6 philips songbird, Build a media library – Philips wk10295 User Manual

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6 Philips Songbird

VIBE comes with the Philips Songbird software.

The Philips Songbird software helps you to:

purchase new media (music and videos)

•

online

create a media library

•

manage your media library

•

play music and videos

•

sync your media with the VIBE

•

When Philips Songbird is launched for the

first time, choose from the following options

to import media files into the Songbird media

library:

Import an existing iTunes library.

•

Scan for media files in specific directories.

•

(You can select to watch a folder, so that

the files that are added or deleted there

are automatically added or deleted in the

Songbird media library.)

Build a media library

Use one or more of the following options to

build a media library with Songbird:

Rip a CD

By default, the Philips Songbird software

installs the following add-ons that are needed

to rip a CD:

CD Rip Support

•

Gracenote Metadata Lookup Provider

•

Set up the CD rip options

1

On the computer, launch the Songbird

program.

2

Select Tools > Options....

3

Select the CD Rip tab, and then choose

your CD rip options.

4

Click on OK to confirm.

Import media files from a directory

The following steps show how you can import

media (music and video) files that are stored

elsewhere on your computer or computer

network:

1

On the computer, launch the Songbird

program.

2

On the Songbird toolbar, click File, then

select Import Media....

3

Select your media (music and video) files,

then click OK.

The media files that you added are

»

listed in the media library.

Tip

If you select a folder that contains music or

•

video files, the software scans the folder and

adds all the music or video files it contains to

the media library (duplicate titles are ignored).

Import media from iTunes

1

On the computer, launch the Songbird

program.

2

Select Tools > Options....

3

On the Songbird toolbar, select the

Media Importer tab, then iTunes Import/

Export.

4

Verify your library location and options.

5

Select Import Library.

The software imports the iTunes

»

library into Songbird.

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