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Documentation for settings.conf?

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:18 pm
by jasnn
Is there documentation for the settings.conf file, similar to the makemkvcon Command Parameters documentation, usage.txt file? I'm particularly interested in whether I can set the default profile in the settings.conf file.

Thanks.

Jason

Re: Documentation for settings.conf?

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:44 pm
by ndjamena
I don't know about Macs, but I know on windows MakeMKV stores it's settings in the registry. It's quite easy to edit the thing however you like. I read on the myce forum that after MyBD extracted its hidden MakeMKV files from storage it added registry entries for it, then after it was done it deleted them.

This is what they look like in Windows:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-4262164441-854757015-2414158447-1001\Software\MakeMKV]
"app_UpdateLastCheck"=dword:00003ff0
"app_Key"="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
"screen_geometry"="AdnQywABAAAAAAAYAAAAEgAAA5IAAALPAAAAIAAAADEAAAOKAAACxwAAAAAAAA=="
"screen_state"="AAAA/wAAAAD9AAAAAAAAA2sAAAJEAAAABAAAAAQAAAAIAAAACPwAAAABAAAAAgAAAAEAAAAWAE0AYQBpAG4AVABvAG8AbABiAGEAcgEAAAAA/////wAAAAAAAAAA"
"app_SiteInfoString"="yJZ09Hj0H4.yIjKKrEjhDT6cKtjbof-FyGAs3-GioynsX38GlMkHWWu.tQzlMdw"
"io_ErrorRetryCount"=dword:00000050
"app_ExpertMode"=dword:00000001
"app_DestinationDir"="C:/tmp/NULL/"
"app_ShowDebug"=dword:00000001
"app_PreferredLanguage"="eng"
"app_InterfaceLanguage"="eng"
"app_ShowAVSyncMessages"=dword:00000001
"app_dtshddec"="C:/Program Files (x86)/MakeMKV/1.1.0.8/dtsdecoderdll.dll"
@=hex(0):
"app_DefaultSelectionString"="-sel:all,+sel:eng,+sel:special,-sel:core"
"app_DestinationType"=dword:00000003
"app_BackupDecrypted"=dword:00000001
"app_DefaultProfileName"="Copy-&>FLAC"
"dvd_MinimumTitleLength"=dword:00000000
"dvd_SPRemoveMethod"=dword:00000001

I can't imagine the MacOS settings would be any more complicated.

Re: Documentation for settings.conf?

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:46 pm
by jasnn
Thanks!

That worked perfectly. Using the key values from your Windows registry, I simply added the following to my /Users/user/Library/MakeMKV/settings.conf file;

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app_DefaultProfileName = "WDTV"
and now it always defaults to that profile. It also makes me wonder if there is a definitive guide to the settings options that can be enabled by editing the configuration files.

Jason

Re: Documentation for settings.conf?

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:06 pm
by michaelt
jasnn wrote:Using the key values from your Windows registry, I simply added the following to my /Users/user/Library/MakeMKV/settings.conf file;

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app_DefaultProfileName = "WDTV"
Don't know about the "key values" but the "code" can be accomplished in Preferences: Advanced->Default Profile->WDTV