use transparency to be displayed, if it is available.

Display duration

Specify how long the notification window remain visible (in milliseconds).

The notification window can be close before this time has expired by clicking on the "Close" link.

Playback engines

Allow to choose the playback engine used by Jampa. The internal engine (based on JLayer) can only play mp3, ogg and wav files, whereas the external engine (MPlayer) can play more audio formats, but it request to have installed MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/).

When starting for the first time, the initial wizard allow to choose between the engines. By default, Jampa will search for MPlayer in some default locations. If MPlayer is found, it will be used. If not, the JLayer engine will be used.

MPlayer options

This part is relevant only if MPlayer is chosen as the playback engine.

MPlayer path

Full path to the MPlayer executable file. This parameter is mandatory. Fill it with care as Jampa will not be able to play music if this parameter is wrong.

MPlayer additional options

Additional parameters that can be sent to MPlayer. Each parameters and values must be separated by commas.

Enable volume normalization

If checked, Jampa will ask MPlayer to normalize the output volume. Useful if you have music files which do not have the same recording levels.

Use "-volume" command-line option

If checked, Jampa will set the volume when playback start. As this option need to have a recent MPlayer version, it can be disabled. If you have troubles when playing songs, try to disable this option.

Use Jampa's proxy settings for MPlayer

By default, the MPlayer playback engine use the value of the environmennt variable HTTP_PROXY for proxy settings. If checked, MPlayer will use the proxy settings specified in the Internet connection preferences (see above).

Radio's url pattern for adding the "-playlist" parameter

Some radios need that the "-playlist" parameter is sent to MPlayer to play properly. This section allow to specify url pattern that need this parameter. The patterns are evaluated from top to bottom, and follow the Java regular expression syntax (see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html).

Podcasts

Update podcasts at start-up

If checked, Jampa will update podcasts on start-up.

Clean download cache on podcasts update

If checked, when updating podcasts (automatic update or manual update), Jampa will delete the downloaded podcasts which are no longer relevant.

Automatic podcasts update

If checked, Jampa will perform a podcast update regularly.

Automatic update intervall

The automatic update intervall, in minutes.

Always download a podcast before play

If checked, before playing a podcast item, Jampa will download the podcast item if it has not been already downloaded.

Play when download complete

If checked, Jampa will start playing the podcast item when its download end.

System tray

Show in system tray

If enabled, Jampa will add its icon to the system tray. Closing Jampa will minimize it to the system tray.

Show (*) button

Select the additionnals buttons that will be added to the system tray, allowing Jampa to be controlled if minimized.

Views

File system view

Merge root folder

When using multiple folders as library source, if this preference is checked, all the content of root folders are merged together, whereas if unchecked, each folder from the library path have a corresponding node in the File System View.

Double-click on folder

Allow to choose the behavior when double-clicking a folder in the File System View. The double-click can either expand or collapse the folder, or perform the default double-click action.

Default double-click action

Allow to choose between playing or enqueuing in the default playlist when a double-click is made on a file, or a folder if the previous preference is set to perform the default action.

Library view

Double-click on expandable items

Allow to choose the behavior when double-clicking an expandable item in the Library View. The double-click can either expand or collapse the item, or perform the default double-click action.

Default double-click action

Allow to choose between playing or enqueuing in the default playlist when a double-click is made on a song, or an expandable item if the previous preference is set to perform the default action.

Playlists view

Double-click on a playlist

Allow to choose the behavior when double-clicking on a playlist in the playlists view.

Statistics view

Max items number in statistics list

For performances reasons, the number of items in each list of the statistics view is limited. This preference allow to customize the limitation.