Roxio Creator 2011 Product Manual - Page 180

Creating track lists using Search by Tags

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180 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Creating track lists using Search by Tags Music Disc Creator's "Search by Tags" feature automatically generates track lists for your projects. For example, you might use Search by Tags to create a track list that includes files of a particular genre or by a particular artist. Note This feature creates track lists by searching your Roxio database of media files. If a track on your computer is not found, then it is not in the database. You can add tagged tracks to the Roxio database by checking for unidentified files or by editing the track information. For more information, see Checking for unidentified tracks on page 178, or Editing audio tags with the Audio Tag Editor on page 144. Creating track lists using Search by Tags: 1 Choose Tools > Search by Tags. 2 For Tag, choose the type of tag you want to search for (for example, track name or artist name). 3 For Condition, choose how you want to search for the tag (for example, choose Equals or Contains). 4 For Value, enter the values of the criteria the search is based on (for example, if you selected "Genre" as a search criterion, you could select "Jazz" as the value). 5 To add another rule, click the plus sign. 6 Optional: For Limit track list to, enter the maximum number of tracks, minutes, or megabytes to include in the track list (for example, 25 tracks, 45 minutes, 20 megabytes). 7 Optional: To add the files to the project in random order, select Shuffle result set. 8 Choose how to add the tracks to the project: ■ Add tracks to currently selected track list in project ■ Add tracks as a new track list

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Roxio Creator User Guide
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180
Creating track lists using Search by Tags
Music Disc Creator’s “Search by Tags” feature automatically generates track
lists for your projects. For example, you might use Search by Tags to create a
track list that includes files of a particular genre or by a particular artist.
Note
This feature creates track lists by searching your Roxio
database of media files. If a track on your computer is not found,
then it is not in the database. You can add tagged tracks to the
Roxio database by checking for unidentified files or by editing the
track information. For more information, see
Checking for
unidentified tracks
on page 178, or
Editing audio tags with the
Audio Tag Editor
on page 144.
Creating track lists using Search by Tags:
1
Choose
Tools
>
Search by Tags
.
2
For
Tag
, choose the type of tag you want to search for (for example,
track name or artist name).
3
For
Condition
, choose how you want to search for the tag (for
example, choose Equals or Contains).
4
For
Value
, enter the values of the criteria the search is based on (for
example, if you selected “Genre” as a search criterion, you could select
“Jazz” as the value).
5
To add another rule, click the plus sign.
6
Optional:
For
Limit track list to
, enter the maximum number of
tracks, minutes, or megabytes to include in the track list (for example,
25 tracks, 45 minutes, 20 megabytes).
7
Optional:
To add the files to the project in random order, select
Shuffle result set
.
8
Choose how to add the tracks to the project:
Add tracks to currently selected track list in project
Add tracks as a new track list