The Network preferences are used to control Internet-based features of Audion.
CD Database Settings
This section contains preferences relating to CDDB™ lookups.
Look up CD information:
When you insert a CD, Audion can get the track and title information via the Internet. This pop-up menu controls when Audion should perform this lookup:
| • | Only for unknown CDs If the CD is not stored in the CD Title Storage cache file, then fetch the data from CDDB™. |
| • | Always Retrieve the data from CDDB™ no matter what. |
| • | Never Do not try to fetch the data from CDDB™. A good choice if you are not connected to the Internet. |
If there are multiple matches:
It is possible that CDDB™ may have multiple guesses as per what CD you have inserted. When this happens, Audion can:
| • | Pick the closest match |
| • | Ask which one to use This will open a dialog box allowing you to pick the correct match, which will be stored in the CD Title Storage cache for future reference. |
CDDB Server:
Allows you to type the name of a CDDB™ server. If you don't know the name of a server, click the Lookup button to retrieve a list of all available servers, and pick the one closest to you.
E-Mail Address:
CDDB™ needs your E-Mail address in order to perform lookups. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can enter an imaginary address such as "email@domain.com" in this text box.
Stream Guide Settings
This section contains preferences related to the Stream Guide window.
Use this server list:
There are five lists available that Audion can download to fill our the Stream Guide window. Use this pop-up menu to select the list you want; obviously, the All Servers list will be quite long and may take a while to download! The lists update every few minutes on Panic servers.
Other Network Settings
This section contains miscellaneous network settings.
Use Audion as helper application for Internet MP3 files:
Associates Audion with .MP3, and .PLS files, allowing you to simply click a streaming server/MP3 link in your web browser to have it play in Audion. Audion associates these file types using Internet Config, which can be adjusted in your Internet control panel.
Open the Internet control panel for me.
Note: This setting does not affect Netscape™. To learn more about properly configuring your browser, click here.
Advanced
Network stream buffer size:
Before starting to play network audio, Audion will download a small portion of it first to keep a backlog ('buffer') in case the network stream gets interrupted. This setting defines how much memory Audion dedicates to the network buffer.
Note: A larger buffer size means that network streams will take a longer time to start playing. Sometimes Network streams play smoother with a smaller buffer size, which is opposite from what you might think, because less data needs to be received before the next "chunk" can start playing.
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