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Control Web/Mac/PC Guide

•  Play Album Picks Next (Albums). Insert the album’s best tracks into the Playlist after the 

current track.

•  Play Album Picks Now (Albums). Insert the album’s best tracks into the Playlist after the 

current track and begin playing them immediately.

•  Replace Playlist (Playlists). Replace the current Playlist with the contents of the selected 

Playlist.

•  Append to Playlist (Playlists). Add the contents of the selected Playlist to the end of the 

current Playlist.

•  Delete  (Playlists  and  Tags).  Delete  the  Playlist  or  Tag.  (This  does  not  delete  the  music 

associated with the Playlist or Tag from the system, only the listing.)

•  Swim  (Tags,  Genres,  and  Decades).  Automatically  choose  and  play  music  from  albums 

associated with the selected Tag, Genre, or Decade.

Working the Playlist

Along the bottom of the Playlist window in the middle of the screen are six control buttons:

•  Shuffle. Clicking this button toggles Shuffle on or off. When it is on, the tracks in the Playlist 

play in random order.

•  Loop. Clicking this button toggles Looping on or off. When it is on, the Playlist will repeat 

instead of stopping at the end. If you check both Loop and Shuffle, all songs in the Playlist will 
play before it starts over (in a new order).

•  Remove. Clicking this button pops up a menu with options for removing played tracks from 

the Playlist or all tracks from the Playlist. If you have highlighted any tracks with your mouse, 
you will also have an option to remove the selected tracks. (If a song is playing, you must stop 
it before you can remove it.)

•  Down/Up. Moves a highlighted track (or group of tracks) down or up in the Playlist.
•  Deselect. Clears highlighting of any previously selected tracks.

You can jump directly to any track in the playlist by double-clicking it.

Editing Album Metadata

The system stores metadata for each album, normally downloaded from the Sooloos Metadata 

Service. It contains a variety of information, including track titles, artist credits, genres, record 

label, rating, and so forth. You can modify that data or enter your own.

The edit-metadata function launches from the Album Details window. Click the Play tab to enter 

the music manager and use the browsing pane at the bottom of the screen to locate the album 
you want to work on (see “Music Selection and Playlist Creation,” page 5). Then click the 

 

button at the right of the album name and choose Show Album Details in the pop-up window 
to bring up the Album Details window:

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Страница 1: ...Control Web Mac PC User Guide...

Страница 2: ...eridian Sooloos Control Web Mac PC User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS What is Control Web PC Mac 3 Getting Started 3 Playback Information and Controls 4 Music Selection and Playlist Creation 5 Editing Album...

Страница 3: ...heck system and library status Turn any computer into a local playback zone for all of your music Although many of these features are available directly on the system some such as metadata editing are...

Страница 4: ...networked external hard drive If Control Web PC or Mac fails to run the most likely reason is a network problem since it must communicate intensively with the Sooloos system in order to function If yo...

Страница 5: ...o have the option of Local Playback Zone Selecting this zone will route sound to the speakers of the computer you are using to access the system Music Selection and Playlist Creation The applications...

Страница 6: ...gain to open a fifth with a list of songs on that album If you need to get back to a now hidden window click the single left arrow at the bottom left of the screen to scroll back one window or the dou...

Страница 7: ...ylist will repeat instead of stopping at the end If you check both Loop and Shuffle all songs in the Playlist will play before it starts over in a new order Remove Clicking this button pops up a menu...

Страница 8: ...ner closes the window The metadata is organized into eight sub pages selected by clicking the tabs along the top Important Note All changes are provisional until you click the Save button at the botto...

Страница 9: ...ers track titles and Track Pick ratings Track times are also listed but are not alterable Remember that all changes are provisional until you click the Save button at the bottom of the window to make...

Страница 10: ...ready associated with the album on the right Clicking the button next to a genre listing expands to a listing of all its subgenres and clicking the button next to a subgenre listing expands to a listi...

Страница 11: ...the list and click the button to expand to a list of subgenres Highlight the new style s subgenre with your mouse Then type the new style s name in the field at the bottom of the window and click the...

Страница 12: ...ove a credit just click the button to its right Moods The Moods tab switches the panel to a list of moods which you select or deselect by clicking the checkboxes next to them Labels Clicking the Label...

Страница 13: ...dow to make them permanent Tapping the X in the upper right corner closes the window and cancels any unsaved changes Any Tag in the list already associated with the album will have a checkmark in the...

Страница 14: ...nt to remove the album from the system Clicking OK at this point deletes the album the only way to recover it after that is to reimport it Clicking Cancel returns you to Album Details Clicking the X i...

Страница 15: ...prove albums with complete metadata If the system locates full metadata for the album on the Sooloos servers it imports the CD without requesting confirmation Prefer local metadata over Sooloos Metada...

Страница 16: ...from a CD in the background as soon as it recognizes it so the progress window may come up indicating some portion of the transfer is already complete Each CD you import displays as a separate transfe...

Страница 17: ...ingly apply the downloaded metadata and prompt you to evaluate and approve them Clicking the Approve button will import the files and their metadata to the system as an album If you disagree with the...

Страница 18: ...uldn t be assembling the album manually to begin with So you usually will want to click the Edit button to open the Edit Album Information window and enter metadata At the very least you re going to w...

Страница 19: ...adata as an album the Edit button to open the Edit Album Information window see Editing Album Metadata page 7 or the Unalbumize button to dissolve the album and re list its contents in the Loose Files...

Страница 20: ...music to iTunes either as links or as files Exporting links requires no storage on your computer but the music is accessible through iTunes only when the Sooloos system is running Exporting the files...

Страница 21: ...to it If you have iTunes open make sure it is not in the iTunes Store then minimize it before starting the export Begin the export by clicking the Export Music to iTunes Library button on the Sooloos...

Страница 22: ...your computer Begin by clicking the Open Sooloos Volume button on the Export page This will open a Finder window on a Macintosh or a Windows Explorer window in the S drive which is how your Sooloos S...

Страница 23: ...network as well as restore previously backed up data from a hard drive to a Sooloos system Start by clicking the Backup tab which will bring up screen with two buttons Backup Start a backup by clicki...

Страница 24: ...ce you ve finished your selection click the Run Backup button at the window s bottom right to begin copying the files The window will close and the backup will proceed in the background To go back to...

Страница 25: ...are any of those you don t want to restore click on their boxes to uncheck them You may also click unchecked boxes to include items not pre selected but this will result in the backup files overwriti...

Страница 26: ...ate Use the dropdown to adjust the data rate of music sent from the Sooloos system for playback on the computer speakers from 64 to 192 kilobits per second kbps In most cases there will be no reason t...

Страница 27: ...ack to track preventing abrupt volume changes To ensure best sound quality Sooloos applies an intelligent volume adjustment at the start of each album or song rather than compression Click the radio b...

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