Using My Library

My Library is a database that 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 the features in My Library to sort, search, play, and organize all your media collection.

You can save the following media in My Library:

• Audio or video you download from the Internet
  

• Audio or video already on your hard drive
  
• Music you save from CDs
  
• Hyperlinks to streaming media on the Internet

Note:

RealOne Music clips are stored in a special catagory of your My Library. You can access your RealOne Music clips by selecting RealOne Music from the Show me drop-down menu, or from the list of catagorys in the Clip Organizer. (You can identify RealOne Music in My Library by the icon next to the name.)

When you import media to My Library, what you are doing is creating a media clip that remembers the location of the media file or Web link, 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 clip shortcuts. Likewise, when you delete a media clip from My Library, you only delete the clip and the clip info; the associated media file or link is not affected.

Organizing Clips

By default, RealOne Player will organize saved clips in the following Media Groups:

	Audio	Video
	By Artist By Album By Genre By Artist and by Album	Genre

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. See Clip Info for details.

Because clips are only pointers 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 then wherever you wish among the the default Media Groups. (For details on moving clips see Clip Organizer.)

Organizing Clips as Playlists

Playlists are nothing more than lists of clips to be played. By creating Playlists, you can create virtual albums. There are three basic ways to create Playlists:

• Create New Playlist
  

• Create New Playlist Folder
  
• Save Now Playing list as Playlist
  
• Create Auto Playlist

Sorting Through Your Clips

There are several tools in My Library that you can use to sort, search, and display your clips.

• Show Me
  

• Organizer
  
• Search My Library

Playing Your Clips

While the clips are saved and organized on your computer, the media files they point to may be local, on a LAN, 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. Therefore, playback will be limited by file availability and/or Internet connection.

• Playing Individual Clips
  

• Playing Playlists & Auto Playlists
  
• Equalizer
  
• Crossfade

See Also:

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