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Media Devices

Introduction

This page describes how to use amarok to play music from various media devices such as MTP devices, Apple ipods, and generic devices.

Connecting Media Devices

Connect your media device using the USB data cable. The device notifier applet will automatically pop out with list of all available media devices. Click on the "connect" icon to access your device.

Play Music from the Media Device

Amarok will rake a few seconds to scan the device for music track. Till then the vfat volume will show 0 tracks.

After the scan, Amarok will display all the music tracks available in the Media Device

Managing the Media

Menu Item	Description	Shortcut
Add to playlist	Adds all the tracks from the media to the current playlist.
Replace the playlist	Clears the current playlist and adds all the tracks the from the media device.
Edit track details	Opens a dialog box to edit details of all the tracks from the media device.
Disconnect Device	Disconnects the device from the computer
Copy to collection	Allows one to copy all the tracks to Local collection or to any other media devices connected.
Move to collection	Allows one to move all the tracks to Local collection or to any other media devices connected.
Delete tracks	Deletes all the tracks from the media device

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 After the scan, Amarok will display all the music tracks available in the Media Device
-== Changing Cover Art ==
-[[File:Amarok_cover_manager_newcover.png|300px|right]]
-If there is an album with an incorrect cover, you can fetch new one from the Internet. Right-click on the cover and select <menuchoice>Fetch Cover</menuchoice>. A dialog window for finding a new cover will open. Amarok automatically tries find the correct album art by searching with artist name and album name. Usually that works very well as with the example and you will most likely see a correct cover on results as in the example. If no correct cover is found, you can try to enter a custom search phrase or change the source of images by clicking on <menuchoice>Configure...</menuchoice> You can select where to search, including Last.fm, Google Images, Yahoo! Image Search or Discogs. After finding a cover for album, just click <menuchoice>OK</menuchoice> and changes will apply.
-Alternatively you can use a image from your hard drive. If you want to store the image in the Album folder, title it cover.jpg or cover.png for best results. As before, right-click on the incorrect image and click on <menuchoice>Set Custom Cover</menuchoice>.
-If you don't like the cover art at all, you can unset it by right-clicking on the image and selecting <menuchoice>Unset Cover</menuchoice>.
-{{Tip|You can find this menu without Cover Manager too. Just right-click on the album or song from your playlist or collection and hover the <menuchoice>Album</menuchoice> section.}}
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+== Managing the Media ==
+[[File:Amarok-managing-media.png|400px|left]]
+{| border="1" cellpadding="5"
+| '''Menu Item''' || '''Description''' || '''Shortcut'''
+|-
+| Add to playlist || Adds all the tracks from the media to the current playlist.
+|-
+| Replace the playlist || Clears the current playlist and adds all the tracks the from the media device.
+|-
+| Edit track details || Opens a dialog box to edit details of all the tracks from the media device.
+|-
+| Disconnect Device || Disconnects the device from the computer
+|-
+| Copy to collection || Allows one to copy all the tracks to Local collection or to any other media devices connected.
+|-
+| Move to collection || Allows one to move all the tracks to Local collection or to any other media devices connected.
+|-
+| Delete tracks || Deletes all the tracks from the media device
+|}
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