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Sunshine: improve config backend

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6+ months C++ CSS effort:Large HTML JavaScript LizardByte/Sunshine planned priority:Medium Vue
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Description

### Is there an existing issue for this item?

- [x] I have searched the existing issues

### Repositories

LizardByte/Sunshine

### Languages/Skills/Technologies

C++, Vue, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

### Description

Instead of hardconding the config options in the Frontend, the Backend returns a list of configuration options and the possible values, so that the Backend can dynamically populate the settings and make the frontend less convoluted - we wouldn't be able to make this for all options, but at least many simple configuration switches could be added without touching the Frontend

### Estimated Effort

effort:Large

### Priority

priority:Medium

### Target Milestone

6+ months

### Dependencies

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Research direction

Start by tracing how configuration options are defined in the Backend and how the settings are populated in the Frontend. Define which simple switches can be returned with their possible values, then verify that the selected options are rendered and remain configurable without adding frontend-specific definitions.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, css, html, javascript
Domain
api, backend, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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