Playlist; Basic Functions - ALCATECH BPM STUDIO 4 PRO User Manual

Play List

3.03.1. Basic Functions

Every player has an individual play list. Play lists
are used to conveniently arrange everything from
small title sequences, up to whole event orders.
Within the play list, title, performer, BPM, and play
length of an audio file are displayed. The blue bar
marks a title. All play lists can be stored as play
list files. (*.lst)
Generally there are three ways to insert titles into
a play list: The pop up menu's [load] function, with
drag&drop out of an archive, or with the
button. The title sequence can also be
manipulated, by using drag&drop. A red arrow
Titles can be send to the player by either
drag&drop functionality, or the pop up menu in
the player itself. Depending on program settings,
the title will then either automatically start, or be
loaded, and pause. Die ability to store play lists,
allows you to create complete event orders, for
events, music genres, show interludes and more.
Even importing play lists of other software, like
for example WinAMP™ is possible. BPM Studio
imports the *.m3u, and *.pls formats.
Titles already in use by
the player, (minimum
1 min.) are marked in red.
assists in this task.
The following functions are also available:
Creates an empty play list
Loads an existing play list
Stores a created list to your hard drive.
Adds a title to a play list
Deletes an title from a list.
Marks all titles in a list
Opens the File Info Box
The right hand play list areas consists of a status
window, and the monitor player status window
functions can be switched to display with a mouse
click.
Displays how many titles are in
a particular playlist
Indicates the overall play time of a list
Indicates the remaining play time of a list
Due to the ability to store play lists with their
according crossfader effects, you can create
complete event orders, for events, music genres,
show interludes and more. The actual titles
though, are only saved once on your system, even
if they appear in different play lists. Read also
chapter Crossfader about how to assign pre
defined cross fading effects to titles, or to generate
own fades.