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Selecting 'Party Mode' from the sidebar will play ALL valid media scanned into your libraries in a random order that meet the conditions specified in the Smart Playlist. | Selecting 'Party Mode' from the sidebar will play ALL valid media scanned into your libraries in a random order that meet the conditions specified in the Smart Playlist. | ||
== Music Context | == Contextual menu == | ||
===File mode=== | |||
==The Context Menu== | |||
The [[General Navigation#Context Menus|Context Menu]] allows you to interact with the individual media items. The following options are available whilst in [[Music#Files View|File Mode]], selecting an album: | |||
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; Queue Item | |||
: Adds the item to the [[Now Playing]] playlist | |||
; Play | |||
: Plays the selected file. | |||
; Add to Favourites | |||
: Adds the item to your [[Favourites]] menu. | |||
; Album Information | |||
: Displays information about the item from [http://allmusic.com allmusic.com]. You can also highlight the item and press the Info button on the remote. | |||
; Scan Item to Library | |||
: Scans the item into the the [[Music Library]]. Performing this on a folder will cause every item in the folder to be scanned. | |||
; Switch Media | |||
: Allows you to switch to playback of other types of media (e.g. video files). | |||
; Go to Root | |||
: Takes you to the "Music" root folder. | |||
; Now Playing... | |||
: Takes you to the [[Now Playing]] screen that shows what is currently playing and what the next queued files are. | |||
; Settings | |||
: Opens the [[Music Settings]] menu. | |||
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;Other possible menu items | |||
; Search | |||
: Allows you to search for specific media | |||
; Delete | |||
: Deletes the item. Must be enabled in [[Appearance Settings#View Options|Appearance Settings]]. | |||
; Rename | |||
: Renames the item. Must be enabled in [[Appearance Settings#View Options|Appearance Settings]]. | |||
===Library mode=== | |||
You perform actions on your music files using the [[General Navigation#Context Menus|Context Menu]]. In Library Mode selecting an album, the following options are available: | You perform actions on your music files using the [[General Navigation#Context Menus|Context Menu]]. In Library Mode selecting an album, the following options are available: | ||
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Revision as of 22:52, 13 April 2012
Template:XBMC wiki toc Inline The Music Library, one of the XBMC databases, is a key feature of XBMC. It allows the organization of your music collection by information stored in your music file ID tag, like title, artist, album, genre and popularity.
Adding music to the library
Scanning your music
To scan your music collection into the Music Library, first make sure you are not in 'Library Mode' (checkmark on the left). Next browse to the location of your music collection and brings up the The Context Menu menu with various options. Select the option labelled "Scan item to database". XBMC will then proceed to scan the selected music source in the background into the database/library. Once the scan is complete, you can browse your collection by selecting 'Library Mode'. |
The library organizes your music into many categories, allowing you to find a specific song using one of many possible criteria. Below you can see root menu showing the different sections.
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Searching your Library
The search button is available on the left side of the 'Music' window, and is also available in the root listing of your music library. Select it to begin your search. A keyboard will pop-up where you may enter search terms (SMS style with the remote, or just using the virtual keyboard). As you enter more letters, the search will be performed in the background, and results displayed in the search node of the music library. Previous searches are saved, so if you return to the search node later on, it will have the results of your previous search. Artists and Albums are shown on top, followed by matching songs. If the search string you enter is less than 3 characters, XBMC will just search in the first word of each artist/album/song. Otherwise it will do a full word search. NOTE: In order to search within words as well as just for words beginning with your search string, place a % sign in front of the match.
Party Mode
The Party Mode option allows you to randomly play music from your entire music or music video collection based on criteria specified in PartyMode.xsp. Simply build a Smart Playlist and save it as partymode.xsp in The UserData Folder.
Selecting 'Party Mode' from the sidebar will play ALL valid media scanned into your libraries in a random order that meet the conditions specified in the Smart Playlist.
File mode
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:
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- Other possible menu items
- Search
- Allows you to search for specific media
- Delete
- Deletes the item. Must be enabled in Appearance Settings.
- Rename
- Renames the item. Must be enabled in Appearance Settings.
Library mode
You perform actions on your music files using the Context Menu. In Library Mode selecting an album, the following options are available:
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Remote browsing
To be able to browse the Music Library outside the GUI, like through The Web Interface, you'll currently have to add a special musicdb:// source, which will show up as 'Library' under Music in the web interface.
Music Library Settings and Maintenance
The main Music Library settings can be accessed from the Library tab in Music Settings. Those can be accessed either from the Settings menu from the home screen, or via the context menu as seen above.
advancedsettings.xml
Some settings can only be altered through the advancedsettings.xml file, such as settings affecting the "All" database nodes and they way tags are displayed.
Clean Music Library
Cleaning up the Music Library (removing invalid entries and compressing)can be done via the User Interface Settings, in the Music Settings with the Clean Library option.