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 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.

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

Note: RealOne Music clips (identified by the icon next to their name) are stored in a special category of My Library. Access your RealOne Music clips by selecting RealOne Music from the Show me drop-down menu, or by selecting the group 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.

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 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 them wherever you wish among the default 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 will generate for you, 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 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

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. Therefore, 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

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