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Importing Files to your Audio Server

Double click on the folder entitled

Import

. An

empty folder window will be displayed.

To Import Music Files

Navigate to the location of the music files on your

computer.

Use your mouse to select the files you wish to

import and drag them into the

Import

window.

The files will appear briefly in the

Import

window but

after a few seconds will disappear. These files should

now be accessible in the

Library

of your Audio Server.

Note:

The currently supported audio file types for

import are

WAV

WMA

and

MP3

(WMA Lossless and

DRM protected files are not supported). Any files of

an unsupported type that are dropped into the

Import

folder will not be imported.

To Import Cover Art Files

Navigate to the location of the cover art files on

your computer.

Use your mouse to select the files you wish to

import and drag them into the

Import

window.

The files will appear briefly in the

Import

window but

after a few seconds will disappear. These files will now

be available when selecting cover art for an album in the

Library

Note:

The currently supported image file types are

BMP

and

JPEG

. Files will be resized automatically. Any files of

an unsupported type that are dropped into the

Import

folder will not be imported.

Exporting Files from your Audio Server

Double click on the folder entitled

MusicShare

. A

folder window will be displayed containing a folder
for each artist present in the

Library

of your Audio

Server.

Double click on the folder for an artist. A folder
window will be displayed containing a folder for
each album by the chosen artist present in the

Library

Double click on the folder for an album. A folder
window will be displayed containing all the tracks

within the album and a JPEG file containing the

cover art for the album.

You now have read only access to these files and can

drag and drop them to a location on your PC. You are
now also able to copy music from your Audio Server
directly to your portable player.

Transferring Music to your Portable Player
using iTunes

The iTunes Media Player application is specifically

designed to simplify the process of synchronizing your
music collection with an iPod portable player. Support
for other devices is limited; you should check that
your portable player is compatible before using this
application. iTunes version 4.6 or later is required.

The

Library

source in iTunes shows all media files stored

on the local hard disk as well as media which has been
added from other network drives. You can add the
music collection from your Audio Server to the

Library

follows:

Select the

Preferences

option. This can be found

under the

Edit

menu on the Windows edition of

iTunes and under the

iTunes

menu on the Macintosh

version.
Select the

Advanced

tab.

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Ensure that the option labelled

Copy files to iTunes

Music folder when adding to library

is unchecked.

Click the

button to confirm any changes.

Making sure you have

Library

displayed in iTunes,

navigate to your Audio Server on the network.
Select the music you wish to transfer; you can
transfer entire albums, or all the music by a
particular artist, by dragging the relevant folder
into the iTunes

Library

and releasing the mouse

button. To transfer the entire contents of your

Library

, drag the folder entitled

Albums By Artist

into the

iTunes

Library.

Note

: the import process may take some time depending

on the number of albums and the speed of your
computer.

Once the iTunes

Library

source has been updated with

the music from your Audio Server you can you can
update your iPod as follows:

Connect your iPod in the normal way.
Click the

Browse

button in the top right-hand

corner of the iTunes window.
Drag any item from the

Genre

Artist

Album

lists

onto the iPod icon in the

Source

area.

The transfer process will begin shortly afterwards.

Updating the iTunes Library

If you have removed music from your Audio Server or
edited the names of any items in the library you will
need to update the iTunes

Library

to remove any broken

links. To do this, you should first delete all the Audio

Server albums from the iTunes

Library

as follows:

Select the

View Options

item from the

Edit

menu.

Check the

Grouping

option, then click the

button to confirm your changes.

In the iTunes

Library

click the new

Grouping

column

heading. The tracks located on your Audio Server
hard disk will be grouped together using the label
<-

Audio Server_NAME

(e.g. <-

XantechXMUSIC-

1234

Click on the first track in the list with this grouping

label then, holding down the

Shift

key, click the last

track.
Press the

Delete

key to remove these tracks from

the iTunes

Library

Click

Yes

to confirm your choice.

Repeat the import process described above to add back
the Audio Server information.

Note

: iTunes does not support WMA files.

Transferring Music to your Portable Player
using Windows Media Player

It is also possible to use Windows Media Player to
transfer music from your Audio Server to your portable
device.

Firstly, make sure you can navigate to your Audio
Server and view the music in your

MusicShare

folder.
Display the

File

drop down menu and select

Add

to Library

, followed by

Add Folder.

In the Explorer

window that appears navigate to your Audio Server
on the network and select the music you wish to
transfer; you can transfer entire albums, or all the
music by a particular artist by selecting the relevant
folder and clicking

. To transfer the entire

contents of your

Libra

, select the folder entitled

MusicShare.

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