CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX - Manual (Page 49)

Using Audigy 2 Software 4-5
Finding and organizing
songs Creative MediaSource Organizer searches your hard disk to compile a database of songs available, called a
“PC Music Library” or PCML. Once you have a PCML, you can sort it and search for songs. Searching is
very fast due to a sophisticated engine and use of three search fields: artist, genre and album.
Once songs have been found, you can create playlists to automatically replay them in any desired sequence.
You can also enter and edit extra information about each MP3 recording with ID3 tags.
Keeping your music
database up to date As songs are added or deleted from your computer and other storage devices, your PCML will need to be
kept up to date. The Media Sniffer will monitor specified folders on your hard disk for file changes, and
update your PCML accordingly.
Transferring songs NOMAD users can use Creative MediaSource Organizer to transfer music files to and from the computer
and other compatible devices.
Automatically playing
multimedia content Media Detector makes it easy for users to access multimedia content from various internal or external
media. There is no need to hunt through a maze of different software to play different types of files.
Media Detector automatically recognises the insertion or connection of CDs, VCDs, and external devices
like the NOMAD Jukebox and NOMAD MP3 players. Upon recognition, the content in the media will
automatically start playing without further intervention from the user.
Extracting and
converting songs Storing hundreds of songs on your computer can consume much hard disk space. WAV files and tracks
from audio CDs can take up to 50 MB per song. To reduce storage on your hard disk, you can convert
tracks from audio CDs into smaller 4 to 5 MB MP3 files. Creative MediaSource Organizer’s built-in Rip
Now module lets you easily extract tracks from audio CDs, then convert them to MP3 and WMA formats
at high resolution bit rates of 320 Kbps and 160 Kbps, respectively.
To eliminate the need for you to manually type the track information of an audio CD’s ripped tracks, a
feature called CDDB can connect your computer to the Internet (Gracenote’s CDDB service) and
automatically retrieve the track names and other useful track information for you.