Colours and fonts
User interface or theme settings are used by default. Enable & configure custom items if required.
Ctrl+wheel over text or buttons can also be used to change their size [reset: menu\layout\reset zoom].
Fonts
Name,Size,Style(0-4)
Colours (R,G,B):
Selected colours and fonts will be used.
Font style codes: 0 regular, 1 bold, 2 italic, 3 bold italic, 4 underline
Colours: flexible entry, e.g. 255,0,0 or 0-255-0 or rgba(255,0,0,64)
Alpha: 0-255 or 0-1 scale
Transparent: background N/A; transparent fill can be used
Colours (R,G,B or R,G,B,A):
Scrolling
Behaviour
Scrollbar
*Select in 'Behaviour Tab' under 'Scroll: Arrows' (N/A if windows scrollbar set). Ensure icon is supported by font.
Miscellaneous
Theme blur
Image: Smooth transition level
Tagger: Last.fm genre tag
Edit find>replace: easiest in a text editor
Title format
Info
The defined title format is used for searching and in folder names, file names and headings. %BIO_ALBUMARTIST%, %BIO_ARTIST%, %BIO_ALBUM% and %BIO_TITLE% define titleformat used for albumartist, artist, album and title, respectively. The variables are specific to Biography. Change default title formatting if required.
Always use the variables, if applicable, to ensure correct functionality. In particular, they automatically remap with look up items like similar artists and top albums.
Auto-download
Last.fm language: English
AllMusic
Save folder
Last.fm
Save folder
File names are auto-generated.
Supplementary cache
Look-up items like similar artists and top albums can be saved separately. If enabled, the find and replace is applied to the save folders above. Default yields extra folder: bio_supplemental. Preview shows result for last.fm biography.
Preview
Initial download number (1-20)
Auto-add new
Limit per artist
Limit is designed for use with auto-add new. If set, new images replace old. Excess are moved to the recycler. 0 = No limit.
Covers: Music files
Covers for music files are normally obtained through fb2k (Preferences: Display) or from saved locations. Enabling auto-download can obtain missing covers.
Covers: cycle folder
Folder that enables cycling through images in album view. Default loads artist photos.
Covers: custom paths
Most users should not need this feature as covers are auto-loaded by fb2k (Preferences: Display) or from save locations. Enable if required. Use full path minus extension.
Preview
AllMusic tags
Tag name
Last.fm tags
Tag name
Notify tags
Number of similar artists (1-6)
Tagger help
Note: tagging listeners requires files created or updated with biography v1.2.0 or later
Miscellaneous
Info
Album name auto-clean shouldn't be needed if album version info is in its own tag.
If enabled, key words are stripped from the album name, as required, before web searching, e.g. "Deluxe Version", "[2011 - Remaster]", "Expanded Edition" + many more.
Improves search results if such phrases are used in album names.