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Settings reference: every tab and control

Settings is the last stop on the navigation rail, and opens as a full page split into eight tabs. Nothing here decides whether your music plays: your library plays in full on every tier.

The Settings window open on the General tab, with the tab row across the top and the appearance controls below it.
Settings, on the General tab.

General

Appearance only, stored on this PC rather than with your library. Theme is Dark, OLED Black or Light, and starts on Dark. Accent color offers six swatches (Coral, Blue, Green, Violet, Gold, Magenta) and starts on Coral. Reduce motion cuts the app's animation back, and is off.

Authentication

Three optional keys, all free, all blank until you paste one in. Saved Discogs and Last.fm keys carry an Active badge; the AcoustID row has none.

Control What it does
AcoustID Application Key Fingerprint lookups during Super-Tag.
Discogs Token Genres, styles, label and catalogue number in the Tag Editor's Discogs lookup.
Last.fm API Key Biographies and similar-artist suggestions for OpenSubsonic clients.

Library

Two blocks, both marked experimental, both empty until you fill them.

The Library tab. The Metadata Cache block, marked experimental, holds a Cache server URL field showing only its http://host:8080 placeholder, a Cache token row badged Stored with a Save and a Clear button, an AcoustID source picker reading Direct, and a Seed cache button. The MusicBrainz Mirror block starts below, also marked experimental, its Mirror base URL field cut off at the bottom edge.
Settings, on the Library tab, with a cache token already saved on this PC.
Control What it does Default
Cache server URL A shared metadata cache. Super-Tag checks it before AcoustID and MusicBrainz. Empty
Cache token Bearer token for that server. Write-only: it goes to Windows Credential Manager and is never shown back, so its badge reads Stored. Empty
AcoustID source Direct uses your own key, Hosted proxies through the cache server, Off skips fingerprinting (ISRC, cache and MusicBrainz text lookups still run). Direct
Seed cache from this library Pushes already-resolved tracks into the cache once. Needs a URL and a token. Button
Mirror base URL A self-hosted MusicBrainz mirror, skipping the public one-request-per-second wait. Empty
Mirror has search index (Solr built) Sends text search to the mirror too. Greyed out until a mirror URL is set. Off

Clear on the token confirms first: the cache stops being used, and on builds without their own reporting transport, in-app bug reports fall back to this token.

Playback

Three blocks: Playback, Audio Output, Parametric EQ.

The Playback tab. In the Playback block, Auto-play on select and Auto-play next track are both unticked. Below it the Audio Output block shows Output mode set to Shared (Windows mixer), a Reset overrides button beside Device compatibility overrides, and the Resampler quality picker reading Fast (default) at the cut-off bottom edge. The Parametric EQ block is further down the page and not in shot.
Settings, on the Playback tab.
Control What it does Default
Auto-play on select A single click on a track starts it. Off
Auto-play next track Advance automatically when a track ends. Off
Output mode Shared (Windows mixer) routes through the Windows audio engine. WASAPI Exclusive (bit-perfect capable) takes sole use of the device at the file's native rate, and is a Lifetime feature. The third entry is greyed out, reading ASIO (not available in this build). Shared
Device compatibility overrides Reset overrides clears devices the engine demoted to Shared after catching their driver misreport its clock. Exclusive is retried on the next playback start. None
Resampler quality Fast, or High (sinc, more CPU). Only for files whose rate differs from the device's. Fast
ReplayGain Off, Track gain or Album gain, read from tags already in your files. Off
Auto-calculate ReplayGain Analyses untagged tracks after a scan and writes the tags into your files. Off
Allow concurrent scans Lets heavy background jobs run together instead of queueing. Sits in the Audio Output block but governs jobs, not sound. Off
Bit-Perfect mode Asks the engine to bypass EQ, crossfeed and ReplayGain and hold volume at unity. A Lifetime feature. Off
Crossfeed Off, Gentle, Moderate or Strong headphone crossfeed. Off
Parametric equaliser Up to 32 biquad bands, applied without interrupting playback. No bands

Switch Bit-Perfect mode on and the ReplayGain and Crossfeed pickers are disabled, the EQ panel goes inert, and all three are tagged Bypassed. Your settings are kept and resume when you switch it off. The verdict on the audio lives elsewhere: a read-only Bit-perfect row on the Devices page reports what the engine measured for the current or most recent stream.

Volume ducking during vocals is a note rather than a control, explaining how to switch off the Windows audio enhancements behind it.

Support

One form, Report a Bug. Describe what went wrong, optionally add when it happened and your name, and attach up to six screenshots by browsing or pasting into the box. Submitting bundles your last three days of logs, which include file paths from your library. If a control misbehaves, name the tab and the control. See Is this a bug? How to report it.

The Support tab. The Report a Bug panel holds a heading reading Found a problem? Tell us about it, a large description box, a time row reading Now, an optional name field, an Add screenshot button, a line under it reading optional, or paste an image into the box above, 0 of 6, and a Submit bug report button.
Settings, on the Support tab.

Advanced

Remote Access is the master switch for the remote API and the OpenSubsonic server on port 4242. Developer holds one reset.

Control What it does Default
Enable remote access Nothing listens on the network until this is on. Takes effect at the next launch. Off
API Bearer Token Authenticates a remote client. Copy puts it on the clipboard. Generated
OpenSubsonic Password Username is admin, server https://<your-ip>:4242. Regenerate rotates it and needs a restart. Generated
Reset Tag Data Clears MusicBrainz IDs and tag provenance so Super-Tag can start clean. One button keeps fingerprints, the other wipes them. Both confirm first and cannot be undone. Button

Logs

The live application log. Filter by level (All, Info, Warn, Error), narrow to Audio, Library or Meta, or search. Logs opens the folder the files live in; Clear empties the on-screen list.

About

Your licence, and nothing else. Status names the state: active with its tier, trial with days remaining, or Free. When it is not active, an Activate box takes your key and Activate License applies it. When it is, Deactivate removes it from this PC. The version number is not here; it sits below Settings at the bottom of the navigation rail.

The About tab. Under the License heading, Status reads Free, your library plays in full, the power tools are a one-time upgrade. Below it an Activate box asks for a licence key from the purchase confirmation email, showing an XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX placeholder and an Activate License button. The version number v0.2.28 sits under Settings at the foot of the navigation rail.
Settings, on the About tab, with no licence activated.

Related: Known limitations and what is coming - Choosing an output mode: Shared, Exclusive & ASIO.

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