Duplicate search for similar tracks MP3db uses FuzzyDupes to perform a fuzzy duplicate search. It searches in the columns artist, album and title for similar records. Select menu Extras->Fuzzy duplicate search to start the search. Later choose “F8 – All records” to return to the default view. FuzzyDupes is also available as a separate application […]
Main menu “File->Export Database” allows you to export your database to a CSV file (delimited text file). Such text files can be read by most other database programs. You can open CSV files with your spread-sheet application. If the data istn’t displayed in clean columns there, try another delimiter with the export options. Try Comma […]
What are ID3 tags? The meta information such as title, artist, album, etc. are stored with MP3 files in so called ID3 tags. There are versions ID3 Version 1 + 2 For more information, see www.id3.org MP3db supports both ID3 versions 1 and 2.x Edit ID3 Tags Highlight a song and choose from the main […]
Select one or more tracks (by holding Ctrl or Shift) and select menu Title->Delete Files. Thus, the files are physically deleted (moved to the Windows Recycle Bin) and removed from the database.
Sure you want to someday copy a selection of songs to burn these files to a CD-ROM or to copy to your portable MP3 player. Highlight a song or select multiple tracks by simultaneously pressing the Ctrl or Shift key. From the Main Menu select Title->Copy files Or click with the right mouse button on […]
Double-click on a track in the main window. The track is enqueued to the end of the playlist and will be played later. If there are random tracks in the list, it will be inserted just before the next random track. To play a track immediately, select “right click->Instant Play”. You can also drag and […]
Quick Search [F6] Most of the time you will use the following search functions for fast retrieving the tracks: 1.) Click on the button “Search [F6]” or press F6 Under “All Fields” enter a search phrase and click OK Or refine your search using the other fields The program shows all tracks that contain the […]
Click on the icon “Group”. Below the column headers you can see an area titled “drag columns here for grouping.” Drag with the mouse one or more columns and drop them into this area. The view will be shown grouped by this column. Click on a small +/- icon in each row to expand or […]
Click on a column header to sort by that column. Click again on the column header to sort in reverse order. Click on a column header with pressed Ctrl-key to remove the sort. Click on a column header, hold down Shift-key to sort by another column. Click on the icon “Field List” to display […]
After you have configured the MP3 Search Paths, select menu "File->Read Files from Harddisk.." The program scans the search paths for audio files and collects the title information from these files into the database. This step must be repeated, when you have collected new files on your hard-disks. Alternatively you can also drag and drop […]