Preferences - Preferences.ini

All of eMule's settings are stored in the preferences.ini file. All important options are easily accessible through the Preferences dialog but the preferences.ini file gives access to some more options. To access those this file has to be opened in an editor and changed manually. Working in *.ini files is for advanced users as wrong entries quickly produce unwanted effects. Close eMule before editing.

o TxtEditor=notepad.exe
The default program for editing the Webservices and IPFilter.dat may be entered here. Provide the complete path to the new executable if not using the default notpad.exe.

o DateTimeFormat=%A, %x, %X
This string defines how date and time is displayed in eMule. See this msn article for a detailed description of all possible formatting codes.

o MaxLogBuff=64 / 128 (v0.30a+)
Defines the amount of system memory eMule uses to display the logs. For Windows 98 / ME a default of 64 kB is reserved, for Win 2k/XP it is 128 kB. The logs are rotating, i.e. if the buffer is filled up to its limit an old messages is purged when a new one arrives (FIFO). This setting replaces MaxLogMessages from v0.29.

o MaxChatHistoryLines=100
Defines the maximum number of lines saved in the history of the irc / messages. After this value is reached the oldest message is purged on new entry (FIFO - First In First Out).

o UseAutocompletion=1
Enables (=1) / Disables (=0) the history and automatic completion of previous entered values to various text boxes like server.met URLs or previous searches. (v0.29d+)

o ExtractMetaData=1
Controls, how MetaData will be read from files. (v0.30a+)
0: disabled
1: enabled for MP3 and AVI files
2: default, enable for MP3, AVI, MPEG and other files

o ServerUDPPort=65535
Normally the local port for asking servers for sources or searching files on them is randomly chosen (see topic ports #6). If eMule is run on a machine in a more complex network, especially when proxies are used, it may be necessary to fix this port to a defined value or to deactivate it at all. Disabling this port means that eMule will no longer be able to update the status of the servers in its server list and will also not be able to receive sources from them nor do a global search. Exempt from this is the server eMule is actually connected to. Usually the default setting should not be changed.
Possible values for ServerUDPPort are:

o PreviewSmallBlocks=0
This function should be only activated (=1) when using VLC - VideoLAN Client to preview files. It allows to preview multimedia files when at least 16 kB data for .mpeg files or 256 kB data for all other multimedia content (.avi, CD-Images with multimedia content) has been downloaded. For more information see Preferences -> Files -> Video Player and the topic Previewing Files. Using this option the Create backup for preview setting has to be deactivated in the Video Player dialog.

Applies to version: .30a +
Last update on: 2003-08-23 by Monk