# Preferences

The Preferences window allows you to configure GMPC and its plugins. The available options can vary, depending on selected plugins (internal and 3rd party), so if you miss something, make sure you have the respective plugin installed and enabled.

The Preferences window showing the "Connection" dialog

# Always available:

## Connection

GMPC can handle multiple MPD servers through profiles. Here you can configure and choose between them.

## Server Settings

This dialog allows you to configure server based settings like crossfading and output devices.

## Interface

This dialog offers the configuration of several interface related aspects.

## Tag based browser

This dialog allows you to create, delete and edit tag based browsers including the predefined Genre- and Artist Browsers.

## Multimedia Keys

This dialog allows you to bind keyboard shortcuts and multimedia keys to actions in GMPC.

## Notification

Configuration of PopUp's on song change, the notification area icon and inline messages.

## Metadata Handler

This dialog allows you to control the large amount of metadata handlers, which are available either in GMPC directly or can be installed as plugins.

## Proxy

Here you can configure the usage of a proxy to connect to the internet.

## Metadata Appearance

This dialog menu lets you control which metadata shall be shown in the "Metadata" and "Now Playing" browsers.

## Plugins

This dialog lists all loadable plugins and allows you to enable/disable them.

# Not always available:

## Internal Extra Playlist View

This item allows you to control the extra playlist and is only available, if the extra playlist is enabled.