Section Iii: Creating And Managing Playlists; Mp3 Files And Id3 Tags; Static Vs. Dynamic Playlists - Kenwood KHD-C710 Music Keg User Manual

Section III: Creating and Managing Playlists

This section of the instruction manual serves to introduce the core
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features of the PhatNoise Music Manager software. To explore all the
features of the software, press F1 while the Music Manager is running.

MP3 Files and ID3 Tags

The Music Manager software allows you to organize, play, and create
digital music files. These music files come in many different formats,
but the most popular is the MP3 format.
MP3s are to your computer as Audio CDs are to your home/car stereo.
Put simply, an MP3 is a compressed audio file that can be listened to
on the computer. An MP3 file is made of two parts, the audio data and
the ID3 tag. The ID3 tag is very important because it enables the
Music Manager software to organize music files for easy referencing.
The system is analogous to a library book and it's jacket. A book
jacket contains the author's name, the book title, and a short
summary. An ID3 tag contains information about the Artist, Song Title,
Album Title, Genre, Year, and a Comment. MP3 files possessing an
incorrect ID3 tag will be improperly filed (much like a book with the
wrong book jacket would be misplaced in a library).

Static vs. Dynamic Playlists

Once you have added a few music files to the computer, you can begin
to create playlists. The Music Manager software has the technology to
create a dynamic playlist. A dynamic playlist is a playlist that is
defined by criteria. A static playlist is defined by a list of files. The
difference is that when you create or download a new MP3, a dynamic
playlist will be automatically updated if the new file matches the
playlist criteria. A static playlist will not be updated automatically
because there is no criterion that defines whether or not an MP3
belongs in the playlist.
Let's return to the ID3 tag/book jacket analogy above. A static
playlist is equivalent to a bookshelf of books: the books may be
related or have similarities, but when a new book is obtained, the
bookshelf does not know if this new book belongs on the bookshelf. A
dynamic playlist is equivalent to a bookshelf with a librarian. The
librarian understands which books and types of books belong to each
bookshelf; thus when a new book is added the librarian will place the
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