Using My Library

My Library helps you catalogue and organize audio, video and other media, such as links to streaming media on the Web, and audio and video files stored on your hard drive. Use My Library to sort, search, play, and organize all your media collection.

You can add the following media to My Library:

• Audio or Video you download from the Internet.

• Audio or Video already on your hard drive.

• Music you save from CDs.

• Web links, or shortcuts, for streaming media on the Internet.

Note: RealOne Music clips (identified by the icon next to their name) are grouped in a special category of My Library. Access your RealOne Music clips by selecting the RealOne Music group (available after you install RealOne MusicPass) in the Clip Organizer.

When you import media to My Library, what you are doing is creating a shortcut called a "clip." Clips remember the location of the media files or Web links they are associated with as well as information about the media content (see Clip Info for details). As you organize these clips, the media files are not moved, you are only moving the clips. Likewise, when you delete a clip from My Library, you only delete the clip and the clip info; the associated media file on your hard disk is not affected, unless you want it to be.

Organizing Clips

By default , RealOne Player will organize saved clips in the following Media Groups based on the information in Clip Info:

Note: The Artist, Album, and Genre information that is used by the RealOne Player to display the clips can be modified, along with most of the rest of the Clip Info for each clip.

Because clips are only shortcuts to the media file, you can have multiple clips pointing to the same media file. So you can make multiple copies of clips; and in the process you can rename them, change their categories (such as Genre, or Artist, or Album), and move them wherever you wish among the available Media Groups. (For details on moving clips see Clip Organizer.)

Organizing Clips as Playlists

A playlist is nothing more than a list of clips to be played. You can think of a playlist as a virtual album, mixed the way you want it. Playlists are saved in My Library in their own group and you can create, edit, and delete them at any time. You can also create AutoPlaylists that RealOne Player generates you, and that you can remix at the click of your mouse.

To learn more about creating and organizing Playlists, see the following topics:

• Creating Playlist

• Create Playlist Folders

• Save Now Playing list as Playlist

• Create AutoPlaylist

Sorting Through Your Clips

There are a some tools in My Library that you can use to sort, search, and display your clips:

• Organizer

• Search My Library

Command Bar

Not all Command bar options are always available. Which options are available depends on what you have currently selected in the Organizer or in the main area of My Library.

Playing Your Clips

Although the clips you create are saved and organized on your computer, the media files they point to can be on your computer,  on a LAN (network), or on the Internet. When you play a clip, you are instructing the RealOne Player to play the media file that the clip points to. Because of this, playback will be limited by file availability and/or your Internet connection. In addition, there are several RealOne Player features that can modify your playback. For more detailed information about these features and about playing your clips, see the following topics:

• Playing Individual Clips

• Playing Playlists & Auto Playlists

• Equalizer

• Crossfade

• TurboPlay

See Also

Burning CDs
Import Media Files
Clip Organizer
Edit Clip Info
Delete Clips & Playlists
Convert Media Format
Portable Devices/Storage
Edit Menu
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