4.8.1 Search
Search works like a regular search engine.
You can type in a keyword into the Search field, define criteria for searching
(offered in the drop-down menu) and then press the Submit button. The main
difference is that you are searching the metadata that you and other LiveSupport
Station users have input during the upload process. The search results appear
on the bottom of the search palette.
The Search tab contains the following
elements:
- Search field with three types of criteria in one row. The left-most
pulldown menu allows you to select one metadata criteria you find relevant
for the search. You can choose any metadata that LiveSupport users have
input to describe the audio content (title, genre, length, album, mood, bitrate�).
- The middle pulldown menu enables
you to refine your search by selecting if the word you enter will
represent full file name, only part of the name or its prefix.
- In the third blank field, you
should enter the word or term you are searching for.
- To add extra sets of criteria,
click on the + sign located on the right of the search terms. You can have
up to eight rows of search criteria. To remove a row, click on the - sign.
- The Operator drop-down is the
option connected with the multiple term search. It gives you the
possibility to choose whether you want the search string to be contained
in all the search criteria and rows (by selecting And from the pulldown
menu), or to be contained in one of the search criteria (by selecting Or).
- File type
field, where you determine the type of your file by selecting it from the
pulldown menu.
- Rows per page drop-down, where you can select and determine maximum number
of rows for refining search that you can add by clicking the + sign.
- The Reset Criteria button returns you
to the beginning of the search, and reset and erases all the fields and
criteria you entered.
- The Submit button, which you need
to click to start the searching process.
At the bottom of the palette will appear
all the search results in the similar table as in the ScratchPad containing
Title, Creator, Duration and Type of the file. As is the case in all lists in
the LiveSupport Station user interface, by left-clicking on an item in the
search result palette, you can carry out a number operations:
with Audio Clips:
- Add to ScratchPad
- Listen to audioclip
- New playlist using audioclip
- Edit audioclip
- Delete audioclip
with Playlists:
- Add to ScratchPad
- Schedule Playlist
- Edit Playlist
- New Playlist using audioclip
- Delete audioclip
with webstreams:
- Add to ScratchPad
- New Playlist using audioclip
- Edit audioclip
- Delete audioclip
Note: When you enter the keyword in the search
field and press Submit, you will probably have tens, maybe thousands of similar
audio file names that will be listed below in the search window. That is why
you need to use multiple search terms. By selecting more categories in the
drop-down menu (adding an additional search row with the + sign, and removing
rows with - sign), you can set your search process to be more precise and
narrow your search results.
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4.8 Media Library
