.. _magic.cfg:

Hidden settings
---------------

The configuration file (``MAGIC.CFG``) lets you tweak various hidden settings
using a simple text editor (Notepad, gedit, vi...), and is also used
to save Magic Lantern configuration from the GUI menu.

These settings can not be changed from the ML menu::

    # Delay between clearing the overlay in Clear Preview mode
    clear.preview.delay = 500

    # Background color for waveform
    waveform_bg = 20   # Semitransparent gray
    waveform_bg = 3    # Semitransparent black
    waveform_bg = 0    # Transparent

    # enable QScale
    h264.bitrate-mode = 2   # 0 is FW default, 1 is CBR, 2 is VBR
    h264.qscale.plus16 = 8  # QScale plus 16 (range: 0..32)

    # shutter display in degrees on the bottom bar
    shutter.display.degrees = 1
    
    # hide zebras when recording
    zebra.nrec = 1