ARCHOS 400 - Manual (Page 13)

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3.3
Artist, Album, Title … ID3 Tags
ID3 Tags are information about the recording
which found inside of an MP3 music file. When
someone creates an MP3 music file, he or she
has the option of adding information to it. This
information can include, among other things, the
name of the artist (Wes Burden), the album name
(Brave New World), the title of the song (Mirror), and a small image of
the album cover (only jpeg images not progressive jpeg). If these data
are present, the Gmini 400 will display them on the screen when it plays
the file. If they are not present, then the Gmini 400 will display in order,
the name of the parent folder, the name of the current folder, and then
the name of the file.
As of the writing of this manual, there are two versions of ID3 tags that
are firmly established standards, ID3 version 1 and ID3 version 2. Your
Gmini 400 can read either version of tags, and display the information. If
both sets of tags have information, the data from the ID3 version 2 tag
will be displayed. Other tag information may include year and genre of
music. These other tag data are not displayed by the Gmini 400, but are
used to index your music in the ARCLibrary (see next section). WMA files
also have tags and these are displayed as well when the file is played.
3.4
The ARCLibrary (Browsing by Album, Artist, or Song name)
The ARCLibrary is a system for choosing
your music by its characteristics. It can
be turned On or Off in the settings
from Setup > Playmode. As shown
in this screen capture, you can select
your music by Artist, Album, Song Title,
Genre, or Year. MP3 and WMA music
files have internal data tags to hold
information about the song. For MP3
files, these are known as ID3 tags. Not
all MP3 files have all this information filled in. If you purchase a song from
a music download service, the songs will have this information. If you
have an MP3 or WMA file without this tag information, then you can add
or change it by going to the properties of the file in Windows
® Explorer.
Once you re-index the ARCLibrary, you will have access to this track