BLACK
BOX
PLAYER
- User Manual v 3.1
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After ‘unlocking’ playback mode, as well as the option of the Playback
Manager menu appearing in the MAIN MENU, there will also be new options
available in the Song Select menu.
BlackBox Player - In Use
So, we now assume that you have created your audio files and named them
correctly (see page 9). The files have been copied into correctly named
folders on your USB2 drive (see page 11). You have also created a Playlist file
(see page 12), decided upon the control mechanism that you intend to use
for the show (see page 15) and you’ve wired the audio outputs into your
console or amplifiers (see page 19). So now we just need to go through the
operational issues and screens.
Default Playlist
A Playlist file called “Playlist default.txt” in the root folder will load
automatically on power up or inserting the disk. Other playlist files can be
selected by entering the Playback Manage... menu and choosing “Select
Playlist”. This will list all the playlist files that the BlackBox finds in the root
folder of the drive and you can scroll up and down and select the relevant
file. Note that only files named with the
“Playlist xxxxxxxxx.txt” convention will be
listed (see Page 12).
Having selected the Playlist file, the
BlackBox will display all the songs in that
file in the View Playlist screen, in the order
that they will be played back. The top line
of the View Playlist screen shows the folder where the Playlist file has
instructed the BlackBox Player to find the audio file for each cue.
