Using the Library to organize the downloaded files |
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The Library is going to be one of the most important place, since it will help you organize what you have downloaded from the network, and give easy access to play it in the Media Player. This section will focus on some of the Library functionality, you will then find yourself discovering more features in it, since it is a powerful tool, with great functionality.
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Looking for the files that you just downloaded: |
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- When you click on the Library tab, you are going to see a list of "virtual folders". But currently what we are looking for is the panel that is bellow the main page, it has listed there our most recent downloads.
- When you click on them, it will take you to the location of where that file it, and highlight it on the main list.
- You can then double click that file if you want to play it on the media player, or use the Library toolbar (bellow) or the context menu (right click) for more functionality.
- The panel where the recent files appeared has now changed to show the detailed information about the file, and also gives you the ability to rate it, so that other users can know how good it is, by using the "Rate this file" link on the top right corner of the details panel.
- To get back to the list of recent files, you can click on the blank part of the folder structure shown on the left, that will take you to the main place of the Library again.
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It is interesting to know how the Library is divided, eTomi features to different ways to organize the files on the same Library, and those can be chosen on the two buttons that are at the top of the folder structure panel that is on the left. There you can choose if you want to use the physical Folders library, or eTomi's Organizer. Each one has its advantage, and you might find yourself using features of both in the future. Note: The Library only contains the files that you already downloaded, or added.
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The Organizer is a Library that works with Virtual folders, where the files are organized by using their metadata (detailed) information.
For the purpose of this, let's say that you are looking for the classical music that you downloaded.
- Go to the folder structure on the left, and where it says My Music, go to Genre, and double click it to expand it.
- Under Genre are shown the genres of the files available on the Library, now since we were looking for the Classical music, you can click on the Classical genre.
- At the right appear all the songs that are classified as Classical, by using their metadata. You can now play them if you like, by double clicking, or using the context menu.
- It could also be the case that we wanted to add and play all the Classical music to the Media Player. So you can now click on the Play Album button located on the Library toolbar (bottom), or use the context menu by right clicking on Classical.
- This will pop up the Media Player with all the songs added to it, now on the Media Player toolbar (bottom) click on play, so that the play list begins to play.
- Now switch back to the Library to continue with the tutorial, by using the Library tab button on the toolbar.
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The Physical Library is where the files are located on your computer. They will appear just like folders, shortcuts or files would anywhere else on your computer, such as your desktop for example.
Let's say you have a folder full of music files that you wanted to share with other members of the eTomi community.
- Go to the library and click on the Physical button.
- Right click in the directory tree and select "Share Files".
- Click on "Add"
- Navigate through the directories until you find your folder you want to share. When you find it, highlight it and press ok. Press ok again in the next box.
- eTomi will begin a process called hashing, and enable you to share the files inside the folder to other people of the p2p community.
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