Liquidsoap configuration
ALSA configuration
Alsa internal buffer size
Default: 0
set("alsa.alsa_buffer",0)
This setting is only used in buffered alsa I/O, and affects latency. Set to 0 to disable this setting and use ALSA's default.
Buffer size, in frames
Default: 1
set("alsa.buffer_length",1)
This is only used for buffered ALSA I/O, and affects latency.
Number of periods
Default: 0
set("alsa.periods",0)
Set to 0 to disable this setting and use ALSA's default.
Audio settings
Conversion settings
Samplerate conversion settings
Libsamplerate conversion settings
Default: "zero_order"
set("audio.converter.samplerate.libsamplerate.quality","zero_order")
Resampling quality, one of: “best”, “medium”, “fast”, “zero_order”, “linear”. Refer to ocaml-samplerate for details.
Preferred samplerate converter
Default: "libsamplerate"
set("audio.converter.samplerate.preferred","libsamplerate")
Preferred samplerate converter.
Audioscrobbler configuration.
Clock settings
Handling of streaming errors
Default: false
set("clock.allow_streaming_errors",false)
Control the behaviour of clocks when an error occurs during streaming. This has no effect on errors occurring during source initializations. By default, any error will cause liquidsoap to shutdown. If errors are allowed, faulty sources are simply removed and clocks keep running. Allowing errors can result in complex surprising situations; use at your own risk!
Decoder settings
Maximum debugging information (dev only)
Default: false
set("decoder.debug",false)
WARNING: Do not enable unless a developer instructed you to do so! The debugging mode makes it easier to understand why decoding fails, but as a side effect it will crash liquidsoap at the end of every track.
Decoders and order used to decode files.
Default: ["META","WAV","MIDI","FLAC","AAC","MP4","OGG","MP3","CAMLIMAGES","SDL/IMAGE"]
set("decoder.file_decoders",["META","WAV","MIDI","FLAC","AAC","MP4","OGG","MP3","CAMLIMAGES","SDL/IMAGE"])
File extensions used for guessing audio formats
File extensions used for guessing AAC format
Default: ["aac"]
set("decoder.file_extensions.aac",["aac"])
File extensions used for guessing FLAC format
Default: ["flac"]
set("decoder.file_extensions.flac",["flac"])
File extensions used for guessing MP3 format
Default: ["mp3"]
set("decoder.file_extensions.mp3",["mp3"])
File extensions used for guessing MP4 format
Default: ["m4a","m4b","m4p","m4v","m4r","3gp","mp4"]
set("decoder.file_extensions.mp4",["m4a","m4b","m4p","m4v","m4r","3gp","mp4"])
File extensions used for guessing OGG format
Default: ["ogv","oga","ogx","ogg"]
set("decoder.file_extensions.ogg",["ogv","oga","ogx","ogg"])
File extensions used for decoding metadata using TAGLIB
Default: ["mp3"]
set("decoder.file_extensions.taglib",["mp3"])
File extensions used for guessing WAV format
Default: ["wav"]
set("decoder.file_extensions.wav",["wav"])
Mime-types used for guessing audio formats
Mime-types used for guessing AAC format
Default: ["audio/aac","audio/aacp","audio/x-hx-aac-adts"]
set("decoder.mime_types.aac",["audio/aac","audio/aacp","audio/x-hx-aac-adts"])
Mime-types used for guessing PCM/BASIC format
Default: ["audio/basic"]
set("decoder.mime_types.basic",["audio/basic"])
Mime-types used for guessing FLAC format
Default: ["audio/x-flac"]
set("decoder.mime_types.flac",["audio/x-flac"])
Mime-types used for guessing MP3 format
Default: ["audio/mpeg"]
set("decoder.mime_types.mp3",["audio/mpeg"])
Mime-types used for guessing MP4 format
Default: ["audio/mp4","application/mp4"]
set("decoder.mime_types.mp4",["audio/mp4","application/mp4"])
Mime-types used for guessing OGG format.
Default: ["application/ogg","application/x-ogg","audio/x-ogg","audio/ogg","video/ogg"]
set("decoder.mime_types.ogg",["application/ogg","application/x-ogg","audio/x-ogg","audio/ogg","video/ogg"])
Mime-types used for decoding metadata using TAGLIB
Default: ["audio/mpeg"]
set("decoder.mime_types.taglib",["audio/mpeg"])
Mime-types used for guessing WAV format
Default: ["audio/vnd.wave","audio/wav","audio/wave","audio/x-wav"]
set("decoder.mime_types.wav",["audio/vnd.wave","audio/wav","audio/wave","audio/x-wav"])
Decoders and order used to decode streams.
Default: ["WAV","PCM/BASIC","FLAC","AAC","OGG","MP3"]
set("decoder.stream_decoders",["WAV","PCM/BASIC","FLAC","AAC","OGG","MP3"])
Encoder settings
Metadata settings
Exported metdata
Default: ["artist","title","album","genre","date","tracknumber","comment","track"]
set("encoder.encoder.export",["artist","title","album","genre","date","tracknumber","comment","track"])
The list of labels of exported metadata.
Frame format
Audio (PCM) format
Default number of channels
Default: 2
set("frame.audio.channels",2)
Samplerate
Default: 44100
set("frame.audio.samplerate",44100)
Tentative frame duration in seconds
Default: 0.04
set("frame.duration",0.04)
Audio and video samplerates constrain the possible frame durations. This setting is used as a hint for the duration, when 'frame.audio.size' is not provided. Tweaking frame duration is tricky but needed when dealing with latency or getting soundcard I/O correctly synchronized with liquidsoap.
MIDI parameters
Default number of channels
Default: 0
set("frame.midi.channels",0)
Video format
Default number of channels
Default: 0
set("frame.video.channels",0)
Image height
Default: 240
set("frame.video.height",240)
Samplerate
Default: 25
set("frame.video.samplerate",25)
Image width
Default: 320
set("frame.video.width",320)
Harbor settings (Icecast/shoutcast stream receiver).
IP address on which the harbor should listen.
Default: "0.0.0.0"
set("harbor.bind_addr","0.0.0.0")
Content-type (mime) of formats which allow shout metadata update.
Default: ["audio/mpeg","audio/aacp","audio/aac","audio/x-aac","audio/wav","audio/wave","audio/x-flac"]
set("harbor.icy_formats",["audio/mpeg","audio/aacp","audio/aac","audio/x-aac","audio/wav","audio/wave","audio/x-flac"])
Maximun of pending source requests per port.
Default: 2
set("harbor.max_connections",2)
Perform reverse DNS lookup to get the client's hostname from its IP.
Default: true
set("harbor.reverse_dns",true)
Timeout for network operations.
Default: 300.
set("harbor.timeout",300.)
Display passwords, for debugging.
Default: false
set("harbor.verbose",false)
initialization configuration
catch exceptions, use false to backtrace exceptions
Default: true
set("init.catch_exn",true)
run initialization using concurrent threads
Default: false
set("init.concurrent",false)
run in daemon mode
Default: false
set("init.daemon",false)
Changes the effective user (drops privileges).
Default: false
set("init.daemon.change_user",false)
Group used to run the daemon.
Default: "daemon"
set("init.daemon.change_user.group","daemon")
User used to run the daemon.
Default: "daemon"
set("init.daemon.change_user.user","daemon")
support for pidfile generation
Default: true
set("init.daemon.pidfile",true)
path to pidfile
Default: "<sysrundir>/<script>.pid"
set("init.daemon.pidfile.path","<sysrundir>/<script>.pid")
Start liquidsoap even without any active source
Default: false
set("init.force_start",false)
This should be reserved for advanced dynamic uses of liquidsoap.
dump an initialization trace
Default: false
set("init.trace",false)
log configuration
log to file
Default: true
set("log.file",true)
append log to the file
Default: true
set("log.file.append",true)
path to log file
Default: "<syslogdir>/<script>.log"
set("log.file.path","<syslogdir>/<script>.log")
log file permissions
Default: 384
set("log.file.perms",384)
general log level
Default: 3
set("log.level",3)
log to stdout
Default: false
set("log.stdout",false)
display unix timestamps (subsecond accuracy, timezone independant)
Default: false
set("log.unix_timestamps",false)
Parameters for the mpd protocol.
MPD host.
Default: "127.0.0.1"
set("mpd.host","127.0.0.1")
Directory where MPD's music is located.
Default: "/var/lib/mpd/music"
set("mpd.path","/var/lib/mpd/music")
MPD port.
Default: 6600
set("mpd.port",6600)
Randomize order of MPD's results.
Default: true
set("mpd.randomize",true)
Interactions through the OSC protocol.
Port for OSC server.
Default: 7777
set("osc.port",7777)
Playlist formats
Mime-types used for guessing playlist formats.
Mime types associated to XML-based playlist formats
Default: ["video/x-ms-asf","audio/x-ms-asx","text/xml","application/xml","application/smil","application/xspf+xml","application/rss+xml"]
set("playlists.mime_types.xml",["video/x-ms-asf","audio/x-ms-asx","text/xml","application/xml","application/smil","application/xspf+xml","application/rss+xml"])
requests configuration
Time after which a destroyed request cannot be accessed anymore.
Default: 600.
set("request.grace_time",600.)
Decoders and order used to decode files' metadata.
Default: ["FLAC","MP4","OGG","TAGLIB"]
set("request.metadata_decoders",["FLAC","MP4","OGG","TAGLIB"])
Streaming clock settings
Maximum latency in seconds
Default: 60.
set("root.max_latency",60.)
If the latency gets higher than this value, the outputs will be reset, instead of trying to catch it up second by second. The reset is typically only useful to reconnect icecast mounts.
Internal scheduler
Fast queues
Default: 0
set("scheduler.fast_queues",0)
Number of queues that are dedicated to fast tasks.
It might be useful to create some if your request resolutions,
or some user defined tasks (cf. add_timeout()), are
delayed too much because of slow tasks blocking the generic queues,
such as last.fm submissions or slow add_timeout handlers.
Generic queues
Default: 2
set("scheduler.generic_queues",2)
Number of event queues accepting any kind of task. There should at least be one. Having more can be useful to make sure that trivial request resolutions (local files) are not delayed because of a stalled download. But N stalled download can block N queues anyway.
Log scheduler messages
Default: false
set("scheduler.log",false)
Non-blocking queues
Default: 1
set("scheduler.non_blocking_queues",1)
Number of queues dedicated to internal non-blocking tasks. These are only started if such tasks are needed. There should be at least one. Having more is probably useless.
Server configuration
Support for communication via a UNIX domain socket interface
Default: false
set("server.socket",false)
The main advantage of this method is that you can set very precisely the access permissions for the socket, just like for any other file. A useful command to use this interface is: “socat stdin unix:<path>”.
Path of the UNIX domain socket
Default: "<sysrundir>/<script>.sock"
set("server.socket.path","<sysrundir>/<script>.sock")
In this filename, <pid>, <script> and <sysrundir> are replaced by their respective values: PID of the instance of liquidsoap, base name of the .liq script (if any), default runtime data directory.
Socket permissions, up to umask
Default: 384
set("server.socket.permissions",384)
This parameter is better written in octal notation. Although you can write octal numbers like 0o660, they are not displayed back in octal. For example, the default value 384 is the decimal for 0o600.
Support for communication via a telnet interface
Default: false
set("server.telnet",false)
This allows you to communicate with the server via a telnet interface, i.e., a simple text-based communication over TCP. The standard “telnet” command will allow you to communicate through that interface, as well as the telnet libraries available in most script languages. Since there is currently no authentication, you should be careful about who can access this interface: either restrict it to connections from localhost (using the bind_addr param) or set up a firewall.
Network mask from which the telnet server should accept connections
Default: "127.0.0.1"
set("server.telnet.bind_addr","127.0.0.1")
Port on which the telnet server should listen
Default: 1234
set("server.telnet.port",1234)
Perform reverse DNS lookup to get the client's hostname from its IP.
Default: true
set("server.telnet.reverse_dns",true)
Timeout for read/write operations.
Default: 30.
set("server.timeout",30.)
A negative value disables timeout.
Settings related to metadata tags
List of encodings to try for automatic encoding detection
Default: ["UTF-8","ISO-8859-1"]
set("tag.encodings",["UTF-8","ISO-8859-1"])
Video settings
Video conversion
Gavl converter
Conversion quality
Default: 2
set("video.converter.gavl.quality",2)
Quality setting for gavl video conversion. Range from 1 to 5
Scale mode
Default: "auto"
set("video.converter.gavl.scale_mode","auto")
Scale mode. Values must be one of: “auto” “nearest” “bilinear” “quadratic” “cubic_bspline” “cubic_mitchell” “cubic_catmull” “scale_sinc_lanczos”
Preferred video converter
Default: "gavl"
set("video.converter.preferred","gavl")
Preferred proportional scale.
Default: true
set("video.converter.proportional_scale",true)