Pinnacle MOBILE MEDIA ORGANIZER User Manual

Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer

User’s Guide

GB/US May 2006

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Table Of Contents

Overview ............................................................................................................... 1

Welcome to the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer .......................................... 1

Getting Technical Support ................................................................................. 2

Installing the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer............................................... 3

Main Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Window ............................................ 4

The First Steps....................................................................................................... 9

Importing Media ................................................................................................ 9

Transferring Media onto the Sony® Playstation® Portable............................ 10

Transferring Media onto the Apple® iPod®................................................... 12

Converting Media ............................................................................................14

Import Files .........................................................................................................15

Import Overview.............................................................................................. 15

Import Audio CD ............................................................................................. 16

Import DVD Image..........................................................................................18

Import Files and Playlists ................................................................................20

Import Folder ................................................................................................... 20

Media Catalog .....................................................................................................23

Media Catalog Overview ................................................................................. 23

Media Catalog Structure .................................................................................. 24

Using the Media Catalog .................................................................................27

Using Drag & Drop in the Media Catalog....................................................... 29

Media Library...................................................................................................... 31

Media Library Overview ................................................................................. 31

Media Library Views ....................................................................................... 32

Using the Media Library.................................................................................. 36

Media Library Context Menu .......................................................................... 37

Searching the Media Library ...........................................................................40

Browser View in the Media Library ...................................................................41

Browser View Overview ................................................................................. 41

Calendar View (only for photos) ..................................................................... 42

Media Player........................................................................................................ 45

Media Player Overview ................................................................................... 45

Media Player Control Bars .............................................................................. 46

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Operating the Media Player ......................................48

Organize Files...................................................................................................... 49

How the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Organizes Files .......................... 49

Changing Meta Data ........................................................................................ 50

Rotating Photos................................................................................................ 52

Assigning Ratings ............................................................................................ 54

Assigning Album Art....................................................................................... 56

Convert Files .......................................................................................................59

Conversion Overview ...................................................................................... 59

Conversion Status ............................................................................................ 60

Conversion Profiles.......................................................................................... 60

Using Playlists..................................................................................................... 63

About Standard Playlists.................................................................................. 63

About Smart Playlists ......................................................................................67

Export Files .........................................................................................................73

Export Overview.............................................................................................. 73

Export Folder ................................................................................................... 74

Export Playlist.................................................................................................. 75

Burn CDs and DVDs........................................................................................... 77

Burn Media ......................................................................................................77

Using Tags........................................................................................................... 81

Tag Editor and Tag Filter Overview................................................................ 81

Creating Tag Words......................................................................................... 82

Assigning Tag Words ......................................................................................84

Filtering Media Files by Tag Words................................................................ 85

File Formats......................................................................................................... 87

Supported File Formats.................................................................................... 87

Special Functions ................................................................................................89

Detecting Missing or Modified Media ............................................................ 89

Music Information from Folder and File Names............................................. 89

Database Backup and Restoration ................................................................... 90

License Information ............................................................................................91

Pinnacle End User License Agreement ...........................................................91

Glossary............................................................................................................. 111

Index ..................................................................................................................121

Overview

Welcome to the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer

Dear customer, We would like to thank you for choosing a Pinnacle product. You have made an

excellent decision. New options are now available to you for transferring the media files on your computer to your mobile devices, for example, onto your Sony® Playstation® Portable or Apple® iPod®. Now you can listen to or look at your files any time when you are out and about. The Mobile Media Organizer also provides extensive administration and database functions to give you an instant overview of all your different media files.

After the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer is installed on your PC, you can import the following media types:

 Music files  Movies and other video files  Digital photos

These files are stored and continually managed and organized in the Mobile Media Organizer Database.

You can create personal playlists in which you can make compilations of your favorite music, movies or photos according to your own criteria.

The Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer offers many output options:  Export your music, movies and photos onto mobile devices such as PSP™ or

iPod®.

 Burn audio CDs and MP3 CDs.  Burn movies onto DVDs.

We hope you have lots of fun with our product! Your Pinnacle Team

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Getting Technical Support

Do not forget to register your product online. To take advantage of online customer support, each Pinnacle product needs to be registered. In addition, when you register your product, you help Pinnacle offer the best customer service possible. For this product, customer support includes the following services:

Online Support

Visit us at http://www.pinnaclesys.com/selfhelp and select your product.  24 hours/7days a week of unlimited access to the Pinnacle Support

Knowledge Base

 Unlimited interactive E-mail Support  Unlimited Live Help Support/Direct Support  Pinnacle Community Forums

Check our Web site services.

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/support for other online

Telephone Support

Pinnacle does not provide telephone support for this product. Visit our Online Support area at technical support team questions.

Note: Technical support is only provided for the current version and the

previous version of a Pinnacle product.

http://www.pinnaclesys.com/selfhelp in order to ask our

Overview

Installing the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer

This section describes how to install Pinnacle software on your PC. During installation, a program group including its corresponding subgroups will be created. All the necessary software components will be copied into this program group.

As a part of the installation procedure, you will be asked to enter the serial number. This is located on the CD or the CD case or in the printed documentation accompanying the product.

1. Insert the installation CD in the corresponding drive of your computer.

2. The setup program now either starts automatically or you can start setup.exe in the setup folder on the CD-ROM.

3. Now follow the installation instructions displayed on the screen.

4. After installation, you will be prompted to restart your computer. This restart needs to be done in order for the software to function properly.

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Main Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Window

Start the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer from the Start menu in its Pinnacle program group.

The appearance of the main window changes depending on the different views and types of lists selected; most areas can be shown or hidden when necessary. The size of the window can also be adjusted using your mouse.

In this section, you will first get an overview of all the areas in the main window.

In the following section, The First Steps, you will be introduced to the basic tools for working with the program.

In later sections, you will get detailed information about the specific areas and how they can help you organize your media files.

Overview

The window is divided into the following areas:

Menu Bar

On the upper edge of the window, you see the Menu bar with the menus File, Edit, View, Tools and Help.

You can also activate most of the options in this menu by using the buttons and context menu in the different areas. Use the method most comfortable for you depending on what you need to do.

Media Selection Buttons - Music, Movies, Photos

Beneath the Menu Bar to the left, use the Music, Movies and Photos buttons to select the media type that you would like to display in the lower parts of the main window.

Import, Export and Burn Buttons

The Import, Export and Burn buttons are in the upper right part of the main window. Clicking these buttons will open corresponding dropdown menus with various options. You have many options for importing and exporting files as well as for burning CDs and DVDs.

Media Library Search Function

The central part of the main window contains the Media Library in which the different areas are grouped. These groups are described in the following. The Media Library cannot be hidden and appears in the lower middle part of the main window when the Browser View is opened. You can use your mouse to adjust the horizontal (corresponding to the Info Pane) and vertical (corresponding to the Browser View) size of the area.

The Media Library shows the files in the list that you selected using the Media Catalog or using the Browser View. You can choose between different ways of viewing the files, for example, using details or thumbnails.

At the top right of the Media Library, you will also find the Search Function. Here you can use tag words to determine which files in the Media Library should be displayed.

View Navigation Buttons

Beneath the media selection buttons in the left area are the buttons for navigating through the views. You can use them to open or close the different window areas.

Close the individual areas by clicking the corresponding

button.

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Media Catalog

Click this button to open or close the Media Catalog on the left side of the main window. This area within each media type acts as a filter for the entire database and provides different lists in which the database contents are organized. The files in each list selected are also displayed in the Media Library.

If you have connected any mobile devices (Sony® Playstation® Portable, Apple® iPod®) to your computer, they appear separately in the lower area of the Media Catalog.

Tag Filter

Click this button to open or close the Tag Filter beneath the Media Catalog. The Tag Filter lets you classify the files displayed in the Media Library according to the tag words you assign.

Media Library Browser View

Click this button to open or close the Media Library Browser View in the middle of the main window. This displays the media of the list that you have selected in the Media Catalog to the left.

You can also use the Browser View to classify or restrict the files displayed below in the Media Library according to specific criteria. This means that you set a filter in the Browser View for displaying the files in the Media Library.

Info Pane with Tag Editor

Click this button to open or close the Info Pane in the lower right of the main window. This shows and lets you directly edit the meta data of the file currently selected in the Media Library.

If the currently selected file has been converted, this is also displayed in the

Info Pane.

In the Info Pane, you will find the Tag Editor that you can use to add tag words to your files so you can find them more quickly.

To switch between these two areas, either click the

meta data or the

button for the Tag Editor.

button for the list of

Overview

Media Player Control Bars

The Media Player is operated using the control bars in the upper middle part of the main window. This is where you find the buttons for all the functions required for playing back media. In addition, information about the current media file is displayed during playback.

The First Steps

Importing Media

The first time you start the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer, the Media Library is empty. You can now fill it by referencing media files on your computer. This procedure is called Import.

In order to import a folder of media files, click the upper right part of the main window and then select the Folder option. In the dialog that now appears, select the folder you want on your computer and start the import by clicking the Start Import button.

If you would like to import individual files, select the Import - Files and Playlists option.

You can import a movie on a DVD using Import - DVD Image. First select the folder on your computer where the DVD image is located. The Media Organizer will now let you select the movie title. Usually the main movie has the longest title. You can also select the sound track and use the Media Player within the Import dialog to check whether your selection is correct. Assign a name and confirm by clicking Start Import. A link to the DVD image is now saved in the Media Library.

Movies on a DVD can only be imported if they are not copy protected. We recommend first copying the contents of the DVD to your hard drive and then importing from there, otherwise, the DVD will have to remain in the DVD drive for the import procedure.

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After the import has completed, the media files appear sorted by type (Music, Movies, Photos) in the Media Library.

You will find additional details about this topic in the section Importing Files.

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Transferring Media onto the Sony® Playstation® Portable

The Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer lets you transfer music, movies and photos to the PSP™.

1. Insert a memory card into the PSP™ and start the Media Organizer.

2. Connect the PSP™ to a USB connection on your computer.

3. In the PSP™ menu, select the USB Connection option. The device is automatically detected by the Media Organizer after a short time. If this is not the case, manually add the device using the File - New Mobile Device menu.

The device is now displayed in the lower part of the Media Catalog:

The Media Library view is split and all the files on the device are now shown in the lower half:

The First Steps

Media can be transferred onto the device by using your mouse to drag them from the upper half of the Media Library to the lower half. Even playlists can be dragged onto the device. In this case, the individual files in the playlist are transferred onto the PSP™, since this device does not support playlists as such.

The Media Organizer now automatically converts all the media into a PSP™-compatible format. The progress of these conversions is indicated by a yellow bar. The blue bar shows the progress of the file transfer onto the PSP™. The green-red bar indicates how much disk space is left on the memory card.

Music is saved on the PSP™ in folders according to artist and album name. Photos are saved according to photo album. In the Media Organizer Info Pane,

you can assign photo album names as well as edit music information. Media on the device can be deleted by selecting the lower half of the split Media

Library, right-clicking and selecting Delete from the context menu or pressing the Delete key on your keyboard.

The Media Organizer also displays media that have been transferred onto the PSP™ from other programs or computers. You can copy them onto your computer and import them into the Media Database by selecting them, rightclicking and selecting Transfer to PC from the context menu.

When converting movies, the Mobile Media Organizer tries to optimally set the resolution and aspect ratio. Nevertheless, it may sometimes be a good idea to

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change the image size when playing files back on the PSP™. To do this, click the triangle button during playback, select the symbol for Screen Mode and then click the X button repeatedly until the display fills the screen and distortions are no longer visible.

Transferring Media onto the Apple® iPod®

The Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer only supports the transfer of movies onto the iPod®. Music and photos can be transferred using iTunes® as you usually do.

1. Make sure that Apple® iTunes® is installed on your computer.

2. Start the Media Organizer and select Movies.

3. Connect the iPod® to a USB port on your computer.

4. Start iTunes® if it does not automatically start by itself. The device is automatically detected by the Media Organizer after a short time. If this is not the case, manually add the device using the File - New Mobile Device menu.

The device is now displayed in the lower part of the Media Catalog:

The First Steps

The Media Library view is now split and all the movies that have previously been converted and transferred are now shown in the lower half:

Media can be transferred onto the device by using your mouse to drag them from the upper half of the Media Library to the lower half.

The Media Organizer now automatically converts all the media into an iPod®-compatible format. The progress of these conversions is indicated by a yellow bar.

All the movies that have been transferred are listed in the "Videos" area in iTunes®. They can be automatically transferred onto the iPod® if this has been set in iTunes® under Edit - Settings - iPod.

Or you can manually drag the movies from the playlist in iTunes® onto the

iPod® symbol.

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Converting Media

Mobile devices can usually only play back a small number of media formats directly. However, the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer can convert many popular formats into a format compatible with the device. When this is done, only a copy of the media file is converted; the original file is not changed at all.

The conversion starts automatically when you drag the files from the Media Library onto a device in the Media Catalog. The progress of the conversion is displayed beneath the Media Library. You can drag other media onto the device while the conversion is still in progress. The Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer manages all pending conversions and transfers them automatically. After a file has been successfully converted, it is copied onto the device.

You should not disconnect the device until all the conversions and transfers

have been completed. The time still remaining is displayed on the status bar.

Media can also be converted before a device is connected. To do this, select the files in the Media Library you want, right-click and select Convert. A dialog will appear where you can select the target device and the conversion profile.

Details in the conversion profiles, such as quality, can be set in the Tools menu under Options - Conversion - Profiles. The converted copies for a specific media file are displayed in the Info Pane in the main window. You can also delete these copies here.

In the Tools menu under Options - Conversion - Automatic Conversion, you can specify that all imported files are to automatically be converted into a specific format. Note that this setting may require a large amount of hard disk space under certain circumstances.

More information about this topic can be found in the section Converting Files.

Import Files

Import Overview

To import files into the Mobile Media Organizer Database, click the button in the upper right part of the main window. A dropdown menu opens where you can select the import option you want:

 Audio CD: Import titles on audio CDs to archive them in your database.  DVD Image: Imports a DVD image from a folder on your computer.  Files and Playlists: Imports one or more files or an entire playlist from a

folder on your computer.

 Folder: Imports an entire folder from your computer.

Note that the entries that you see in your database after an import are actually links to the location on your hard drive where the original media files are stored.

Importing Files Using Drag & Drop

You can also use your mouse to drag files to be imported from a folder on your computer into the Media Catalog or into the Media Library. As soon as the import is finished, a window shows how many files have been imported and how many have been rejected because they were not in a supported format or were already contained in the database.

Displaying Imported Files

When you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, the imported files are displayed in the Media Library.

In the following sections, the functions of the individual import options will be explained in detail.

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Import Audio CD

Due to licensing restrictions, this function is not included in all versions of the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer. Audio CDs with copy protection cannot be imported.

Insert the CD, Select Drive and Audio Format

Insert the audio CD to be imported into the CD drive of your computer and select the Import - Audio CD option. If you have more than one CD or DVD drive on your computer, select the corresponding drive from the first dropdown list in the dialog now displayed.

Select the audio format or compression type you want from the second dropdown list.

If the title of the CD is not automatically read in and displayed in the list, click the Lookup button.

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Lookup

You need an active Internet connection to use this function.

The names and titles of all known audio CDs have been stored in an Internet database. Use the Lookup function to import information about the CD currently in your CD drive into your database. As soon as you click the button, a search for the data will be made on the Internet the results of which are then usually displayed immediately.

If you are not able to connect to the Internet or your CD is not contained in the Internet database, you can also manually enter all the information (title, artist and album title, etc.). To do this, double-click the corresponding fields and enter the information you want.

Select Title to be Imported

Choose the titles you want to import by selecting the check box to the left of each title. If you change your mind about a title, simply clear the check box for that title.

Enter Target Folder Path and Organizational Pattern

Now select the path to the target folder on your computer where your audio files should be saved. Then use the dropdown menu beneath to select the pattern you want for filing your data.

Start

When all the settings have been configured, click the Start Import button. Keep track of the progress of the import by checking the status bar in the lower part of the window. As soon as all the selected titles have been imported, the status bar shows 100% and you can close the Import dialog.

Now when you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, you see the titles that you just imported from your audio CD in the Media Library.

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Import DVD Image

If you have DVD images saved on your computer and you would like to store them in your Mobile Media Manager Database, select the Import DVD Image option.

DVDs with copy protection cannot be imported.

Select Folder

First select the folder on your computer where the DVD image is located.

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Select Title

Now select the title you want from the dropdown list. A DVD generally contains more than one title (main film, "Making of", interviews, etc.). For these titles, you only see a number and the length at this point. The longest title is usually the main film.

Only one title can be imported at a time. The procedure needs to be repeated for additional titles.

Select Sound Track

Now select the sound track you want from the dropdown list, for example, "Stereo" or the language you want.

Enter the Name

Enter the name you want to give to the movie to be imported.

Preview

The most important control elements for using the Media Player are in the lower part of the window. Use these control elements to see a preview of the title you have selected as well as to check whether you have selected the correct title on the DVD.

Please note the following features:

Aspect Ratio

Here, you can set the aspect ratio of a movie even during playback (Standard 4:3, Letterbox or Widescreen 16:9). Note the QuickInfo box when you move your mouse over the button. The video format you select here is saved during import so that it does not have to be reset the first time you play back the movie from your database.

Set Thumbnail

When watching a movie, click this button during a scene you like and create a thumbnail image to import into the database.

Start

When all the settings have been configured, click the Start Import button. As soon as the import has ended, you can close the dialog or import another title.

Now when you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, you see the DVD images that you just imported into the Media Library.

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Import Files and Playlists

Use this function to import one or more files or even playlists from other programs, for instance, in M3U format, into your database.

After selecting the Import Files and Playlists option, browse to the folder on your computer where the files or playlists to be imported are located.

Then select the files or playlists you want and click Open. As soon as the import is finished, a window shows how many files have been

imported and how many have been rejected because they were not in a supported format or were already contained in the database.

When you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, the imported files are displayed in the Media Library.

Import Folder

If you would like to import an entire folder from your computer into your database, select the Import Folder option.

Select Folder

Click the Browse button to locate the folder on your computer that you would like to import and then click OK.

Import Files

Also import the contents of all subfolders

When this check box is selected, the files from all the subfolders are imported as well.

For photos, the names of the subfolders are imported as photo album names. Movie titles are used as the name for the collection. If a movie consists of

multiple files, they are grouped together in one collection. The movie genre is composed of the folder names.

Media types

Here, select which media types you would like to import.

Start

When all the settings have been configured, click the Start Import button. As soon as the import is finished, a window shows how many files have been imported and how many have been rejected because they were not in a supported format or were already contained in the database. Click the Show Errors button to display the details about any errors.

When you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, the imported files are displayed in the Media Library.

Media Catalog

Media Catalog Overview

You can open or close the Media Catalog in the left middle part of the main

window by clicking the size of the area horizontally.

The contents of your entire database are displayed in the Media Catalog. Within each media type selected, the files are each categorized into the following lists:

 Main lists, such as: "Library"  Pre-defined playlists, such as: "Last Imported"  User-defined playlists, such as:

"Smart Playlists" and "Standard Playlists"

Depending on whether the media type Music, Movies or Photos is currently selected, different categories are created within the lists. Only one list can be selected at a time. The files contained in the list are displayed to the right in the Media Library.

button. You can also use your mouse to adjust the

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If you have connected any mobile devices (PSP™, iPod®) to your computer, they appear separately in the lower part of the Media Catalog.

The following sections contain further details about the structure of and how to use the Media Catalog.

More information about user-defined playlists can be found in the sections About Smart Playlists and About Standard Playlists.

More information about how to connect mobile devices can be found in the section The First Steps.

Media Catalog Structure

The Media Catalog consists of several sections that can be expanded or collapsed by clicking the

If you have connected any mobile devices (PSP™, iPod®) to your computer, they appear separately in the lower part of the Media Catalog.

button.

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Main Lists (Upper Section)

Both of the lists in the upper section of the Media Catalog are permanent parts of the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Database and cannot be renamed or deleted.

Library

When you use your mouse to select this list, the entire contents of the database are display to the right in the Media Library.

Now Playing (only for music files)

Select this list to display the files in the Media Library that are currently being played or are waiting in line to be played. When you use your mouse to drag files from the Media Library into this section, the files are added to the Now Playing list.

Predefined Playlists (Middle Section)

In the middle section of the Media Catalog, you see predefined lists sorted according the files in the database. These lists are also permanent parts of the database and cannot be renamed or deleted.

Last Imported

Selecting this list displays the files that were imported last to the right in the Media Library. If you import, for instance, three CDs one after the other, only the title of the third CD is shown.

Least Played

Selecting this list displays the files in the Media Library that you play least but have played at least once.

Missing Media

Selecting this list displays media that, although they exist as entries in the database, the associated files are no longer in their original location because they have been accidentally deleted or moved or they can no longer be found because they have been renamed. These entries are indicated in the left column of the Media Library by a corresponding symbol.

To look for these media, first select Scan for missing or modified media from the Tools menu.

Right-click one of the desired entries in the list in the Media Library to open the Tools context menu. Select Repair missing media to search for the missing files or "repair" the missing links by entering the new location or the file name.

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Modified Media (only for music files)

If you change the ID3 tags of the music files with a different program, the information will no longer correspond to the values in the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Database. This situation is detected during a search for missing/modified media and the entries are identified In the left column of the Media Library with a corresponding symbol.

Use the Info Pane in the main window to enter the new ID3 tag values. Or you can also read out the values of the modified ID3 tags from the file to update the database. To do this, select the corresponding files in the Media Library, right click and select the Update tags from file option from the Tools context menu.

Most Played

This displays the files in the Media Library that have so far been played most frequently.

New Media

Selecting this list displays files last imported into the Media Library over the course of the last day.

Not Played

Selecting this list displays all the media that have not yet been played at all.

Top Rated

Selecting this list displays the files in the Media Library that the user has rated with four or five stars. The rating is assigned either in the Media Library or via the Info Pane and displayed with star symbols. More information about this topic can be found in section Organizing Files under Assigning Ratings.

User-defined Playlists (Lower Section)

The lower section of the Media Catalog contains two types of user-defined playlists: Standard Playlists as well as Smart Playlists. You can rename, modify or delete the lists in these categories.

Standard Playlists

In Standard Playlists, you can create compilations of your favorite music, movies or photos according to your own criteria. Within a specific playlist, you can only group media of a single type; it is not possible to mix media types in a playlist. This means you can only create playlists for music or movies or photos. You can always add a Standard Playlist for other media at any time. As opposed to Smart Playlists, this is not done automatically, but must performed manually.

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Additional details about this topic can be found in the section About Standard Playlists.

Smart Playlists

Smart Playlists are user-defined playlists that are updated dynamically and can be created and modified using a dialog. If a Smart Playlist has been created, you can automatically add new files to the already existing media in the list if they meet certain pre-defined requirements.

Additional details about this topic can be found in the section About Smart Playlists.

Mobile Devices (Lower Section)

Mobile devices connected to the computer are displayed separately, beneath the other lists in the Media Catalog. Details about this topic can be found in the section The First Steps.

Using the Media Catalog

The Media Catalog categorizes the media in the database into Main lists, Predefined playlists, Smart Playlists and Standard Playlists.

If you have connected any mobile devices (PSP™, iPod®) to your computer, they appear separately in the lower section of the Media Catalog.

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Use the buttons in the lower section of the Media Catalog to work with the lists. Right-clicking a list in the Media Catalog opens the context menu which contains the same functions as the buttons.

You can also use the Drag & Drop functions of your mouse, which will be described in the next section.

Media Playback

If you double-click a list, all the files in that list will be played one after the other. Or you can select the Play option from the context menu.

New Playlist

Click this button to create a new Standard Playlist that will initially be given a pre-defined name. This name is highlighted and can be changed using your keyboard. More information about this topic can be found in the section About Standard Playlists.

New Smart Playlist

Click this button to open a dialog for creating a new Smart Playlist. More information about this topic can be found in the section About Smart Playlists.

New Mobile Device

Click this button to open a dialog where you can select the mobile device you want (if more than one device has been connected). You also need to select the device type and enter the name you want to call it. Details about transmitting media onto mobile devices can be found in the section The First Steps.

Delete Playlist

If you would like to delete a user-defined playlist, select the list to be deleted and click this button. After confirming the deletion, the playlist is deleted.

Rename a List

If you would like to change the name of a list, either slowly left-click the list two times or select the Rename option from the context menu. The name of the list is now highlighted and can be changed.

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