+
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Richard Kettlewell
.\"
The web interface connects to the DisOrder server like any other user, though
it is given a special privilege to "become" any other user. (Thus, any process
with the same UID as the web interface is very powerful as far as DisOrder
-goes.)
+goes. This model will be changed in a future version.)
.PP
Access control to the web interface is (currently) separate from DisOrder's own
access control (HTTP authentication is required) but uses the same user
.B home \fIDIRECTORY\fR
The home directory for state files. Defaults to
.IR pkgstatedir .
+The server will create this directory on startup if it does not exist.
.TP
-.B plugin \fIPATH\fR
+.B plugins \fIPATH\fR
Adds a directory to the plugin path. (This is also used by the web
interface.)
.IP
Plugins are opened the first time they are required and never after,
so after changing a plugin you must restart the server before it is
guaranteed to take effect.
+.IP
+If
+.B plugins
+is used without arguments the plugin path is cleared.
.SS "Server Configuration"
.TP
.B alias \fIPATTERN\fR
.IP
The default is \fB{/artist}{/album}{/title}{ext}\fR.
.TP
+.B authorization_algorithm \fIALGORITHM\fR
+Defines the algorithm used to authenticate clients. The valid options
+are sha1 (the default), sha256, sha384 and sha512. See
+.BR disorder_protocol (5)
+for more details.
+.TP
.B broadcast \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
Transmit sound data to \fIADDRESS\fR using UDP port \fIPORT\fR. This implies
\fBspeaker_backend network\fR.
+.IP
+See also \fBmulticast_loop\fR and \fBmulticast_ttl\fR.
.TP
.B broadcast_from \fIADDRESS\fR \fIPORT\fR
Sets the (local) source address used by \fBbroadcast\fR.
.RS
.TP 8
.B pcm
-Output level for the audio device. This is probably what you want.
+Output level for the audio device. This is probably what you want and is the
+default.
.TP
.B speaker
Output level for the PC speaker, if that is connected to the sound card.
it affects all output devices.
.RE
.IP
-You can also specify channels by number, if you know the right value.
+You can also specify channels by number, if you know the right value. NB that
+volume setting only works on OSS systems (including ALSA, via emulation).
.TP
.B collection \fIMODULE\fR \fIENCODING\fR \fIROOT\fR
Define a collection of tracks.
.TP
.B lock yes\fR|\fBno
Determines whether the server locks against concurrent operation. Default is
-\fByes\fR.
+\fByes\fR. There is no good reason to set this to \fBno\fR and the option will
+probably be removed in a future version.
.TP
.B mixer \fIPATH\fR
The path to the mixer device, if you want access to the volume control,
-e.g. \fB/dev/mixer\fR.
+e.g. \fB/dev/mixer\fR (the default).
+.TP
+.B multicast_loop yes\fR|\fBno
+Determines whether multicast packets are loop backed to the sending host. The
+default is \fByes\fR. This only applies if
+\fBspeaker_backend\fR is set to \fBnetwork\fR and \fBbroadcast\fR is actually a
+multicast address.
+.TP
+.B multicast_ttl \fIHOPS\fR
+Set the maximum number of hops to send multicast packets. This only applies if
+\fBspeaker_backend\fR is set to \fBnetwork\fR and \fBbroadcast\fR is actually a
+multicast address. The default is 1.
.TP
.B namepart \fIPART\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
Determines how to extract trackname part \fIPART\fR from a
.IP
If you supply no \fBnamepart\fR directives at all then a default set will be
supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
-them. See the example config file for the defaults.
+them. The defaults are equivalent to:
+.PP
+.nf
+namepart title "/([0-9]+ *[-:] *)?([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $2 display
+namepart title "/([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $1 sort
+namepart album "/([^/]+)/[^/]+$" $1 *
+namepart artist "/([^/]+)/[^/]+/[^/]+$" $1 *
+namepart ext "(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+)$" $1 *
+.fi
.TP
.B nice_rescan \fIPRIORITY\fR
Set the recan subprocess priority. The default is 10.
.IP
(Note that higher values mean the process gets less CPU time; UNIX priority
-values are the backwards.)
+values are backwards.)
.TP
.B nice_server \fIPRIORITY\fR
Set the server priority. This is applied to the server at startup time (and
timely scheduling. If you have limited CPU then it might help to set this to a
small negative value. The default is 0.
.TP
+.B noticed_history
+The maximum days that a track can survive in the database of newly added
+tracks. The default is 31.
+.TP
.B player \fIPATTERN\fR \fIMODULE\fR [\fIOPTIONS.. [\fB--\fR]] \fIARGS\fR...
Specifies the player for files matching the glob \fIPATTERN\fR. \fIMODULE\fR
specifies which plugin module to use.
.TP
.B execraw \fICOMMAND\fR \fIARGS\fR...
Identical to the \fBexec\fR except that the player is expected to use the
-DisOrder raw player protocol (see notes below).
+DisOrder raw player protocol.
+.BR disorder-decode (8)
+can decode several common audio file formats to this format. If your favourite
+format is not supported, but you have a player which uses libao, there is also
+a libao driver which supports this format; see below for more information about
+this.
.TP
.B shell \fR[\fISHELL\fR] \fICOMMAND\fR
The command is executed using the shell. If \fISHELL\fR is specified then that
.RE
.IP
If multiple player commands match a track then the first match is used.
+.IP
+For the server to be able to calculate track lengths, there should be a
+.B tracklength
+command corresponding to each
+.B player
+command.
+.IP
+If
+.B player
+is used without arguments, the list of players is cleared.
.TP
.B prefsync \fISECONDS\fR
The interval at which the preferences log file will be synchronised. Defaults
.TP
.B queue_pad \fICOUNT\fR
The target size of the queue. If random play is enabled then randomly picked
-tracks will be added until the queue is at least this big.
+tracks will be added until the queue is at least this big. The default is 10.
+.TP
+.B restrict \fR[\fBscratch\fR] [\fBremove\fR] [\fBmove\fR]
+Determine which operations are restricted to the submitter of a
+track. By default, no operations are restricted, i.e. anyone can
+scratch or remove anything.
+.IP
+If \fBrestrict scratch\fR or \fBrestrict remove\fR are set then only the user
+that submitted a track can scratch or remove it, respectively.
+.IP
+If \fBrestrict move\fR is set then only trusted users can move tracks around in
+the queue.
+.IP
+If \fBrestrict\fR is used more than once then only the final use has any
+effect.
.TP
.B sample_format \fIBITS\fB/\fIRATE\fB/\fICHANNELS
Describes the sample format expected by the \fBspeaker_command\fR (below). The
.PP
The default is
.BR 16/44100/2 .
+.PP
+With the
+.B network
+backend the sample format is forced to
+.B 16b/44100/2
+and with the
+.B coreaudio
+backend it is forced to
+.BR 16/44100/2 ,
+in both cases regardless of what is specified in the configuration file.
.RE
.TP
.B signal \fINAME\fR
Use the ALSA API. This is only available on Linux systems, on which it is the
default.
.TP
+.B coreaudio
+Use Apple Core Audio. This only available on OS X systems, on which it is the
+default.
+.TP
+.B oss
+Use the OSS (/dev/dsp) API. Not available on all platforms.
+.TP
.B command
Execute a command. This is the default if
.B speaker_command
-is specified, or (currently) on non-Linux systems.
+is specified, or if no native is available.
.TP
.B network
Transmit audio over the network. This is the default if
-\fBbroadcast\fR is specified.
+\fBbroadcast\fR is specified. You can use
+.BR disorder-playrtp (1)
+to receive and play the resulting stream on Linux and OS X.
.RE
.TP
.B sox_generation \fB0\fR|\fB1
Determines whether calls to \fBsox\fR(1) should use \fB-b\fR, \fB-x\fR, etc (if
-the generation is 0) or \fB-\fIbits\fR, \fB-L\fR etc (if it is 1). The default
-is 0.
+the generation is 0) or \fB-\fIbits\fR, \fB-L\fR etc (if it is 1). See the
+documentation for your installed copy of \fBsox\fR to determine which you need.
+The default is 0.
.TP
.B speaker_command \fICOMMAND
Causes the speaker subprocess to pipe audio data into shell command
.B sox
is not installed then this will not work.
.TP
-.B restrict \fR[\fBscratch\fR] [\fBremove\fR] [\fBmove\fR]
-Determine which operations are restricted to the submitter of a
-track. By default, no operations are restricted, i.e. anyone can
-scratch or remove anything.
-.IP
-If \fBrestrict scratch\fR or \fBrestrict remove\fR are set then only the user
-that submitted a track can scratch or remove it, respectively.
-.IP
-If \fBrestrict move\fR is set then only trusted users can move tracks around in
-the queue.
-.IP
-If \fBrestrict\fR is used more than once then only the final use has any
-effect.
-.TP
.B scratch \fIPATH\fR
Specifies a scratch. When a track is scratched, a scratch track is
played at random.
.IP
At least for the time being, path names of scratches must be encoded using
UTF-8 (which means that ASCII will do).
+.IP
+If \fBscratch\fR is used without arguments then the list of scratches is
+cleared.
.TP
.B stopword \fIWORD\fR ...
Specifies one or more stopwords that should not take part in searches
over track names.
+.IP
+If \fBstopword\fR is used without arguments then the list of stopwords is
+cleared.
+.TP
+.B tracklength \fIPATTERN\fR \fIMODULE\fR
+Specifies the module used to calculate the length of files matching
+\fIPATTERN\fR. \fIMODULE\fR specifies which plugin module to use.
+.IP
+If \fBtracklength\fR is used without arguments then the list of modules is
+cleared.
.SS "Client Configuration"
.TP
-.B connect \fR[\fIHOST\fR] \fISERVICE\fR
+.B connect \fIHOST SERVICE\fR
Connect to the address specified by \fIHOST\fR and port specified by
-\fISERVICE\fR. If \fIHOST\fR is omitted then connects to the local host.
-Normally the UNIX domain socket is used instead.
+\fISERVICE\fR.
.SS "Web Interface Configuration"
.TP
.B refresh \fISECONDS\fR
Specifies the maximum refresh period in seconds. Default 15.
.TP
+.B short_display \fICHARACTERS\fR
+Defines the maximum number of characters to include in a \fBshort\fR name
+part. Default 30.
+.TP
.B templates \fIPATH\fR ...
Specifies the directory containing templates used by the web
interface. If a template appears in more than one template directory
then the one in the earliest directory specified is chosen.
.IP
See below for further details.
+.IP
+If \fBtemplates\fR is used without arguments then the template path is cleared.
.TP
.B transform \fITYPE\fR \fIREGEXP\fR \fISUBST\fR [\fICONTEXT\fR [\fIREFLAGS\fR]]
Determines how names are sorted and displayed in track choice displays.
.IP
If you supply no \fBtransform\fR directives at all then a default set will be
supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
-them. See the example config file for the defaults.
+them. The defaults are:
+.PP
+.nf
+transform track "^.*/([0-9]+ *[-:] *)?([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $2 display
+transform track "^.*/([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $1 sort
+transform dir "^.*/([^/]+)$" $1 *
+transform dir "^(the) ([^/]*)" "$2 $1" sort i
+transform dir "[[:punct:]]" "" sort g
+.fi
.TP
.B url \fIURL\fR
Specifies the URL of the web interface. This URL will be used in
.TP
.B allow \fIUSERNAME\fR \fIPASSWORD\fR
Specify a username/password pair.
+.IP
+If
+.B allow
+is used without arguments, the list of allowed users is cleared.
.TP
.B password \fIPASSWORD\fR
Specify password.
.B trust \fIUSERNAME\fR
Allow \fIUSERNAME\fR to perform privileged operations such as shutting
down or reconfiguring the daemon, or becoming another user.
+.IP
+If \fBtrust\fR is used without arguments then the list of trusted users is
+cleared.
.TP
.B user \fIUSER\fR
Specifies the user to run as. Only makes sense if invoked as root (or
.I pkgconfdir/config.private
Should be readable only by the jukebox group, and contain \fBallow\fR
commands for authorised users.
+.IP
+If this file does not exist at startup then the server will create it with a
+randomly chosen password for the root user.
.TP
.I pkgconfdir/config.\fRUSER
Per-user system-controlled client configuration. Optional but if it
.B random-play
If unset or \fByes\fR then random play is enabled. Otherwise it is disabled.
Use \fBdisable\fR rather than setting it directly.
+.PP
+Global preferences starting '_' are read-only (in the sense that you cannot
+modify them; the server may modify them as part of its normal operation). They
+are:
+.TP
+.B _dbversion
+The database version string. This is used by DisOrder to detect when it must
+modify the database after an upgrade.
.SH "LIBAO DRIVER"
.SS "Raw Protocol Players"
Raw protocol players are expected to use the \fBdisorder\fR libao driver.
Provides a front end to \fBchoose.html\fR which allows subsets of the top level
directories to be selected by initial letter.
.TP
+.B new.html
+Lists newly added tracks.
+.TP
.B playing.html
The "front page", which usually shows the currently playing tracks and
the queue.
.B credits.html
Included at the end of the main content \fB<DIV>\fR element.
.TP
-.B sidebar.html
-Included at the start of the \fB<BODY>\fR element.
+.B topbar.html
+Included at the start of the \fB<BODY>\fR element. (This supplants
+\fBsidebar.html\fR, though the latter is still available; override label
+\fBmenu\fR to choose between them.)
.TP
.B stdhead.html
Included in the \fB<HEAD>\fR element.
\fBtrue\fR, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
.TP
.B @arg:\fINAME\fB@
-Expands to the value of CGI script argument \fINAME\fR.
+Expands to the value of CGI argument \fINAME\fR.
.TP
.B @basename@
The basename of the current directory component, in \fB@navigate@\fR.
argument to \fBchoose\fR.
.TP
.B @files{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
-Expands \fITEMPLATE\fB once for each file indicated by the \fBdirectory\fR CGI
+Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR once for each file indicated by the \fBdirectory\fR CGI
arg if it is present, or otherwise for the list of files counted by \fBfiles\fR
with names \fB0_file\fR, \fB1_file\fR etc.
.TP
Expands to \fBtrue\fR if this is the last repetition of a \fITEMPLATE\fR in a
loop, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
.TP
+.B @isnew@
+Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the newly added tracks list has any tracks in it,
+otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
+.TP
.B @isplaying@
Expands to \fBtrue\fR if a track is playing, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
.TP
.B @ne{\fIA\fB}{\fIB\fB}
Expands to \fBtrue\fR if \fIA\fR and \fIB\fR differ, otherwise to \fBfalse\fR.
.TP
+.B @new{\fITEMPLATE\fB}
+Expands \fITEMPLATE\fR for each track in the newly added tracks list, starting
+with the most recent. Used in \fBnew.html\fR.
+.TP
.B @nfiles@
Expands to the number of files from \fB@files\fR (above).
.TP
.TP
.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}@
Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for the
-current track. The context may be omitted (and normally would be) and defaults
+current track. The context may be omitted and defaults
to \fBdisplay\fR.
+.IP
+The special context \fBshort\fR is equivalent to \fBdisplay\fR but limited to
+the \fBshort_display\fR limit.
.TP
.B @part{\fICONTEXT\fB}{\fIPART\fB}{\fITRACK\fB}@
Expands to track name part \fIPART\fR using context \fICONTEXT\fR for
\fITRACK\fR. In this usage the context may not be omitted.
+.IP
+The special context \fBshort\fR is equivalent to \fBdisplay\fR but limited to
+the \fBshort_display\fR limit.
.TP
.B @paused@
Expands to \fBtrue\fR if the current track is paused, else \fBfalse\fR.
Expands to \fBdisorder.cgi\fR's version string.
.TP
.B @volume:\fISPEAKER\fB@
-The volume on the left or right speaker. \fISPEAKER\fR must be \fBleft\fB or
+The volume on the left or right speaker. \fISPEAKER\fR must be \fBleft\fR or
\fBright\fR.
.TP
.B @when@
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