Mp3 Control Help File

-How to

-Add files to your database
-Edit ID3 Tags
-Find Album Covers or Artist/Album info
-Rename Files
-Play files in your favourite player
-Export grid to various formats (Html,Txt...)
-Export disk info
-Add and Use Playlists

-How to

-Add files to your database

Just press F8 or on the MainMenu select EDIT, Scan / Add audio files.
Select the directory to scan, and the program will found any .mp3 file
in the selected dir (or in any subdirectory of it). After that you will be
able to select files to add to Database from the found using one of this
3 duplicates controls :
- Dont check for duplicates
- Dont insert files with same Path+Filename
- Dont insert files with same Filename

Finally Database will be updated with new file informations.
 

-Edit ID3 Tags

Select files to change from the grid. Then right click over them
and select Edit ID3 Tags. You will be able with Lock icon to
lock fields for next files. With this funcion you will be able to
change a lot of Files writing fields just once.
Warning! Files will be displayed in the same order of the grid.
So if you need to Edit tags in a specific order sort the grid
before doing that.

-Find Album Covers or Artist/Album info

Select one of the files of the Artist/Album you are looking for
(or select it on the Navigation tree) then with Right click over it select
one of the Search The Web options.
If you download any Cover image, save it where you want and
after that update Cover Path with the Tag Editor.
You need to set Album name or Arist name on the ID3 Tags
of the file to use Web functions.

-Rename Files

Sort the grid in the right "Song" order, then right click over them
and select Files Operations, Rename Selected Files.
Then select fields to use and Rename files. You can change
a lot of files at the same setting the right change mask on the
rename form.

-Play files in your favourite player

First of all set the path of your favourite player in Edit, Options.
After that you can select files from navigation tree or from the grid and
play them (Enter) or Enqueue them (CTRL+E) on the player.
Whene player is running you can control it with remote control
buttons on the right of Find area.

-Export grid to various formats (Html,Txt...)

Just click on MainMenu File, Export Grid to... and select
the format you prefer.
Warning! Grid will be exported as it is. So... if you hide Time column
program will not export it, or if you select from the navigation tree
a specific album the program will export only items shown on the grid.
 

-Export disk info

Just click on MainMenu Export Disk Info and select the disk you
want to export. Program will write on a HTML file informations about
single albums on the Disk.
 

-Add and Use Playlists

Press F9 or click on MainMenu PlayList, New PlayList to
create a new playlist. Then you will be able to add/remove
selected files to your playlists using PlayList menu.
 

Please read the FAQ on the website at http://mp3control.virtualave.net before sending a bug report to Yage... please include in the mail the exact situation in which the bug was found. If i cant reproduce the bug i cant correct it. Please DONT send large files until i ask for them. Remember that this program is freeware and it comes without ANY WARRANTY. Tnx in advance for support. Enjoy :)