====== Global settings.conf ======

The global settings.conf file, located in your RetroFE directory, defines how your overall system operates. See below for a list of configuration parameters that can be specified for your global settings.conf.

^  Variable              ^  Allowed values                  ^  Description  ^
^ fullscreen             |  yes, true, no, false            | Run the front-end in fullscreen  |
^ horizontal             |  stretch, #pixels                | Screen pixel width (i.e. 1920)  |
^ vertical               |  stretch, #pixels                | Screen pixel height (i.e. 1080)  |
^ layout                 |  a folder name in /layouts       | The layout/theme to use for RetroFE (i.e. Aeon Nox)  |
^ hideMouse              |  yes, true, no, false            | Hide the mouse cursor on the screen when the FE is active  |
^ showParenthesis        |  yes, true, no, false            | Hide item/ROM information between ()  |
^ showSquareBrackets     |  yes, true, no, false            | Hide item/ROM information between []  |
^ firstCollection        |  a folder name in /collections   | Specify the name of the first collection to load on start (i.e. Main)  |
^ startCollectionEnter   | yes, true, no, false             | Enters the first menu item on boot if it is a collection. |
^ lastplayedSize         |  number of entries               | Number of entries in the lastplayed playlist (auto generated during play. Use 0 to disable. |
^ lastPlayedSkipCollection | Playlist name                  | Items in this playlist are not added to the lastplayed playlist. |
^ videoEnable            |  yes, true, no, false            | Enable video display  |
^ videoLoop              |  #loops                          | Number of times to loop video playback (enter 0 to continuously loop)  |
^ exitOnFirstPageBack    |  yes, true, no, false            | Exit the frontend when the back button is pressed on the first page  |
^ attractModeTime        |  time (in seconds)               | Enter 0 to disable attract mode, otherwise enter the number of seconds to wait before the menu scrolls to another random point  |
^ attractModeNextTime    |  time (in seconds)               | Number of seconds to wait before the menu scrolls again in attract mode. Defaults to attractModeTime. |
^ attractModePlaylistTime |  time (in seconds)              | Number of seconds to wait before the menu skips to the next playlist in attract mode. Use 0 to disable. |
^ attractModeSkipPlaylist |  Playlist name                  | Skip this playlist when changing playlist in attract mode. |
^ rememberMenu           |  yes, true, no, false            | Remember the last highlighted menu item if re-entering a menu  |
^ firstPlaylist          |  Playlist name                   | Automatically switch to this playlist if it is available  |
^ cyclePlaylist          | Comma separated list of playlists | Names of the playlists the cyclePlaylist key cycles over. |
^ minimize_on_focus_loss |  yes, true, no, false            | Overwrite system SDL default for SDL_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS to force RetroFE to (not) minimize when the focus on the full-screen window is lost.  |
^ collectionInputClear   |  yes, true, no, false            | Clear the input queue when entering/exiting a collection  |
^ cfwLetterSub           |  yes, true, no, false            | Skip to the next/previous sub collection in stead of the next/previous letter. |
^ prevLetterSubToCurrent |  yes, true, no, false            | Skip to the first game of the current letter in stead of the previous letter when pressing the previous letter key. |
^ baseMediaPath          |  i.e.(d:/media)                  | Override if you choose to have your media stored outside of RetroFE. Can be used by your Collection Settings.conf.  |
^ baseItemPath           |  i.e.(d:/roms)                   | Override if you choose to have your roms stored outside of RetroFE. Can be used by your Collection Settings.conf.  |
^ unloadSDL              |  yes, true, no, false            | Close SDL when starting a game. This is needed for some systems like RetroPie to prevent the emulator from being launched behind the front-end.  |
^ overwriteXML           |  yes, true, no, false            | Allow information files (collections/<collection name>/info/<item name>.conf) to overwrite information from meta.db  |
^ subsSplit              |  yes, true, no, false            | Split merged collections based on .sub files per .sub file (yes/true) or sort them as one list (no/false)  |