# Preferences

Nicecast's preferences can be accessed from the Nicecast menu.

Nicecast's Preferences window

### Recording Settings

Save recordings to folder: All recordings made with Piezo will be saved to the location specified here. The default location is a folder called Piezo, inside your Music folder (~/Music/Piezo).

Show file after recording: When checked, this setting causes a Finder window to open after each recording is finished, showing the recorded file.

### General

Start broadcast on launch: This option causes Nicecast to attempt to automatically begin a broadcast on launch, using the settings from its last launch. Great once you've got your system setup as desired.

Display Listener Badge: This option places a small badge over the Nicecast Dock Icon showing the current listener count.

Animated: This causes the rings of the Nicecast Dock Signal to pulsate, indicating a broadcast is in progress. Great for wasting spare CPU cycles.

Check Automatically: This option causes Nicecast to periodically check for newer versions of itself, prompting you to update when one becomes available.

### Built-In Server

Listener Connected: Nicecast plays the specified sound when a listener tunes in.

Listener Disconnected: Nicecast plays the specified sound when a listener tunes out.

Broadcaster Password:: This password is automatically set by the application, allowing Nicecast's broadcast portion to communicate with its built-in server. Beyond this, it enables you to broadcast to Nicecast from another application, such as a remote copy of Nicecast. You may change it for these uses.

### Advanced

Track Title Source: This setting enables a specific application to be set as the source for Nicecast's track titles information. If a different application than what you're set to broadcast contains your metadata information, set it with the the “Application” option. Otherwise, simply leave this set to “Automatic”.

Recent Tracks Log File: Nicecast can save a log showing the past 20 items it streamed out. This can be helpful for things like showing “Now Playing” or “Recently Played” data on a website. To turn this off, click the None button.