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    A typical file browser that helps you add music to your collection or simply play it from your hard drive.
    A typical file browser that helps you add music to your collection or simply play it from your hard drive.
    TODO: Please write about search/filtering, and how to navigate in the browser.


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    Revision as of 06:21, 22 December 2010

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    The Media Sources Pane

    Overview

    The Media Sources pane on the left is the place where you access your local collection as well as other services: Local Music on top, which is the primary interface to your local collection and connected media such as mp3 players and CDs. There is a section for all Internet Services that you have enabled. Here, you can browse listings of radio stations and podcasts; listen/subscribe to them, interact with your last.fm account, purchase music from online stores such as Magnatune and download independent artists' music from Jamendo and more. The Playlists section allows you to create and manage Dynamic Playlists, access your Saved Playlists as well as the Automatic Playlist Generator. The Files section displays an integrated file browser and the Podcasts section offers you access to your podcast subscriptions.

    Menu Interface

    The navigation menu is composed of several folders; a filter bar, a bookmark button and a navigation bar.

    The Filter Bar

    TODO

    Bookmarks

    TODO

    Local Music

    Displays the music from your default collection folder, sorted as specified.

    Change the sorting criteria using the following menu:

    Menu Item Description
    Artist/Album Shows the collection sorted artists and album names. If two entries have the same artist they will be sorted by album.
    Genre/Artist Shows the collection sorted by genre and artist. If two entries have the same artist they will be sorted by album.
    Genre/Artist/Album Shows the collection sorted by genre, artist and album. If two entries have the same artist they will be sorted by album.
    Levels Designate the window cascade order of your elements.
    Show Years Check if you want years to be displayed.
    Show Track Numbers Check if you want track numbers to be displayed.
    Show Cover Art Check if you want cover art to be displayed.

    Internet

    Shows your internet collection, added and configured in Settings -> Configure Amarok... -> Internet Services. More here about configuring Internet Services. There are a few scripts which add Internet Services; see the Script Manager section for more information.

    Menu Item Description
    Cool Streams Lists quality radio streams.
    Jamendo Connects with Jamendo, a growing free music database.
    Last.fm Connects with Last.fm; embedding the site experience in Amarok.
    Librivox.org Connects with Librivox an extensive collection of free audio books.
    Magnatude.com Connects with Magnatune a great online music store.
    Podcast Directory Shows a large list of podcasts. If you choose to subscribe, the podcast menu will be automatically updated.

    Playlist

    Media Sources Playlists menu:

    Menu Item Description
    Dynamic Playlists Dynamically updating parameter-based playlist; more on this here.
    Saved Playlists Saved and imported playlists; more on this here.
    Automated PLaylist Generator Creates playlists by specific criteria; more on this here.

    Files

    A typical file browser that helps you add music to your collection or simply play it from your hard drive.

    TODO: Please write about search/filtering, and how to navigate in the browser.

    Podcasts

    Lists your subscribed podcasts, you can listen, organize, add, import or unsubscribe podcasts.

    Menu Item Description
    Add Podcast Add a podcast URL: RSS 1.0/2.0 or Atom feed.
    Add Folder Add a folder to the podcast navigation menu.
    Visible Sources Selects what category of podcasts you can view.
    Merged View Displays the podcasts in a merged or unmerged view.
    Update All Checks all podcasts for updates and downloads any available.
    Import OPML Imports an OPML file from your hard drive.