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==Navigating in My Music==
==Navigating in My Music==
When you first open My 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 [[bookmarks]] available to My Music. To the left hand side, you have the following controls:
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When you first open My 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 [[bookmarks]] available to My Music. To the left hand side, you have the following controls:
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Revision as of 18:21, 29 April 2007

There are two different ways to view your media in My Music: The Files View and The Library View. Choose either option to learn more about them.

Navigating in My Music

When you first open My 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 bookmarks available to My Music. To the left hand side, you have the following controls:

View
You can select List, Icons or 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.
Switch View
This control allows you to switch between File View and The Library View.
Playlists
This control allows you to view your playlists.

Playing music is as simple as navigating through your bookmarks and selecting a song.

The Context Menu

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The context menu allows you to interact with the individual media items. You can view the context menu by highlighting an individual track or folder and pressing the White button (or the Title button on the remote). The following options are available whilst in File Mode, selecting a folder:

Queue Item
Adds the item to the Now Playing playlist
Play
Allows you to choose which player will be used for the file. You can choose between PAPlayer, MPlayer and DVDPlayer for most files. If the item is selected is a folder, then selecting this option simply plays all of the items in the folder.
Album Information
This allows you to view information about the item from Allmusic.com. You can achieve the same result by simply highlighting the item and pressing 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.
Settings
Opens the My Music Settings menu.
Go to Root
Takes you to the "My Music" root folder.
Switch Media
Allows you to switch to playback of other types of media (e.g. video files).
Now Playing...
Takes you to a screen that shows what is currently playing and what the next queued files are.

Other possible menu items

Search
Allows you to search for specific media
Delete
Deletes the item. Must be enabled in the Appearance Settings.
Rename
Renames the item. Must be enabled in the Appearance Settings.

The On Screen Display (OSD)

There are two different onscreen displays available in My Music, learn more about them here.