Revision as of 10:34, 20 December 2010

Media Devices

Introduction

How to use Amarok to play music from 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 up with a list of all available media devices. Click on the connect icon to access your device.

Play Music from the Media Device

Amarok will take anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or more, to scan the device for music tracks. Until then the vfat volume will show 0 tracks.

After the scan, Amarok will display all the music tracks available in the Media Device, which you can then move to the Playlist to play them.

Managing the Media

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

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 | '''Menu Item''' || '''Description'''
 |-
-| Add to playlist || Adds all the tracks from the media to the current playlist.
+| <menuchoice>Add to playlist</menuchoice> || Adds all the selected tracks from the media device to the current '''Amarok''' playlist.
 |-
-| Replace the playlist || Clears the current playlist and adds all the tracks the from the media device.
+| <menuchoice>Replace the playlist</menuchoice> || Clears the current '''Amarok''' playlist and adds instead all the selected tracks from the media device.
 |-
-| Edit track details || Opens a dialog box to edit details of all the tracks from the media device.
+| <menuchoice>Edit track details</menuchoice> || Opens a dialog box to edit details of the selected tracks from the media device.
 |-
-| Disconnect Device || Disconnects the device from the computer.
+| <menuchoice>Disconnect Device</menuchoice> || 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.
+| <menuchoice>Copy to collection</menuchoice> || Copy all the selected tracks to the 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.
+| <menuchoice>Move to collection</menuchoice> || Move all the selected tracks to the Local collection or to any other media devices connected.
 |-
-| Delete tracks || Deletes all the tracks from the media device.
+| <menuchoice>Delete tracks</menuchoice> || Deletes all the selected tracks from the media device.
 |}