General

General tab
Language 

  • Language allows you to change language in Helium


General

  • Use global hotkeys will enable media keys for playback
  • Enable automatic update checks will perform an update check upon each startup, if selected
  • Auto-size columns will auto-resize columns in track lists when contents are read

Sort order
  • Use sort order will use the sort order fields for all sort operations if enabled. Applies to albums, artists, titles and albumartists
  • Show sort order values is only available if Use sort order is selected. If selected, Helium will display the sort order fields, otherwise it will display the non-sort fields. For example, if Show sort order fields is NOT selected, 'The Beatles' will now display as 'The Beatles' but sort under the letter 'B' as oppose to being displayed as 'Beatles, The' if selected.
  • Words used for auto sort order defines a list of words that are used when automatically setting sort order using the tag editors. For example if "the" is included in this list and an artist starts with the, Helium will automatically set the sort order to "Artistname, the" if auto-set sort order is enabled in the Tag editor.
Party mode
  • Party mode will toggle if party mode is active or not. If active, a password set in the field below, will need to be entered to allow invocation of tools and access to the differnt views and the Play queue.

Advanced tab

Volume gain

  • Custom gain application will allow you to select a specific application for calculating volume gain. Control the input parameters using the track and album parameters fields.
Default script
  • Default script will allow you to define which script that should be executed when the Execute default script hotkey is invoked
System
  • Export playlists with relative paths will export playlists with realtive paths (M3U, M3U8 and PLS). If not selected absolute paths will be used.
  • Include extended information when exporting playlists will add tag-meta data in exported playlists, if check marked.   
  • Render artist and album detail page statistics (can make rendering slower) will render extra information for these page types when selected. Please note that this might have a performance impact, especially with Sql Compact databases.
  • Calculate User Columns will recalculate the user-defined columns during each refresh. This may negatively impact performance when updating track lists, so it is recommended to disable this option if you do not need it.
  • Calculate in playlists will recalculate the in playlist column during each refresh. This may negatively impact performance when updating track lists but it is required to get the column populated properly.
  • Auto-split multiple album artists on add/update operations will automatically extract multiple album artists when adding/updating tracks if enabled.
  • Always open album folder when changing pictures will use the albums folder as the inital path when changing album picture instead of the current pictures path.
  • Disable anonymous telemetry will disable sending of anonymous crash logs  if a crash occurs.
  • Avoid caching of pictures after database change will skip a force caching of album, artist and label pictures when changing database.
  • Enable prevent sleep mode will override Windows energy management when set to prevent screensavers or the screen to close.


Extended logging 

  • Use extended logging enables the logging of additional data when activated. It is recommended to use this option only when working on a support issue. You can control the level of detail for extended logging using the checkboxes below.


BPM range

  • BPM Range This setting will control the default range to be used when calculating BPM with Helium.