Settings reference

Every setting in RetroBeat. Open Settings with the gear icon at the top right of the library.

Library

Setting	Default	What it does
Rescan library		Looks for music added since the last scan.
Auto rescan	On	Looks for new music each time you open the app.
Hide short audio	On	Hides clips under 30 seconds, such as ringtones. Changing it rescans at once.
Folders	All folders included	On Android, turn folders off to leave them out. On Linux, add or remove the folders to scan.

Servers (Linux only)

Setting	What it does
Servers	Add, edit, connect and remove WebDAV servers. See Use RetroBeat on Linux.

Audio (Android only)

Setting	What it does
Equalizer	Presets, or tune each band yourself. See The player and equalizer.

Tabs

Tab	Shown by default	Can be hidden
Tracks	Yes	No
Albums	Yes	Yes
Artists	Yes	Yes
Playlists	Yes	No
Liked	No	Yes
Genres	No	Yes
Groups	No	Yes

Drag the handles to change the order of the tabs.

Appearance

Setting	Default	What it does
Dark mode		Switches between the light and dark themes. Locked while Retro mode is on.
Retro mode	Off	Windows Media Player skin, with a visualiser on the player.
Visualisation	Ambience	Which of the eight visualisations Retro mode shows.
Audio-reactive	Off	Makes the visualisation follow the real sound. Android only; needs the microphone permission.

Supported audio files

On Android, RetroBeat plays the audio files Android's music library knows about. On Linux it scans for .mp3, .m4a, .aac, .flac, .wav, .ogg and .opus.

Android permissions

Permission	Why
Music and audio	To find and play the songs on your phone. Required.
Microphone	Only for Audio-reactive, and only asked when you turn it on. Nothing is recorded.
Foreground service and wake lock	To keep playing with the screen off.

RetroBeat for Android has no internet permission.

Next steps

• Troubleshooting and FAQ
• Beginner guide