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Carlanthano

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Menus

Album Menu ]
Add Submenu ]
Edit Menu ]
View Menu ]
Control Menu ]
Modes Menu ]
Tools Menu ]
Help Menu ]


Album Menu

Album Menu

Add... Displays the add submenu. See below.
New Closes the current album and opens a new empty album.
Open Closes the current album and opens an existing album.
Save Saves the current album.
Save as... Saves a copy of the current album under a new name.
Close Closes the current album.
Close without saving Closes the current album without saving any changes made since the last save.
Print Prints the playlist using the default printer.
Recent albums Shows recently opened albums.
Exit Exits Carlanthano.
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Add Submenu

Add Menu

Add Files Browse for files to add to playlist. There is a buffer limit of around 12KB on the length of the filenames you add. If you wish to add many hundreds of files and it doesn't work, please either use Add Folder or add them in several tries.
Add Folder Add files from a folder and all its subfolders. Use this to add many files at once.
Append an album Adds the contents of an existing album to the current album.
Import Imports a playlist containing a list of files.
Import with ordering Imports a playlist, and saves the original order as a program.
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Edit Menu

Edit Menu

Select all Selects all files in the playlist.
Go to current Highlights the currently playing file in the playlist.
Find Displays the find window. Finds a file in the playlist matching your criteria.
Find next Finds the next specified file using the same criteria as the last find.
Information Opens the song information window.
Batch edit Opens a new window for setting file information to a large number of files at once.
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View Menu

View Menu

Normal Displays the console in normal mode. Same as show all elements.
Compact Displays the console in compact mode. Same as hide all elements.
File properties Displays the system file properties for the selected file.
Open container Opens the folder which contains the selected file.
Show lyrics Opens a new window and displays the lyrics file if found.
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Control Menu

Control Menu

Play Plays selected file.
Pause Pauses or resumes play.
Stop Stops playing.
Last Returns to the start of the current file or goes to the last played file if already near the start of the current file.
Back Moves back within the same file.
Forward Moves forward within the same file.
Next Skips to the next file.
Set as next song Sets the selected song as the next song to be played, regardless of the current playmode.
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Modes Menu

Modes Menu

Normal Sets playmode to play files in sequential order.
Shuffle Sets playmode to play files in random order. You can configure settings in the options pages.
Categories Sets playmode to play in random order by categories, according to how you have set up your categories in the options pages.
Program Sets playmode to play in program mode. Create or modify a program using the tools menu.
Repeat 1 Sets playmode to play a single file.
Repeat All Sets playmode to repeat playing the playlist again when it has finishes.
Music scan Sets playmode to play a small portion of each song before moving onto the next. You can configure settings in the options pages.
Time Elapsed Sets time mode to display how much of a file has been played.
Time Remaining Sets time mode to display how much of a file is left.
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Tools Menu

Tools Menu

Remove Displays the remove submenu. See below.
Sort Displays the sort submenu. See below.
Mark Displays the mark submenu. See below.
Disable controls Prevents accidental changes while recording, etc. Hides the control buttons and disables control thru the display area. Warning: menu shortcuts are still available.
Scheduler Opens the scheduler window.
Edit program Opens the edit program window for program mode.
Edit custom mix Opens the edit custom mix window for categories mode.
Options Opens the options window.
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Remove Submenu

Remove Menu

Selected Removes selected files from the playlist.
Checked Removes checked files from the playlist.
Duplicates Removes multiple listings of the same file from the playlist. For efficiency, Carlanthano first sorts the playlist by Path to remove the duplicates, and then sets the sort order back to what it was before. For this reason, you may find the order in the playlist changes slightly.
Dead files Removes listings of files that do not exist on your hard disk.
Physically remove file Permanently deletes the selected files and optionally their associated lyrics files from your hard disk. Warning: you will not be able to play these files again once you delete them.
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Sort Submenu

Sort Menu

by Title, Artist, Album, Length, Path Sorts the playlist by the specified option. You can also sort by clicking on the column headings.
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Mark Submenu

Mark Menu

Played Marks files which have finished playing for this round
Duplicates Marks multiple listings of the same file from the playlist. For efficiency, Carlanthano first sorts the playlist by Path to mark the duplicates, and then sets the sort order back to what it was before. For this reason, you may find the order in the playlist changes slightly.
Dead files Marks listings of files that do not exist on your hard disk.
Lyrics exist Marks files whose lyrics file is found on your hard disk.
Show checkmarks Show checkmarks in the playlist
Hide checkmarks Hide the checkmarks in the playlist
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Help Menu

Help Menu

View help Displays this page.
Tips Displays Tips window.
KanastaCorp on the Web Opens KanastaCorp's webpage.
KanastaCorp community on the Web Opens KanastaCorp's mailing list community page, where you can access announcement archives and software betas.
About Displays important information about Carlanthano.
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