During GUI playback you can call up the ''Mini Control'' at any time if you are using a control method that does not offer standard playback controls.<br><br>
During GUI playback you can call up the ''Mini Control'' at any time if you are using a control method that does not offer standard playback controls.<br><br>
[[Image:Mini.control.jpg]]<br>
[[Image:Mini.control.jpg]]<br>
===Original XBOX Controller===
;GUI Playback Options
Once the desired song, album or playlist is highlighted, start playback by pressing the [[image:Btn_a.png]] button.
Pressing the '''White''' button ('''Info''' on the remote) will toggle song information and art on/off. The '''Start''' button will stop the music.
The [[image:Btn_y.png]] button queues the selected item and the '''Black''' button will bring up the Now Playing window.<br>
The [[image:Btn_x.png]] button toggles [[Visualizations|visualizations]] on/off. (They will also come on after a certain time if the controls are not touched).<br>
During GUI playback you can call up the ''Mini Control'' at any time by pressing the '''Start''' button.<br>
[[Image:Mini.control.jpg]]<br>
;During Visualizations
Pressing the [[image:Btn_a.png]] button will pause/resume music while the '''triggers''' can be used to fast forward or rewind during playback. The left and right '''D-Pad''' will skip backwards and forward. Pressing [[image:Btn_b.png]]will stop playback.
The '''Start''' button ('''Menu''' on the remote) can be used to bring up the [[My_Music#OSD (On Screen Display)|OSD (On Screen Display)]] from where you can alter the visualization settings and bring up the ''Now Playing'' window.
When you first open Music, the interface will look like the image on the right. Dominating the screen on the right-hand side is where your media is displayed. In this case, it is displaying all of the Media Sources available to Music.
To the left hand side, you have the following controls
View
You can the toggle between the different display options, amongst others; List, Icons and Big Icons.
Sort By
You can choose what criteria to sort your media by. Note the arrow to the right which controls whether the items are sorted in ascending or descending order.
Library Mode
This control allows you to switch between Library Mode and File View. (used to be called Switch View)
Playing music is as simple as navigating through your sources and selecting a song.
Controls during playback can be divided into two categories, in the GUI and during Visualizations.
While in the GUI you are able to browse all of XBMC and even look at pictures while playing music. If we look at the different controlling methods XBMC offers, gaming controller playback options while in the GUI are limited. A remote, such as the orignal XBOX DVD-Remote has conventional playback controls that can be used during music playback in the GUI as well as during Visualizations.
During GUI playback you can call up the Mini Control at any time if you are using a control method that does not offer standard playback controls.
The Context Menu
The Context Menu allows you to interact with the individual media items. The following options are available whilst in File Mode, selecting an album:
