<p>
There are various options for streamtuner2, available under <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
<gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> or via <key>F12</key>.
</p>
  <p><media type="image" src="img/configtabs.png" mime="image/png" /></p>

<terms>
  <title>It's separated into three main sections / tabs.</title>
  <title>It's separated into different sections/tabs.</title>
  <item>
    <title>Player</title>
    <title>🔊 Player</title>
    <p>Lists audio formats and the audio player applications, or recording tools below.
    It's a file type to application table. Double click an entry for editing.</p>
    It's a map of file-types to applications. Double click an entry to edit it.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title>Options</title>
    <p>Influences the display of all stream/station lists, and contains some system settings.</p>
    <title>☑ Options</title>
    <p>Influences the display of all stream/station lists, and contains some
    behaviour and system settings.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title>Channel Plugins</title>
    <title>📻 Channel Plugins</title>
    <p>Every channel tab can have specific options. These are configured here.
    Also you can disable channels you don't need.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title>🔌 Feature Plugins</title>
    <p>Another class of plugins enables internal functions, or adds extra menu
    entries, or configuration options.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title>📦 Add</title>
    <p>The <link xref="pluginmanager2">Plugin Manager 2</link> adds another
    tab for updating or installing new plugins.</p>
  </item>
</terms>



<section id="apps">

    <title>Player application settings</title>

      particular necessary when you use <key>⏭</key> or <key>⏪</key> directly in your player. 
      For <var>%pls</var> references your player typically usues the online-only playlist
      files anyway.  If you disable this option, then converted pls/m3u/xspf files get
      recreated repeatedly.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Forgo any playlist conversion</title>
      <p>Per default all server playlists (be they .pls or .m3u, .xpsf) into whatever
      format your player/recording apss are configured with (per default <var>%pls</var>).
      Set this option to disable those placeholders from the Player tab, and avoid
      <p>Per default most server playlists (be they .pls or .m3u, .xpsf) are converted.
      All player/recording apps receive a default <var>%pls</var> file normally.
      Set this option to disable any such placeholders from the Player tab, and avoid
      streamtuner2 pre-downloading any m3u/pls/xspf. Instead your audio  player gets passed
      the literal server/playlist streaming address in any case. Note that this is only
      a minor speedup, but may trip up some applications. A few channel sources even
      don't provide standard stream URLs and playlist (Jamendo albums for example really
      the literal server/playlist streaming URL then.</p> <note><p>Note that this is only
      a minor speedup, but may trip up some applications. A few channel sources don't
      even provide standard stream addresses and playlists. (Jamendo albums for example really
      need pre-conversion; no audio player can deal with such custom JSON playlists).
      In short: you don't normally want to enabled this, unless you run into problems
      with streamtuner2 taking too long, or accidentially hangs due to downloading streams
      itself.</p>
      In short: you don't normally want to enable this flag - unless you run into problems
      with streamtuner2 taking too long, or when it hang by accidentially downloading streams
      itself.</p></note>
    </item>
 </terms>

  <terms>
    <title>System</title>
    <item>
      <title>Temporary files</title> <p>Streamtuner2 creates temporary .m3u files - for audio

 </terms>

</section>

<section id="plugins">
    <title>Channel and feature plugins and settings</title>

    <p>The tabs <key>Channels</key> lists all available directory services.
    While the <key>Features</key> group provides internal or menu enhancements.
    <p>The tabs <key>📻 Channels</key> lists all available directory services.
    While the <key>🔌 Features</key> group provides internal or menu enhancements.
    Disabling or enabling a plugin however requires a restart of Streamtuner2
    to take effect.</p>
    to take effect. (Unless the <link xref="pluginmanager2">Plugin Manager 2</link>
    is enabled, with its <key>📦 Add</key> tab visible.)</p>
    
    
    <p><media type="image" src="img/configplugins.png" mime="image/png" /></p>

    <p>Each plugin can have its own little list of extra options. They'll be
    applied right away for already active channel/feature plugins.</p>