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Screens settings

Use Settings → Screens for generated screenshots, automatic DVD menu captures, and image-upload concurrency.

FieldDefaultEffect
Screens4Number of screenshots requested during automatic generation. Must be greater than zero.
Maximum DVD menu images6Caps automatic distinct DVD menu captures. Accepted range is 0–32; 0 resolves to 6.
Min successful image uploads3Accepts a partially failed host batch after this many images publish. 0 requires every image.
Frame overlayOffAdds frame number, frame type, and a tone-mapped HDR marker when applicable.
Overlay text size18Sets overlay text size relative to a 1080-line frame.
Tone mapOnTone maps HDR captures for display.
Use libplaceboOffTries Vulkan/libplacebo tone mapping when tone mapping is on and frame overlay is off.

Advanced fields​

FieldDefaultEffect
Process limit2Caps concurrent FFmpeg screenshot processes when FFmpeg limit is enabled.
Max concurrent uploads6Caps concurrent image uploads; values at or below zero resolve to one worker.
FFmpeg limitOffEnables the process limit.
FFmpeg compression6Sets PNG compression level; accepted range is 0–9.
Tonemap algorithmmobiusSelects the software FFmpeg tone-map algorithm.
Desat10.0Passes the desaturation value to the software tone-map filter.

Cutoff screens remains in the schema but has no current runtime reader.

Verify the change​

Save, open Screenshots, generate a small set, and inspect output before uploading. Libplacebo retries and falls back to the software chain when its capture path fails.