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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 032; 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 09.
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.