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- General Music Library Functions
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- MUSIC LIBRARY - DATABASE
-
- The CD-Runner Music Library database contains a master listing of
- all of the Audio CDs, LPs, Cassettes, DVDs, etc. which have been
- entered for use with CD-Runner. Specific information associated
- with any of the entries (e.g. image files, track descriptions,
- titles, etc.) may be also viewed and edited if desired. To access
- the database, either click the "CD-Runner Music Library" icon
- from the CD-Runner Applications window, or while running CD-Runner
- select the "Library" then "Database" buttons.
-
- The main database screen contains a listing of the entries; if the
- "Automatic Scan Music Database" option is enabled, then each time the
- database is accessed CD-Runner will automatically scan the contents
- of your CDRunner\datacd subdirectory and read the contents of the files.
- This is the preferred method as long as the time to scan the files is
- reasonable. If you have a lot of entries and/or a slow hard drive,
- then you may opt to disable this automatic scanning.
-
- If the automatic scan is disabled, then after an initial scan is
- completed, a saved "database directory" is written to the hard drive.
- This is then used in subsequent sessions to speed the loading of the
- database, since scanning each file and reading its contents may be
- time consuming for many files. Note that this master database
- directory only needs to be re-scanned if you have added or deleted
- entries.
-
- Each record or entry contains the database record number, artist,
- title and category associated with each entry. You may double-click
- directly on a record to access the specific information stored (see
- below). You may also use the up or down arrow keys and press enter, or
- highlight the record and use the "Edit" icon.
-
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- DATABASE FUNCTIONS
-
- You may use either the pulldown menus or the toolbar icons to access
- the database functions. The functions (associated with the toolbar
- icons from left to right) are as follows:
-
- *SAVE - save changes made into the database directory
- *SCAN - scan all music entry files & display
- UNDO - undo changes made (to the point of the last save)
- ADD - add new music entry to the library / database
- DELETE - delete existing music entry file and/or database entry
- SORT - sort listing by artist, title or category
- FIND - find artist, title, song, etc. keyword(s) (F3 repeats find)
- STATS - display database statistics
- EJECT - eject CD from primary CD-ROM drive
- FONT - change font type and/or color used for database listing
- COLOR - change background color used for database listing
- EXIT - exit music database
-
- * - these functions only shown if the automatic scan is disabled (see above)
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- MUSIC LIBRARY
-
- To view the music library section for a specific entry, simply click on
- the "Library" button on the Audio CD faceplate. You may also access this
- section when in the music library database by selecting the music entry as
- described above. This will bring up the CD-Runner music library section
- which allows you to enter specific music entry information.
-
- In this section, you may also setup custom images for each music entry to
- be used for screen savers, CD Cover art, viewers and track-synced displays
- as desired. See the CD Covers and Images help topics for further information.
-
- Music entries (information) are all optional. You may enter any or all
- as desired; an example of some of the data categories are as follows:
-
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- ARTIST
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- This is the Artist (Band, Soloist, Composer, etc.) who appears on the Audio CD.
- As described above, this entry will be combined with the Title when displayed.
-
-
- YEAR RELEASED
- This is the year that the CD, LP, DVD etc. was originally released.
-
-
- CATEGORY
-
- You may enter a custom category to describe the Audio CD type, or select a
- preset category from the dropdown listing. Either type the category text in
- directly, or click the down-arrow to choose a preset category. If a category
- type is entered, it will appear in the song title box (as described below).
-
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- TITLE
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- This is the title (or album name) of the Audio CD; this entry will appear on
- the Audio CD player faceplate display at the top along with the Artist entered.
- If the combination of these names is very long, you may wish to change the font
- size and/or type used (see CD-Runner Setup - Customize option) to allow the
- entire Title + Artist text to be displayed without being cut off.
-
-
- LINER NOTES
-
- You may enter any desired liner notes pertaining to the Audio CD for future
- reference. These notes appear on the song title box display (after the song
- titles & times listing) when using the Audio CD faceplate.
-
-
- TRACK DESCRIPTION(S)
-
- You may enter a title or description for each track to describe the song,
- movement, etc. which corresponds; as songs are played, this description will
- be displayed immediately below the Title + Artist text. It has been found to
- be useful to setup this text display with a different font type and color to
- more easily differentiate it from the Title + Artist text (use the CD-Runner
- Setup - Customize option to set).
-
- The track time displayed here is read directly from the Audio CD loaded and
- cannot be changed. Also, all the track descriptions entered here may be
- displayed on the faceplate in a scrollable song title box by clicking on
- either the Title + Artist or Track Description text display directly, or by
- selecting it from the CD-Jacket (BMP graphics) display selection box. This
- box will also automatically appear if you are programming tracks, and may
- be used as a "second keypad"; instead on clicking on the keypad number for
- programming or direct track access, you may click on the track description
- in this box directly. You may remove this box by right clicking on it if
- desired.
-
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- ADVANCED (option)
-
- The advanced option ("Advanced" button) is designed to correct for Audio CD
- timing errors which may occur for a variety of reasons. Use this option ONLY
- if the particular Audio CD loaded either has it's song endings cut off or
- does not correctly update the song/track text displayed during programmed
- (or shuttle) playback.
-
- Valid entries here are between -3 and 5 seconds. Note that this correction
- is USUALLY only required for those Audio CDs whose track times cannot be
- accurately determined or which do not conform to the Audio CD "Redbook"
- standards.