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==About | Music is the component of Xbox Media Center that tames your hunger for great music. Some of the key features of Music are: | ||
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*Support for a countless number of formats and codecs. [[XBMC_Features_and_Supported_Formats/Codecs#Supported_audio_codecs:| You can find a full list here]]. | *Support for a countless number of formats and codecs. [[XBMC_Features_and_Supported_Formats/Codecs#Supported_audio_codecs:| You can find a full list here]]. | ||
*A full-featured [[Music Library]] that makes it easy to organize, find and listen to your favorite music | *A full-featured [[Music Library]] that makes it easy to organize, find and listen to your favorite music | ||
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===Library Mode=== | ===Library Mode=== | ||
:''See main article'': [[Music Library]] | :''See main article'': [[Music Library]] | ||
The Library Mode is much more advanced and has many more features than Files Mode. In order to utilize Library Mode, you first need to scan your music into the Music Library using [[ | The Library Mode is much more advanced and has many more features than Files Mode. In order to utilize Library Mode, you first need to scan your music into the Music Library using [[Music Navigation and Control#The Context Menu |The Context Menu]]. Be patient, as this can take quite a while if you have a large music collection. | ||
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There are a number of ways to get thumbnails to display in | There are a number of ways to get thumbnails to display in Music.<br> | ||
Album art can by obtained via [http://www.allmusic.com Allmusic.com] and described in the [[My_Music_Navigation_and_Control#The_Context_Menu|The Context Menu]] section. Music tags can also contain art for that specific song, as can be seen in [[Preparing your Music]].<br> | Album art can by obtained via [http://www.allmusic.com Allmusic.com] and described in the [[My_Music_Navigation_and_Control#The_Context_Menu|The Context Menu]] section. Music tags can also contain art for that specific song, as can be seen in [[Preparing your Music]].<br> | ||
If you want a custom thumb, you can add a .tbn file to your music directory. The .tbn file can be either a .JPG or a .PNG file (with transparancy) that you simply rename the extension from .jpg/.png to .tbn.<br> | If you want a custom thumb, you can add a .tbn file to your music directory. The .tbn file can be either a .JPG or a .PNG file (with transparancy) that you simply rename the extension from .jpg/.png to .tbn.<br> |
Revision as of 16:28, 9 July 2007
Music is the component of Xbox Media Center that tames your hunger for great music. Some of the key features of Music are:
About Music
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Using Music
You will find the interface of Music as easy to operate as the rest of Xbox Media Center.
Here you can see the default keymapping for:
OSD (On Screen Display)
There are two different On Screen Displays (or "OSD" for short) available in Music:
1. Now Playing - Selecting this opens the Now Playing Playlist |
Sources for Music
- See main article: Media Sources
XBMC gives you the ability to listen to music from a variety of sources, click here for more information and examples of music sources(link).
Some examples of sources that allow you to easily access all your digital music collection:
- On your computer or a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device/system, which supports SMB file sharing
- Stored directly on the hard drive of your Xbox
- On CDs/DVDs in the Xbox DVD drive
- Streamed from the Internet
For information on how to configure remote file shares, please click here (link)
Listing Modes Available in Music
Files ViewFiles View is the most basic way of browing your music. In Files View, you browse through your sources folder by folder, in the exact same way they are stored. What you see in Files View is the same as you would see if you were to browse the folders on your computer. |
Playlists
Audio Playlists are also fully supported.
Album Art & Thumbnails
The same goes for playlists, cue-sheets, SHOUTcast, and internet-stream files, eg: Music\path\audioplaylistname.m3u Music\path\audioplaylistname.tbn Music\path\cuelistname.cue Music\path\cuelistname.tbn Music\path\shoutcastlinkname.pls Music\path\shoutcastlinkname.tbn Music\path\audiostreamname.strm Music\path\audiostreamname.tbn If you store each of your music-albums or artists in a separate subfolder to keep things organized, you can also make the folder have a custom thumbnail image. To do this you need to rename your .jpg thumbnail as folder.jpg and place it in the folder (the size of the picture can be anything from 64x64 to 256x256 in pixel size). Example: Music\path\album\folder.jpg Now your album/artist folder will have a lovely custom thumbnail-image. |