C
HAPTER
4. B
ROWSING AND PLAYING
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4.2.4. Using the Database
Once the database has been initialized, you can browse your music by Artist, Album,
Genre, Song Name, etc. To use the database, go to the M
AIN
M
ENU
and select D
ATABASE
.
Note:
You may need to increase the value of the M
AX FILES IN DIR BROWSER
setting
b
(S
ETTINGS
→
G
ENERAL
S
ETTINGS
→
S
YSTEM
→
L
IMITS
) in order to view long lists of
tracks in the ID3 database browser.
There is no option to turn off database completely. If you do not want to use it just
do not do the initial build of the database and do not load it to RAM.
Tag
Type
Origin
filename
string
system
album
string
id tag
albumartist
string
id tag
artist
string
id tag
comment
string
id tag
composer
string
id tag
genre
string
id tag
grouping
string
id tag
title
string
id tag
bitrate
numeric
id tag
discnum
numeric
id tag
year
numeric
id tag
tracknum
numeric
id tag/filename
autoscore
numeric
runtime db
lastplayed
numeric
runtime db
playcount
numeric
runtime db
Pm (play time -
min)
numeric
runtime db
Ps (play time - sec)
numeric
runtime db
rating
numeric
runtime db
commitid
numeric
system
entryage
numeric
system
length
numeric
system
Lm (track len -
min)
numeric
system
Ls (track len - sec)
numeric
system
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