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The MediaBay
The Filters section
3. Click in the leftmost field, to open the Select Filter Attributes dialog.
The dialog shows an alphabetical list of file attributes you can choose from. At the
top of the list, the MediaBay maintains an automatically generated list of the last 5
attributes selected during previous searches.
4. Select the attribute(s) you want to use, and click OK.
• Note that you can select more than one attribute. This creates an OR condition:
the files found will match either one or the other attribute.
5. Click OK to set the attribute(s) to search for.
6. On the Condition pop-up menu next to the Attribute pop-up menu, select the
desired option.
The following options are available:
7. Enter the text or number you are looking for in the field to the right.
The Results list is automatically updated, showing only the files that correspond to
your search conditions.
Ö For all conditions except “range”, you can enter more than one string in the text field
(separate the different search strings with a space). These strings form an AND
condition, i.
e. the files that are found will match all the strings entered in the field.
• To add another filter line, click the “+” button to the right of the text field.
This way, you can add up to seven filter lines in which you can define further
search conditions. Note that two or more filter lines form an AND condition, i.
e. the
files searched for must match the conditions defined in all filter lines. Click the “-”
button for a filter line to remove it.
• To reset all search fields to their default settings, click the Reset Filter button in the
top right corner of the Filters section.
Option Description
contains The search result must contain the text or number specified in the text field to
the right.
omits The search result must not contain the text or number specified in the text
field to the right.
equals The search result must correspond exactly to the text or number specified in
the text field to the right, including any file extension. Text searches are not
case-sensitive.
>= The search result must be higher than or equal to the number specified in the
field to the right.
<= The search result must be lower than or equal to the number specified in the
field to the right.
is empty Use this option to find files for which certain attributes have not been
specified yet.
matches The search result must include the text or number entered in the text field to
the right. You can also use boolean operators. This allows for a very
advanced text search, see
“Performing a text search” on page 401.
range When “range” is selected, you can specify a lower and an upper limit for the
search result in the fields to the right.