Configuration¶

The configuration of OwnTone is usually located in /etc/owntone.conf.

Format¶

Each setting consists of a name and a value. There are different types of settings: string, integer, boolean, and list.

Comments are preceded by a hash sign.

The format is as follow:

# Section
section {
    # String value
    setting = "<string-value>"
    # Integer value
    setting = <integer-value>
    # Boolean
    setting = <true|false>
    # List
    setting = { "value a", "value b", "value n"}
}

Some settings are device specific, in which case you add a section where you specify the device name in the heading. Say you're tired of loud death metal coming from your teenager's room:

airplay "Jared's Room" {
    max_volume = 3
}

Most important settings¶

general: uid¶

Identifier of the user running OwnTone.

Make sure that this user has read access to your configuration of directories in the library config section, and has write access to the database (db_path), cache directory (cache_dir) and log file (logfile). If you plan on using local audio then the user must also have access to that.

library: directories¶

Path to the directory or directories containing the media to index (your library).

Other settings¶

See the template configuration file for a description of all the settings.