E19
Operation - The Desktop Client Inter face
8.10 Simple and Advanced Search
The search tools of the Music Library page enable music
files to be located for immediate playback or for addition
to a playlist.
The simple
Search
tool illustrated in
Diagram 8.3
enables
searches to be carried out of either albums and artists or
individual tracks. It is not necessary to type a full name or
title in the search entry field although the more detail that
is entered, the more fruitful a search is likely to be.
After entering the search text in the entry field and
selecting either
Albums/Artists
or
Tracks Only
click on
the
Go
button to initiate the search. The search results
will be listed in the right
hand Music Library page
window. Double click
on an item to play it
immediately.
The
Advanced Search
tool enables a finely
targeted search of music
files to be performed.
To begin an advanced
search click on the
Advanced Search
button.
A text entry window will
open as illustrated in
Diagram 8.11
.
The advanced search text
entry window enables two sets of search rules that can
be configured to search for an
album
,
artist
,
track
,
genre
,
composer
,
performer
or
conductor
. Each rule can also
be constrained to
contain
,
begin with
,
match exactly
,
not
contain
or
not match exactly
the search text.
A search can also be constrained to match
all
or
any
of
the search rules and carefully configuring the search rules
should enable any specific music file to be found quickly.
For example, if a music library contained numerous
Beethoven symphonies, but only versions conducted by
Leonard Bernstein were required for playback, a search
set up as illustrated in
Diagram 8.12
would quickly find the
appropriate music.
8.11 Advanced Search
8.12 beethoven Search
