Operation Manual

MUSIC JUKEBOX - Continued
Root of Collection
The 'Root' of the music collection is the folder that will be scanned and
linked to the Favourites Page The music collection 'Root' will contain the
Tracklist.xml (if used), Music.db and m3u files eg
Music Collection <------------------ Root Folder
Music Collection/Music Folder1
Music Collection/Music Folder2
Music Collection/Music Folder3 etc
Music Collection/TrackList.xml
Music Collection/Music.db
Music Collection/Playlist1.m3u
Music Collection/Playlist2.m3u etc
Music Box Sets / Double Albums
For Music Box Sets or Double Albums you have two options
a) Different 'Album' name for each CD (each CD in their own folder)
b) Same 'Album' name for all tracks (tracks for all Albums in one folder) & insert a prefix in the 'Filename' for
each CD eg 1- xxxxxx 2- xxxxx for the sorting order.
Album Artist Field
To avoid the database mixing up the same Album name by different Artists we suggest you use the 'AlbumArtist'
tag Another advantage of using the 'Albumartist' tag is that the Artist will be displayed after the Album name on
the 'All' page and any Album based page.
Mixed Artist in a Album
For mixed Artists in a Album you must add 'Various' (or whatever name you want) to the 'AlbumArtist' tag for
each track. If you do not then each Track will become a Album
Embedded Album Art
IMPORTANT: If you are using embedded art it should be optimized otherwise the V2 GUI can be very slow.
We suggest you use Tagscanner to Batch your collection
A) Open Tagscanner Setup and Select the TAG's option and change the settings as foll
1. Coverart Filename -----> folder
2. Custom size of covers --------> 230 x230 Quality 85%
B) On the Tagscanner GUI select the custom image option and it will display 230x230(Custom)
C) Scan your collection with Tagscanner and select all the files and select 'Save' and Tagscanner will resize all
the embedded images.
The preferred method is to use a image named folder.jpg in each folder. The folder.jpg will take priority over
embedded art and will also show on the Screensaver. Ideal image size is 230 x 230 pixels at 72 dpi in jpg
format saved with compression setting of 85%.
For batch processing we suggest a free program Fastone Photo Resizer and for normal image manipulation,
correcting aspect ratios. cropping and resizing of the folder.jpg we suggest a free program called Photoscape
Suggested 'Filename' naming convention
We suggest you use the following 'Filename' naming convention (This is not compulsory but suggested)
a) Normal Albums %track%-%title% b) Double Albums/Box Sets 1-%track%-%title% 2-%track%-%title%
You can use Tagscanner 'Music Renamer' function to do this. Note you must firstly make sure that all the Tag
Info is updated and correct before you do the Filename renaming.
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