In the music browsing screen you can browse the items of your Music library group. The screen is displayed in the stack view when you choose the Music library entry in the navigation tree on the left.
The stacks are the entry points into the detailed browsing view. Each stack shows information about the amount of albums included. With a double-click on any stack you can switch into the detailed browsing view.
Only the albums of the chosen stack are displayed, the stack works like a filter. The detailed browsing view is displayed with focus on the first item. All other items of the selected stack are listed below, a scrollbar on the right screen margin enables you to scroll the detailed browsing view.
Double-clicking a single item in the detailed browsing view starts its playback. Playback controls are displayed on the lower task bar. Switching to another screen will not stop the playback. A small display in the lower left corner of the main window stays visible and shows the title and play back time. You can click this display to get back to the music browsing screen.
If you hover the mouse pointer over an item in the browsing view, a check box is displayed in the upper left corner. In the detailed browsing view, the check box is listed in the rightmost table column. Activate the check box to select the item. This way, you can make a selection. Album covers also work as selector. If you click the cover art all album items will be marked as selected. It is possible to select over several stack groups, too. With a click on another item (clicking the thumbnail itself instead of the check box) the selection will be removed and you can start a new sample. A preselection may be useful if you want to create a playlist of selective tracks.
Below the upper task bar of the main window, sorting and searching options are additionally displayed. The following setting options are available for music browsing:
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Button
Overview
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Ends the detailed browsing view and returns to the stack view. The arrangement that was chosen in the detailed browsing view will be kept.
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Drop-down menu
Arrange by
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Changes the sorting of stacks in the overview. The files can be arranged by different criteria such as Year or Folder.
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Drop-down menu
Show
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Filters the groups by different criteria (e.g. shows only favorites).
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Slider
Zoom
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Zooms into or out of the browsing view.
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Input field
Search
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Uses key word search to search for file names, artists, albums and titles. Results will be displayed in detailed browsing view. The sorting criteria will be the artist.
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The following setting options are available on the lower task bar:
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Button
Stop
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Stopps playback.
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Button
Rewind/Fast forward
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Rewinds/fast forwards the playing item.
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Button
Skip back/Skip to next track
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Skips to the next/previous track.
If you click the respective button when the last (first) track of an album comes to an end, the playback of the next (previous) album will be started.
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Button
Play/Pause
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Starts/pauses play back of selected items or albums.
If you click the button in the stack view with a stack selected, the detailed browsing view will be displayed, and the first item will start playing automatically.
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Button
Turn random playback on/off
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Plays selected items or an album in a random sequence.
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Button
Repeats the current playback or a complete playlist
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Plays the currently played item, selection, album or playlist again.
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Button
Volume
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Adjusts the volume. Activating the additional Mute button below the slider mutes the background music.
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Button
Burn music disc
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Displays the Publish screen in which you can collect single items, preselections or playlists and burn those.
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Button
Create music playlist
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Creates a playlist from selected items. A window is opened, which asks you to enter a name for your new playlist. A new entry is added to the Playlists area of the navigation tree.
You can simply drag selected items, albums or whole stacks to any playlist in the navigation tree.
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Button
Additional functionalities
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Displays more features.
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The following entries are available in the additional functionalities pop-up menu:
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Add to Favorites
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Adds a star icon to the lower right corner of selected items or whole stacks.
The rating may be useful in organization if you use the Show drop-down menu (sorting setting options) and display your favorites only.
You can remove items or stacks from your list of favorites again. When a favorite item is selected, the entry in the additional functionalities pop-up menu changes to Remove from Favorites. To remove an item or stack from your list of favorites, click this entry.
At least one item or stack must be selected.
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Copy To
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Opens the Copy Selected Files to window. Here you can choose a target device to copy the selected files to.
At least one item must be selected.
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Get Song Information
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Opens the Get Meta Data window.
With Gracenote MusicID Nero Mobile Sync can identify music files out of any sort of audio compilation. So called metadata such as artist, title, and genre are accessed from the Gracenote Media Database and displayed in Nero Mobile Sync. The identified metadata is written to the music file(s) and is then available. In this way your music collection is correctly tagged with all information. This is particularly useful when audio files are not named or are only partially named.
Click the Apply button in the lower right of the window to synchronize the found data to your file(s).
At least one item must be selected.
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Edit Song Information
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Opens the Get Meta Data window.
You can edit metadata – like add missing data into the input fields. Click the Apply button in the lower right of the window to synchronize the data to your file(s). The metadata is sent to Gracenote and added into the database.
At least one item must be selected.
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Show Media Info
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Opens the Media Info pop-up area that shows information about the metadata of the selected item. If available, you can see details like artist, title or duration.
The Media Info pop-up area stays open in the lower left of the window. The entry in the additional functionalities pop-up menu changes to Hide Media Info. To close or hide the pop-up area, choose this entry.
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Open With Windows Explorer
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Opens a Windows Explorer window that shows the respective browser path to the directory in which the selected item is stored on your computer.
At least one item must be selected.
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Delete
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Deletes an item or a whole stack from Nero Mobile Sync and from its folder on your computer.
At least one item or stack must be selected.
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Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote®. Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery. For more information, please visit www.gracenote.com.
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