Examining your files – Western Digital WD Elements Play User Manual User Manual

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WD ELEMENTS PLAY MULTIMEDIA DRIVE

USER MANUAL

SETTINGS AND ADVANCED FEATURES – 45

4. After you have defined the search terms, highlight Submit on the bottom of the

on-screen keyboard, then press ENTER. The search results are shown.

If no media files match the search, you are shown a message stating that.

5. Press ENTER to display the on-screen keyboard again and redefine the search

parameters. If media files matching your search parameters are found, they are
listed as shown above.

6. Press the up and down arrow buttons to select the media file you are looking for,

then press ENTER or PAUSE/PLAY to start playback.

Examining Your Files

MediaInfo (free software) can provide technical and tag information about your video
or audio files.

MediaInfo provides the following kinds of information:

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General—title, author, director, album, track number, date, and duration

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Video—codec, aspect, fps, and bitrate

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Audio—codec, sample rate, channels, language, and bitrate

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Text—language of the subtitles

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Chapters—number and a list of chapters

MediaInfo supports the following formats:

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Video—MKV, OGM, AVI, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
DVD (VOB) (Codecs: XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC)

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Audio—OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF

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Subtitles—SRT, SSA, ASS, and SAMI

With MediaInfo, you can:

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Read many video and audio file formats

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Use several methods of viewing information, such as text, sheet, tree, and HTML

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Customize views

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Export information as text, such as CSV and HTML

To examine your files:

1. Use your browser and go to

http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

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2. Download the software and install it on your computer.

3. Follow the instructions as prompted.

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