It provides you with convenient access to the collection
of multimedia files on your computer or on the local network
and is used for editing the current playlist as well as
for managing playlists stored on the computer.
In the window of the My Media browser you can create
or delete a playlist, add or sort a playlist by some criterion,
manually change the order of tracks, etc.
Click the My Media button or select the corresponding
menu command to open the My Media browser.
If the Use My media menu option is selected
in the Player
options dialog box, you can open the My Media
browser using the Media browser command in the My
media menu.
The My Media browser is similar to Windows Explorer.
Like in Windows Explorer, the toolbar is at the top of
the window, the folder tree is to the left and the content
of the current folder is to the right. So any Windows user
is sure to intuitively understand how to use it.
There are four root folders (categories) in the tree:
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Folder
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Description
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Contains the items of the current playlist.
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Contains the list of links to your favorite multimedia
files.
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The folder for accessing your playlists stored on
the computer.
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The root folder of your multimedia collection.
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We suppose that your multimedia collection is stored in
one or several folders on your computer or on the local
area network and your multimedia files are arranged as
subfolders of those folders the way you find comfortable.
Besides, it is advisable to have a separate folder for
playlists.
For example, suppose you store music in the folder "C:\My
music" that has the following hierarchy of subfolders
in it: <Artist>\<Album>. There is a separate
folder called "C:\Video" for video. Your playlists
are stored in the folder C:\My music\Playlists. Besides,
on the network there is a shared folder called "\\max\Max
music" for access to another user's multimedia collection.
Before using the My Media browser, you should specify
these folders in the Player
options dialog box. At the same time you
have a choice whether to add the folder itself to the tree
or subfolders in it. In our example it is convenient to
do it for the folder "C:\My music". In this case
you will have the folders "Max music" and "Video" and
folders with the artists' names in the branch of the "My
Media" tree. You will be able to access the folder "C:\My music\Playlists" through
the branch "My playlists" and it will not be
displayed in the "My Media" branch.
Each item both in the folder tree and in the content has
a state checkbox that shows the current state of the item
and allows you to change it with one mouse click.
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State
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Click action
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In the Now playing folder:
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 the
track is not active
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Starts playing the track
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 the
track is being played
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Pauses the playback
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 paused
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Resumes playing the track
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 stopped
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Starts playing the track
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In the Bookmarks and My Media folders and in
any subfolder:
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the
item is not in the current playlist
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Adds the item to the current playlist
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 the
item is in the current playlist
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Removes the item from the current playlist
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In the My playlists folders and in any subfolder:
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Adds the item to the current playlist
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The context menu of the My Media browser may contain
the following items depending on the selected item:
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Menu item
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Action
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Play selection
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Creates a new current playlist out of the selected
items and starts playing the focused item.
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Play all
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Creates a new current playlist out of all items
in the list and starts playing the focused item.
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Pause
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Pauses the playback.
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Resume
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Resumes the playback.
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Add to Now playing
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Adds the selected items to the current playlist.
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Delete from Now playing
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Removes the selected item from the current playlist.
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Clear Now playing
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Removes all tracks from the current playlist.
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Add to Bookmarks
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Adds the selected items to the Bookmarks list.
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Add to
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Adds the selected items to:
- Now playing list
- New playlist
- <Playlists from the My Playlists folder>
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Delete
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Removes the selected tracks from the playlist or
from the Bookmarks list.
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Delete playlist
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Removes the selected playlist from the disk.
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Open (containing) folder
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Opens the folder (containing the selected item)
in Windows Explorer.
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The toolbar contains the following buttons:
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Buttons
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Purpose
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 History
back
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Do the same as the corresponding buttons in Windows
Explorer.
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 History
forward
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 Up
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 Refresh
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 Jump
to Now playing
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Jump to the corresponding folders.
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 Jump to Bookmarks
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 Jump to My playlists
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 Jump to My Media
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 Play (Pause)
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Starts or pauses the playback.
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 Stop
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Stops the playback.
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 Add to
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Allow you to carry out various operations connected
with adding and removing items. Contain drop-down
menus with the corresponding commands.
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 Delete
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 Move up
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Allow you to change the order of files in the playlist.
You can use drag-and-drop for this as well.
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 Move down
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 Sort
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Allows you to sort the list (the current playlist
or the content of the current folder) by some file
property (File name, Title, Artist, etc.).
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 Save
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Saves the playlist.
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 View mode
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Allows you to select the mode of viewing the list:
List or Details - and also to select the columns
that should be displayed in the Details mode.
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See also:
