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Setting Media Library options

Use the Media Library tab to set options for automatically adding purchased music to Media Library, permanently delete digital media files from your computer, and specify whether if and how media information is automatically downloaded to your computer.

To access the Media Library tab

The following options are listed on the Media Library tab:

Monitor Folders

Click to specify which folders you want the Player to monitor the changes to digital media files. Changes include files being added, deleted, moved, or renamed. The changes to the digital media files in the monitored folders are reflected in Media Library immediately.

Audio files: number KB

Provides a space for you to type the smallest size of audio files that you want added to Media Library. Audio files that are smaller than the limit you specify are skipped.

Video files number KB

Provides a space for you to type the smallest size of video files that you want added to Media Library. Video files that are smaller than the limit you specify are skipped.

Automatically add purchased music to my library

Specifies whether to add licensed audio files that you download from the Internet to Media Library. The default setting is to add these files to Media Library, which keeps you from having to add them to Media Library later.

Delete item from your computer when deleted from Media Libary

Specifies that any file that you delete from your Media Library are also deleted from your computer.

Only add missing information

Adds missing media information for music files, if the information is available.

Overwrite existing information

Replaces and updates media information for all music files, if the information is available.

Find media information for music copied with another program

Adds media information for other types of music files that you may have obtained from the Web or from someone else.

Rename and rearrange music using media information

Renames and rearranges music files based the on media information for the files and then automatically reorganizes the music files in Media Library based on the media information.

Only after downloading updated media information

Renames and rearranges music files if updated media information is obtained.

Use updated or existing media information

Renames and rearranges music files using existing and updated media information.


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