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
.IP
The default is \fB{/artist}{/album}{/title}{ext}\fR.
.TP
-.B authorization_algorthm \fIALGORITHM\fR
+.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)
.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_ttl \fIHOPS\fR
-Set the maximum number of hops to send multicast packets. This only applies is
+.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
track name (with the collection root part removed).
.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]+$" $2 display
+namepart title "/([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $1 sort
+namepart album "/([^/]+)/[^/]+$" $1 *
+namepart artist "/([^/]+)/[^/]+/[^/]+$" $1 *
+namepart ext "(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+)$" $1 *
+.fi
.TP
.B nice_rescan \fIPRIORITY\fR
Set the recan subprocess priority. The default is 10.
.TP
.B queue_pad \fICOUNT\fR
The target size of the queue. If random play is enabled then randomly picked
-tracks will be added until the queue is at least this big.
+tracks will be added until the queue is at least this big. The default is 10.
.TP
.B restrict \fR[\fBscratch\fR] [\fBremove\fR] [\fBmove\fR]
Determine which operations are restricted to the submitter of a
default.
.TP
.B oss
-Use the OSS (/dev/dsp) API. Not available on all platforms. Not well
-maintained at the moment.
+Use the OSS (/dev/dsp) API. Not available on all platforms.
.TP
.B command
Execute a command. This is the default if
.TP
.B sox_generation \fB0\fR|\fB1
Determines whether calls to \fBsox\fR(1) should use \fB-b\fR, \fB-x\fR, etc (if
-the generation is 0) or \fB-\fIbits\fR, \fB-L\fR etc (if it is 1). The default
-is 0.
+the generation is 0) or \fB-\fIbits\fR, \fB-L\fR etc (if it is 1). See the
+documentation for your installed copy of \fBsox\fR to determine which you need.
+The default is 0.
.TP
.B speaker_command \fICOMMAND
Causes the speaker subprocess to pipe audio data into shell command
.IP
If you supply no \fBtransform\fR directives at all then a default set will be
supplied automatically. But if you supply even one then you must supply all of
-them. See the example config file for the defaults.
+them. The defaults are:
+.PP
+.nf
+transform track "^.*/([0-9]+ *[-:] *)?([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $2 display
+transform track "^.*/([^/]+)\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+$" $1 sort
+transform dir "^.*/([^/]+)$" $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
\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.
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