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April 12, 2001
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Listening to Music Files
To scan your hard drive for supported music files and add them to the music finder database:
1.
Click the
Scan hard drive for music…
button. The dialog box shown in Figure 27 opens.
2.
Select the types of music files to include in your search. You can select MP3 or WAV. By
default, only MP3 is selected.
3.
Specify the minimum file length. When importing files, you may want to exclude short
files containing operating system or game sounds. By default, the search process ignores
files less than 20 seconds long.
4.
Specify the folders or directories to search. Use the
Add Folder
,
Edit Folder
, and
Delete
Folder
buttons to edit the list. Use the check boxes to the left of the directory names to
temporarily select/unselect folders.
5.
Click the
Search
button. A progress dialog box pops up to keep you informed of the
search status. When finished, the progress box displays the number of files found and
the number added to the music finder database. You may notice that not all files found
were added to the music finder database. This can happen if the file already exists in the
database or if the file length is less than the specified minimum.
Figure 27
Search files dialog box
