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@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Available settings are:
 
 ### Database initialization
 
-Supysonic does not issue the `CREATE TABLE` commands for the tables it needs. Thus the tables must be created prior to
+Supysonic does not issue the `CREATE TABLE` commands for the tables it needs. Thus the database and tables must be created prior to
 running the application. Table creation scripts are provided in the *schema* folder for SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
 
 Running the application
diff --git a/config.sample b/config.sample
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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[base]
+; SQLite database store in /var/supysonic. Database and tables must be created prior use.
+; See ths 'schema' folder for schema creation scripts
+database_uri = sqlite:////var/supysonic/supysonic.db
+; Other database options. They all use 'supysonic' as the user, password, and database name
+; database_uri = mysql://supysonic:supysonic@localhost/supyonic
+; database_uri = postgres://supysonic:supysonic@localhost/supysonic
+
+; Optional cache directory
+cache_dir = /var/supysonic/cache
+
+; Optional rotating log file
+log_file = /var/supysonic/supysonic.log
+
+; Optional, restrict scanner to these extensions
+; scanner_extensions = mp3 ogg
+
+[lastfm]
+; API and secret key to enable scrobbling. http://www.last.fm/api/accounts
+; api_key = 
+; secret = 
+
+[transcoding]
+; Programs used to convert from one format/bitrate to another.
+; See https://github.com/spl0k/supysonic/wiki/Transcoding
+
+[mimetypes]
+; extension to mimetype mappings in case your system has some trouble guessing
+; mp3 = audio/mpeg
+; ogg = audio/vorbis
+