1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * vlc_config_cat.h : Definition of configuration categories
3 *****************************************************************************
4 * Copyright (C) 2003 the VideoLAN team
7 * Authors: Clément Stenac <zorglub@videolan.org>
8 * Anil Daoud <anil@videolan.org>
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29 * First, we need help strings for the General Settings and for the
32 #define MAIN_TITLE N_( "VLC preferences" )
33 #define MAIN_HELP N_( \
34 "Select \"Advanced Options\" to see all options." )
36 #define GENERAL_TITLE N_("General")
39 #define INTF_TITLE N_("Interface")
40 #define INTF_HELP N_( "Settings for VLC's interfaces" )
42 #define INTF_GENERAL_HELP N_( "General interface settings" )
44 #define INTF_MAIN_TITLE N_( "Main interfaces" )
45 #define INTF_MAIN_HELP N_( "Settings for the main interface" )
47 #define INTF_CONTROL_TITLE N_( "Control interfaces" )
48 #define INTF_CONTROL_HELP N_( "Settings for VLC's control interfaces" )
50 #define INTF_HOTKEYS_TITLE N_( "Hotkeys settings" )
51 #define INTF_HOTKEYS_HELP N_( "Hotkeys settings" )
54 #define AUDIO_TITLE N_( "Audio" )
55 #define AUDIO_HELP N_( "Audio settings" )
57 #define AUDIO_GENERAL_TITLE N_( "General audio settings" )
58 #define AUDIO_GENERAL_HELP N_("General audio settings")
60 #define AFILTER_TITLE N_("Filters")
61 #define AFILTER_HELP N_( \
62 "Audio filters are used to postprocess the audio stream." )
64 #define AVISUAL_TITLE N_("Visualizations")
65 #define AVISUAL_HELP N_( \
66 "Audio visualizations" )
68 #define AOUT_TITLE N_( "Output modules" )
69 #define AOUT_HELP N_("These are general settings for audio output modules.")
71 #define AMISC_TITLE N_("Miscellaneous")
72 #define AMISC_HELP N_( "Miscellaneous audio settings and modules." )
75 #define VIDEO_TITLE N_("Video")
76 #define VIDEO_HELP N_("Video settings")
78 #define VIDEO_GENERAL_TITLE N_( "General video settings")
79 #define VIDEO_GENERAL_HELP N_( "General video settings" )
81 #define _VOUT_TITLE N_("Output modules" )
82 #define VOUT_HELP N_( \
83 "Choose your preferred video output and configure it here." )
85 #define VFILTER_TITLE N_("Filters" )
86 #define VFILTER_HELP N_( \
87 "Video filters are used to postprocess the video stream." )
89 #define SUBPIC_TITLE N_( "Subtitles/OSD")
90 #define SUBPIC_HELP N_( "Miscellaneous settings related to On-Screen-Display,"\
91 " subtitles and \"overlay subpictures\".")
93 #define TEXT_TITLE N_("Text rendering")
94 #define TEXT_HELP N_( \
95 "Use the settings of the \"freetype\" module to choose the font you " \
96 "want VLC to use for text rendering (to display subtitles for example).")
99 #define INPUT_TITLE N_( "Input / Codecs" )
100 #define INPUT_HELP N_( "These are the settings for the input, demultiplexing " \
101 "and decoding parts of VLC. Encoder settings can also be found here." )
103 #define ACCESS_TITLE N_( "Access modules" )
104 #define ACCESS_HELP N_( \
105 "Settings related to the various access methods used by VLC. " \
106 "Common settings you may want to alter are HTTP proxy or " \
107 "caching settings." )
109 #define ACCESS_FILTER_TITLE N_( "Access filters" )
110 #define ACCESS_FILTER_HELP N_( \
111 "Access filters are special modules that allow advanced operations on " \
112 "the input side of VLC. You should not touch anything here unless you " \
113 "know what you are doing." )
115 #define DEMUX_TITLE N_("Demuxers")
116 #define DEMUX_HELP N_( "Demuxers are used to separate audio and video streams." )
118 #define VDEC_TITLE N_( "Video codecs" )
119 #define VDEC_HELP N_( "Settings for the video-only decoders and encoders." )
121 #define ADEC_TITLE N_( "Audio codecs" )
122 #define ADEC_HELP N_( "Settings for the audio-only decoders and encoders." )
124 #define SDEC_TITLE N_( "Other codecs")
125 #define SDEC_HELP N_( "Settings for audio+video and miscellaneous decoders and encoders." )
127 #define ADVANCED_TITLE N_("General")
128 #define ADVANCED_HELP N_( "General input settings. Use with care." )
131 #define SOUT_TITLE N_( "Stream output" )
132 #define SOUT_HELP N_( \
133 "Stream output is what allows VLC to act as a streaming server " \
134 "or to save incoming streams.\n" \
135 "Streams are first muxed and then sent through an \"access output\" "\
136 "module that can either save the stream to a file, or stream " \
137 "it (UDP, HTTP, RTP/RTSP).\n" \
138 "Sout streams modules allow advanced stream processing (transcoding, "\
141 #define SOUT_GENERAL_HELP N_( "General stream output settings")
143 #define SOUT_MUX_TITLE N_( "Muxers" )
144 #define SOUT_MUX_HELP N_( \
145 "Muxers create the encapsulation formats that are used to " \
146 "put all the elementary streams (video, audio, ...) " \
147 "together. This setting allows you to always force a specific muxer. " \
148 "You should probably not do that.\n" \
149 "You can also set default parameters for each muxer." )
151 #define SOUT_ACO_TITLE N_( "Access output" )
152 #define SOUT_ACO_HELP N_( \
153 "Access output modules control the ways the muxed streams are sent. " \
154 "This setting allows you to always force a specific access output method. " \
155 "You should probably not do that.\n" \
156 "You can also set default parameters for each access output.")
158 #define SOUT_PACKET_TITLE N_( "Packetizers" )
159 #define SOUT_PACKET_HELP N_( \
160 "Packetizers are used to \"preprocess\" the elementary "\
161 "streams before muxing. " \
162 "This setting allows you to always force a packetizer. " \
163 "You should probably not do that.\n" \
164 "You can also set default parameters for each packetizer." )
166 #define SOUT_STREAM_TITLE N_("Sout stream")
167 #define SOUT_STREAM_HELP N_( "Sout stream modules allow to build a sout " \
168 "processing chain. Please refer to the Streaming Howto for " \
169 "more information. You can configure default options for " \
170 "each sout stream module here.")
172 #define SOUT_SAP_TITLE N_( "SAP" )
173 #define SOUT_SAP_HELP N_( \
174 "SAP is a way to publically announce streams that are being "\
175 "sent using multicast UDP or RTP." )
177 #define SOUT_VOD_TITLE N_( "VOD" )
178 #define SOUT_VOD_HELP N_( "VLC's implementation of Video On Demand" )
182 #define PLAYLIST_TITLE N_( "Playlist" )
183 #define PLAYLIST_HELP N_( "Settings related to playlist behaviour " \
184 "(e.g. playback mode) and to modules that automatically add "\
185 "items to the playlist (\"service discovery\" modules).")
187 #define PGENERAL_HELP N_( "General playlist behaviour")
188 #define SD_TITLE N_("Services discovery")
189 #define SD_HELP N_("Services discovery modules are facilities "\
190 "that automatically add items to playlist.")
193 #define AADVANCED_TITLE N_( "Advanced" )
194 #define AADVANCED_HELP N_( "Advanced settings. Use with care.")
196 #define CPU_TITLE N_( "CPU features" )
197 #define CPU_HELP N_( "You can choose to disable some CPU accelerations " \
198 "here. You should probably not change these settings." )
200 #define MISC_TITLE N_( "Advanced settings" )
201 #define MISC_HELP N_( "Other advanced settings")
203 #define NETWORK_TITLE N_( "Network" )
204 #define NETWORK_HELP N_( "These modules provide network functions to all " \
205 "other parts of VLC." )
209 #define CHROMA_TITLE N_("Chroma modules settings")
210 #define CHROMA_HELP N_("These settings affect chroma transformation modules.")
212 #define PACKETIZER_TITLE N_("Packetizer modules settings" )
213 #define PACKETIZER_HELP "These are general settings for the "\
214 "packetizers used in VLC's stream output subsystem."
216 #define ENCODER_TITLE N_("Encoders settings")
217 #define ENCODER_HELP N_( \
218 "These are general settings for video/audio/subtitles encoding modules.")
221 #define DIALOGS_TITLE N_("Dialog providers settings")
222 #define DIALOGS_HELP N_( \
223 "Dialog providers can be configured here.")
225 #define SUBTITLE_DEMUX_TITLE N_("Subtitle demuxer settings")
226 #define SUBTITLE_DEMUX_HELP N_( \
227 "In this section you can force the behavior of the subtitle demuxer, " \
228 "for example by setting the subtitles type or file name.")
231 * A little help for modules with unknown capabilities
234 #define UNKNOWN_TITLE N_("No help available" )
235 #define UNKNOWN_HELP N_("There is no help available for these modules.")
237 /* This function is deprecated and is kept only for compatibility */
238 static const struct config_category_t categories_array[] =
241 { CAT_INTERFACE, INTF_TITLE, INTF_HELP },
242 { SUBCAT_INTERFACE_GENERAL, GENERAL_TITLE, INTF_GENERAL_HELP },
243 { SUBCAT_INTERFACE_MAIN, INTF_MAIN_TITLE, INTF_MAIN_HELP },
244 { SUBCAT_INTERFACE_CONTROL, INTF_CONTROL_TITLE, INTF_CONTROL_HELP },
245 { SUBCAT_INTERFACE_HOTKEYS, INTF_HOTKEYS_TITLE, INTF_HOTKEYS_HELP },
247 { CAT_AUDIO, AUDIO_TITLE, AUDIO_HELP },
248 { SUBCAT_AUDIO_GENERAL, AUDIO_GENERAL_TITLE, AUDIO_GENERAL_HELP },
249 { SUBCAT_AUDIO_AOUT, AOUT_TITLE, AOUT_HELP },
250 { SUBCAT_AUDIO_AFILTER, AFILTER_TITLE, AFILTER_HELP },
251 { SUBCAT_AUDIO_VISUAL, AVISUAL_TITLE, AVISUAL_HELP },
252 { SUBCAT_AUDIO_MISC, AMISC_TITLE, AMISC_HELP },
254 { CAT_VIDEO, VIDEO_TITLE, VIDEO_HELP },
255 { SUBCAT_VIDEO_GENERAL, VIDEO_GENERAL_TITLE, VIDEO_GENERAL_HELP },
256 { SUBCAT_VIDEO_VOUT, _VOUT_TITLE, VOUT_HELP },
257 { SUBCAT_VIDEO_VFILTER, VFILTER_TITLE, VFILTER_HELP },
258 { SUBCAT_VIDEO_SUBPIC, SUBPIC_TITLE, SUBPIC_HELP },
260 { CAT_INPUT, INPUT_TITLE, INPUT_HELP },
261 { SUBCAT_INPUT_GENERAL, ADVANCED_TITLE, ADVANCED_HELP },
262 { SUBCAT_INPUT_ACCESS, ACCESS_TITLE, ACCESS_HELP },
263 { SUBCAT_INPUT_ACCESS_FILTER, ACCESS_FILTER_TITLE, ACCESS_FILTER_HELP },
264 { SUBCAT_INPUT_DEMUX, DEMUX_TITLE, DEMUX_HELP },
265 { SUBCAT_INPUT_VCODEC, VDEC_TITLE, VDEC_HELP },
266 { SUBCAT_INPUT_ACODEC, ADEC_TITLE, ADEC_HELP },
267 { SUBCAT_INPUT_SCODEC, SDEC_TITLE, SDEC_HELP },
269 { CAT_SOUT, SOUT_TITLE, SOUT_HELP },
270 { SUBCAT_SOUT_GENERAL, GENERAL_TITLE, SOUT_GENERAL_HELP },
271 { SUBCAT_SOUT_STREAM, SOUT_STREAM_TITLE, SOUT_STREAM_HELP },
272 { SUBCAT_SOUT_MUX, SOUT_MUX_TITLE, SOUT_MUX_HELP },
273 { SUBCAT_SOUT_ACO, SOUT_ACO_TITLE, SOUT_ACO_HELP },
274 { SUBCAT_SOUT_PACKETIZER, SOUT_PACKET_TITLE, SOUT_PACKET_HELP },
275 { SUBCAT_SOUT_SAP, SOUT_SAP_TITLE, SOUT_SAP_HELP },
276 { SUBCAT_SOUT_VOD, SOUT_VOD_TITLE, SOUT_VOD_HELP },
278 { CAT_PLAYLIST, PLAYLIST_TITLE , PLAYLIST_HELP },
279 { SUBCAT_PLAYLIST_GENERAL, GENERAL_TITLE, PGENERAL_HELP },
280 { SUBCAT_PLAYLIST_SD, SD_TITLE, SD_HELP },
282 { CAT_ADVANCED, AADVANCED_TITLE, AADVANCED_HELP },
283 { SUBCAT_ADVANCED_CPU, CPU_TITLE, CPU_HELP },
284 { SUBCAT_ADVANCED_MISC, MISC_TITLE, MISC_HELP },
290 static inline const char *config_CategoryNameGet( int i_value )
293 while( categories_array[i].psz_name != NULL )
295 if( categories_array[i].i_id == i_value )
297 return _(categories_array[i].psz_name);
305 static inline const char *config_CategoryHelpGet( int i_value )
308 while( categories_array[i].psz_help != NULL )
310 if( categories_array[i].i_id == i_value )
312 return _(categories_array[i].psz_help);
319 #endif /* VLC_HELP_H */