User manual PINNACLE MOBILE MEDIA ORGANIZER

Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer User's Guide GB/US May 2006 © Pinnacle Systems GmbH 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transferred to other media without explicit written permission from Pinnacle Systems GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany. All brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Content providers are using the digital rights management technology for Windows Media contained in this device ("WM-DRM") to protect the integrity of their content ("Secure Content") so that their intellectual property, including copyright, in such content is not misappropriated. This device uses WM-DRM software to play Secure Content ("WM-DRM Software"). 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Table Of Contents Overview ............................................................................................................... 1 Welcome to the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer .......................................... 1 Getting Technical Support ................................................................................. 2 Installing the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer............................................... 3 Main Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Window ............................................ 4 The First Steps....................................................................................................... 9 Importing Media ................................................................................................ 9 Transferring Media onto the Sony® Playstation® Portable............................ 10 Transferring Media onto the Apple® iPod®................................................... 12 Converting Media ............................................................................................ 14 Import Files ......................................................................................................... 15 Import Overview.............................................................................................. 15 Import Audio CD ............................................................................................. 16 Import DVD Image .......................................................................................... 18 Import Files and Playlists ................................................................................ 20 Import Folder ................................................................................................... 20 Media Catalog ..................................................................................................... 23 Media Catalog Overview ................................................................................. 23 Media Catalog Structure .................................................................................. 24 Using the Media Catalog ................................................................................. 27 Using Drag & Drop in the Media Catalog....................................................... 29 Media Library...................................................................................................... 31 Media Library Overview ................................................................................. 31 Media Library Views ....................................................................................... 32 Using the Media Library.................................................................................. 36 Media Library Context Menu .......................................................................... 37 Searching the Media Library ........................................................................... 40 Browser View in the Media Library ................................................................... 41 Browser View Overview ................................................................................. 41 Calendar View (only for photos) ..................................................................... 42 Media Player........................................................................................................ 45 Media Player Overview ................................................................................... 45 Media Player Control Bars .............................................................................. 46 iii Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Keyboard Shortcuts for Operating the Media Player ...................................... 48 Organize Files...................................................................................................... 49 How the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Organizes Files .......................... 49 Changing Meta Data ........................................................................................ 50 Rotating Photos................................................................................................ 52 Assigning Ratings ............................................................................................ 54 Assigning Album Art....................................................................................... 56 Convert Files ....................................................................................................... 59 Conversion Overview ...................................................................................... 59 Conversion Status ............................................................................................ 60 Conversion Profiles.......................................................................................... 60 Using Playlists..................................................................................................... 63 About Standard Playlists.................................................................................. 63 About Smart Playlists ...................................................................................... 67 Export Files ......................................................................................................... 73 Export Overview.............................................................................................. 73 Export Folder ................................................................................................... 74 Export Playlist.................................................................................................. 75 Burn CDs and DVDs........................................................................................... 77 Burn Media ...................................................................................................... 77 Using Tags........................................................................................................... 81 Tag Editor and Tag Filter Overview................................................................ 81 Creating Tag Words......................................................................................... 82 Assigning Tag Words ...................................................................................... 84 Filtering Media Files by Tag Words................................................................ 85 File Formats......................................................................................................... 87 Supported File Formats.................................................................................... 87 Special Functions ................................................................................................ 89 Detecting Missing or Modified Media ............................................................ 89 Music Information from Folder and File Names............................................. 89 Database Backup and Restoration ................................................................... 90 License Information ............................................................................................ 91 Pinnacle End User License Agreement ........................................................... 91 Glossary............................................................................................................. 111 Index .................................................................................................................. 121 iv Overview Welcome to the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Dear customer, We would like to thank you for choosing a Pinnacle product. You have made an excellent decision. New options are now available to you for transferring the media files on your computer to your mobile devices, for example, onto your Sony® Playstation® Portable or Apple® iPod®. Now you can listen to or look at your files any time when you are out and about. The Mobile Media Organizer also provides extensive administration and database functions to give you an instant overview of all your different media files. After the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer is installed on your PC, you can import the following media types: Music files Movies and other video files Digital photos These files are stored and continually managed and organized in the Mobile Media Organizer Database. You can create personal playlists in which you can make compilations of your favorite music, movies or photos according to your own criteria. The Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer offers many output options: Export your music, movies and photos onto mobile devices such as PSPTM or iPod®. Burn audio CDs and MP3 CDs. Burn movies onto DVDs. We hope you have lots of fun with our product! Your Pinnacle Team 1 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Getting Technical Support Do not forget to register your product online. To take advantage of online customer support, each Pinnacle product needs to be registered. In addition, when you register your product, you help Pinnacle offer the best customer service possible. For this product, customer support includes the following services: Online Support Visit us at http://www.pinnaclesys.com/selfhelp and select your product. 24 hours/7days a week of unlimited access to the Pinnacle Support Knowledge Base Unlimited interactive E-mail Support Unlimited Live Help Support/Direct Support Pinnacle Community Forums Check our Web site http://www.pinnaclesys.com/support for other online services. Telephone Support Pinnacle does not provide telephone support for this product. Visit our Online Support area at http://www.pinnaclesys.com/selfhelp in order to ask our technical support team questions. Note: Technical support is only provided for the current version and the previous version of a Pinnacle product. 2 Overview Installing the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer This section describes how to install Pinnacle software on your PC. During installation, a program group including its corresponding subgroups will be created. All the necessary software components will be copied into this program group. As a part of the installation procedure, you will be asked to enter the serial number. This is located on the CD or the CD case or in the printed documentation accompanying the product. 1. Insert the installation CD in the corresponding drive of your computer. 2. The setup program now either starts automatically or you can start setup.exe in the setup folder on the CD-ROM. 3. Now follow the installation instructions displayed on the screen. 4. After installation, you will be prompted to restart your computer. This restart needs to be done in order for the software to function properly. 3 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Main Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Window Start the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer from the Start menu in its Pinnacle program group. The appearance of the main window changes depending on the different views and types of lists selected; most areas can be shown or hidden when necessary. The size of the window can also be adjusted using your mouse. In this section, you will first get an overview of all the areas in the main window. In the following section, The First Steps, you will be introduced to the basic tools for working with the program. In later sections, you will get detailed information about the specific areas and how they can help you organize your media files. 4 Overview The window is divided into the following areas: Menu Bar On the upper edge of the window, you see the Menu bar with the menus File, Edit, View, Tools and Help. You can also activate most of the options in this menu by using the buttons and context menu in the different areas. Use the method most comfortable for you depending on what you need to do. Media Selection Buttons - Music, Movies, Photos Beneath the Menu Bar to the left, use the Music, Movies and Photos buttons to select the media type that you would like to display in the lower parts of the main window. Import, Export and Burn Buttons The Import, Export and Burn buttons are in the upper right part of the main window. Clicking these buttons will open corresponding dropdown menus with various options. You have many options for importing and exporting files as well as for burning CDs and DVDs. Media Library Search Function The central part of the main window contains the Media Library in which the different areas are grouped. These groups are described in the following. The Media Library cannot be hidden and appears in the lower middle part of the main window when the Browser View is opened. You can use your mouse to adjust the horizontal (corresponding to the Info Pane) and vertical (corresponding to the Browser View) size of the area. The Media Library shows the files in the list that you selected using the Media Catalog or using the Browser View. You can choose between different ways of viewing the files, for example, using details or thumbnails. At the top right of the Media Library, you will also find the Search Function. Here you can use tag words to determine which files in the Media Library should be displayed. View Navigation Buttons Beneath the media selection buttons in the left area are the buttons for navigating through the views. You can use them to open or close the different window areas. Close the individual areas by clicking the corresponding button. 5 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Media Catalog Click this button to open or close the Media Catalog on the left side of the main window. This area within each media type acts as a filter for the entire database and provides different lists in which the database contents are organized. The files in each list selected are also displayed in the Media Library. If you have connected any mobile devices (Sony® Playstation® Portable, Apple® iPod®) to your computer, they appear separately in the lower area of the Media Catalog. Tag Filter Click this button to open or close the Tag Filter beneath the Media Catalog. The Tag Filter lets you classify the files displayed in the Media Library according to the tag words you assign. Media Library Browser View Click this button to open or close the Media Library Browser View in the middle of the main window. This displays the media of the list that you have selected in the Media Catalog to the left. You can also use the Browser View to classify or restrict the files displayed below in the Media Library according to specific criteria. This means that you set a filter in the Browser View for displaying the files in the Media Library. Info Pane with Tag Editor Click this button to open or close the Info Pane in the lower right of the main window. This shows and lets you directly edit the meta data of the file currently selected in the Media Library. If the currently selected file has been converted, this is also displayed in the Info Pane. In the Info Pane, you will find the Tag Editor that you can use to add tag words to your files so you can find them more quickly. To switch between these two areas, either click the meta data or the button for the Tag Editor. button for the list of 6 Overview Media Player Control Bars The Media Player is operated using the control bars in the upper middle part of the main window. This is where you find the buttons for all the functions required for playing back media. In addition, information about the current media file is displayed during playback. 7 The First Steps Importing Media The first time you start the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer, the Media Library is empty. You can now fill it by referencing media files on your computer. This procedure is called Import. button in the In order to import a folder of media files, click the upper right part of the main window and then select the Folder option. In the dialog that now appears, select the folder you want on your computer and start the import by clicking the Start Import button. If you would like to import individual files, select the Import - Files and Playlists option. You can import a movie on a DVD using Import - DVD Image. First select the folder on your computer where the DVD image is located. The Media Organizer will now let you select the movie title. Usually the main movie has the longest title. You can also select the sound track and use the Media Player within the Import dialog to check whether your selection is correct. Assign a name and confirm by clicking Start Import. A link to the DVD image is now saved in the Media Library. Movies on a DVD can only be imported if they are not copy protected. We recommend first copying the contents of the DVD to your hard drive and then importing from there, otherwise, the DVD will have to remain in the DVD drive for the import procedure. After the import has completed, the media files appear sorted by type (Music, Movies, Photos) in the Media Library. You will find additional details about this topic in the section Importing Files. 9 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Transferring Media onto the Sony® Playstation® Portable The Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer lets you transfer music, movies and photos to the PSP™. 1. Insert a memory card into the PSP™ and start the Media Organizer. 2. Connect the PSP™ to a USB connection on your computer. 3. In the PSP™ menu, select the USB Connection option. The device is automatically detected by the Media Organizer after a short time. If this is not the case, manually add the device using the File - New Mobile Device menu. The device is now displayed in the lower part of the Media Catalog: The Media Library view is split and all the files on the device are now shown in the lower half: 10 The First Steps Media can be transferred onto the device by using your mouse to drag them from the upper half of the Media Library to the lower half. Even playlists can be dragged onto the device. In this case, the individual files in the playlist are transferred onto the PSP™, since this device does not support playlists as such. The Media Organizer now automatically converts all the media into a PSP™-compatible format. The progress of these conversions is indicated by a yellow bar. The blue bar shows the progress of the file transfer onto the PSP™. The green-red bar indicates how much disk space is left on the memory card. Music is saved on the PSP™ in folders according to artist and album name. Photos are saved according to photo album. In the Media Organizer Info Pane, you can assign photo album names as well as edit music information. Media on the device can be deleted by selecting the lower half of the split Media Library, right-clicking and selecting Delete from the context menu or pressing the Delete key on your keyboard. The Media Organizer also displays media that have been transferred onto the PSP™ from other programs or computers. You can copy them onto your computer and import them into the Media Database by selecting them, rightclicking and selecting Transfer to PC from the context menu. When converting movies, the Mobile Media Organizer tries to optimally set the resolution and aspect ratio. Nevertheless, it may sometimes be a good idea to 11 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer change the image size when playing files back on the PSP™. To do this, click the triangle button during playback, select the symbol for Screen Mode and then click the X button repeatedly until the display fills the screen and distortions are no longer visible. Transferring Media onto the Apple® iPod® The Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer only supports the transfer of movies onto the iPod®. Music and photos can be transferred using iTunes® as you usually do. 1. Make sure that Apple® iTunes® is installed on your computer. 2. Start the Media Organizer and select Movies. 3. Connect the iPod® to a USB port on your computer. 4. Start iTunes® if it does not automatically start by itself. The device is automatically detected by the Media Organizer after a short time. If this is not the case, manually add the device using the File - New Mobile Device menu. The device is now displayed in the lower part of the Media Catalog: 12 The First Steps The Media Library view is now split and all the movies that have previously been converted and transferred are now shown in the lower half: Media can be transferred onto the device by using your mouse to drag them from the upper half of the Media Library to the lower half. The Media Organizer now automatically converts all the media into an iPod®-compatible format. The progress of these conversions is indicated by a yellow bar. All the movies that have been transferred are listed in the "Videos" area in iTunes®. They can be automatically transferred onto the iPod® if this has been set in iTunes® under Edit - Settings - iPod. Or you can manually drag the movies from the playlist in iTunes® onto the iPod® symbol. 13 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Converting Media Mobile devices can usually only play back a small number of media formats directly. However, the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer can convert many popular formats into a format compatible with the device. When this is done, only a copy of the media file is converted; the original file is not changed at all. The conversion starts automatically when you drag the files from the Media Library onto a device in the Media Catalog. The progress of the conversion is displayed beneath the Media Library. You can drag other media onto the device while the conversion is still in progress. The Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer manages all pending conversions and transfers them automatically. After a file has been successfully converted, it is copied onto the device. You should not disconnect the device until all the conversions and transfers have been completed. The time still remaining is displayed on the status bar. Media can also be converted before a device is connected. To do this, select the files in the Media Library you want, right-click and select Convert. A dialog will appear where you can select the target device and the conversion profile. Details in the conversion profiles, such as quality, can be set in the Tools menu under Options - Conversion - Profiles. The converted copies for a specific media file are displayed in the Info Pane in the main window. You can also delete these copies here. In the Tools menu under Options - Conversion - Automatic Conversion, you can specify that all imported files are to automatically be converted into a specific format. Note that this setting may require a large amount of hard disk space under certain circumstances. More information about this topic can be found in the section Converting Files. 14 Import Files Import Overview To import files into the Mobile Media Organizer Database, click the button in the upper right part of the main window. A dropdown menu opens where you can select the import option you want: Audio CD: Import titles on audio CDs to archive them in your database. DVD Image: Imports a DVD image from a folder on your computer. Files and Playlists: Imports one or more files or an entire playlist from a folder on your computer. Folder: Imports an entire folder from your computer. Note that the entries that you see in your database after an import are actually links to the location on your hard drive where the original media files are stored. Importing Files Using Drag & Drop You can also use your mouse to drag files to be imported from a folder on your computer into the Media Catalog or into the Media Library. As soon as the import is finished, a window shows how many files have been imported and how many have been rejected because they were not in a supported format or were already contained in the database. Displaying Imported Files When you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, the imported files are displayed in the Media Library. In the following sections, the functions of the individual import options will be explained in detail. 15 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Import Audio CD Due to licensing restrictions, this function is not included in all versions of the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer. Audio CDs with copy protection cannot be imported. Insert the CD, Select Drive and Audio Format Insert the audio CD to be imported into the CD drive of your computer and select the Import - Audio CD option. If you have more than one CD or DVD drive on your computer, select the corresponding drive from the first dropdown list in the dialog now displayed. Select the audio format or compression type you want from the second dropdown list. If the title of the CD is not automatically read in and displayed in the list, click the Lookup button. 16 Import Files Lookup You need an active Internet connection to use this function. The names and titles of all known audio CDs have been stored in an Internet database. Use the Lookup function to import information about the CD currently in your CD drive into your database. As soon as you click the button, a search for the data will be made on the Internet the results of which are then usually displayed immediately. If you are not able to connect to the Internet or your CD is not contained in the Internet database, you can also manually enter all the information (title, artist and album title, etc.). To do this, double-click the corresponding fields and enter the information you want. Select Title to be Imported Choose the titles you want to import by selecting the check box to the left of each title. If you change your mind about a title, simply clear the check box for that title. Enter Target Folder Path and Organizational Pattern Now select the path to the target folder on your computer where your audio files should be saved. Then use the dropdown menu beneath to select the pattern you want for filing your data. Start When all the settings have been configured, click the Start Import button. Keep track of the progress of the import by checking the status bar in the lower part of the window. As soon as all the selected titles have been imported, the status bar shows 100% and you can close the Import dialog. Now when you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, you see the titles that you just imported from your audio CD in the Media Library. 17 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Import DVD Image If you have DVD images saved on your computer and you would like to store them in your Mobile Media Manager Database, select the Import DVD Image option. DVDs with copy protection cannot be imported. Select Folder First select the folder on your computer where the DVD image is located. 18 Import Files Select Title Now select the title you want from the dropdown list. A DVD generally contains more than one title (main film, "Making of", interviews, etc.). For these titles, you only see a number and the length at this point. The longest title is usually the main film. Only one title can be imported at a time. The procedure needs to be repeated for additional titles. Select Sound Track Now select the sound track you want from the dropdown list, for example, "Stereo" or the language you want. Enter the Name Enter the name you want to give to the movie to be imported. Preview The most important control elements for using the Media Player are in the lower part of the window. Use these control elements to see a preview of the title you have selected as well as to check whether you have selected the correct title on the DVD. Please note the following features: Aspect Ratio Here, you can set the aspect ratio of a movie even during playback (Standard 4:3, Letterbox or Widescreen 16:9). Note the QuickInfo box when you move your mouse over the button. The video format you select here is saved during import so that it does not have to be reset the first time you play back the movie from your database. Set Thumbnail When watching a movie, click this button during a scene you like and create a thumbnail image to import into the database. Start When all the settings have been configured, click the Start Import button. As soon as the import has ended, you can close the dialog or import another title. Now when you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, you see the DVD images that you just imported into the Media Library. 19 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Import Files and Playlists Use this function to import one or more files or even playlists from other programs, for instance, in M3U format, into your database. After selecting the Import Files and Playlists option, browse to the folder on your computer where the files or playlists to be imported are located. Then select the files or playlists you want and click Open. As soon as the import is finished, a window shows how many files have been imported and how many have been rejected because they were not in a supported format or were already contained in the database. When you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, the imported files are displayed in the Media Library. Import Folder If you would like to import an entire folder from your computer into your database, select the Import Folder option. Select Folder Click the Browse button to locate the folder on your computer that you would like to import and then click OK. 20 Import Files Also import the contents of all subfolders When this check box is selected, the files from all the subfolders are imported as well. For photos, the names of the subfolders are imported as photo album names. Movie titles are used as the name for the collection. If a movie consists of multiple files, they are grouped together in one collection. The movie genre is composed of the folder names. Media types Here, select which media types you would like to import. Start When all the settings have been configured, click the Start Import button. As soon as the import is finished, a window shows how many files have been imported and how many have been rejected because they were not in a supported format or were already contained in the database. Click the Show Errors button to display the details about any errors. When you click Last Imported in the Media Catalog, the imported files are displayed in the Media Library. 21 Media Catalog Media Catalog Overview You can open or close the Media Catalog in the left middle part of the main window by clicking the button. You can also use your mouse to adjust the size of the area horizontally. The contents of your entire database are displayed in the Media Catalog. Within each media type selected, the files are each categorized into the following lists: Main lists, such as: "Library" Pre-defined playlists, such as: "Last Imported" User-defined playlists, such as: "Smart Playlists" and "Standard Playlists" Depending on whether the media type Music, Movies or Photos is currently selected, different categories are created within the lists. Only one list can be selected at a time. The files contained in the list are displayed to the right in the Media Library. 23 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer If you have connected any mobile devices (PSPTM, iPod®) to your computer, they appear separately in the lower part of the Media Catalog. The following sections contain further details about the structure of and how to use the Media Catalog. More information about user-defined playlists can be found in the sections About Smart Playlists and About Standard Playlists. More information about how to connect mobile devices can be found in the section The First Steps. Media Catalog Structure The Media Catalog consists of several sections that can be expanded or collapsed by clicking the button. If you have connected any mobile devices (PSPTM, iPod®) to your computer, they appear separately in the lower part of the Media Catalog. 24 Media Catalog Main Lists (Upper Section) Both of the lists in the upper section of the Media Catalog are permanent parts of the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Database and cannot be renamed or deleted. Library When you use your mouse to select this list, the entire contents of the database are display to the right in the Media Library. Now Playing (only for music files) Select this list to display the files in the Media Library that are currently being played or are waiting in line to be played. When you use your mouse to drag files from the Media Library into this section, the files are added to the Now Playing list. Predefined Playlists (Middle Section) In the middle section of the Media Catalog, you see predefined lists sorted according the files in the database. These lists are also permanent parts of the database and cannot be renamed or deleted. Last Imported Selecting this list displays the files that were imported last to the right in the Media Library. If you import, for instance, three CDs one after the other, only the title of the third CD is shown. Least Played Selecting this list displays the files in the Media Library that you play least but have played at least once. Missing Media Selecting this list displays media that, although they exist as entries in the database, the associated files are no longer in their original location because they have been accidentally deleted or moved or they can no longer be found because they have been renamed. These entries are indicated in the left column of the Media Library by a corresponding symbol. To look for these media, first select Scan for missing or modified media from the Tools menu. Right-click one of the desired entries in the list in the Media Library to open the Tools context menu. Select Repair missing media to search for the missing files or "repair" the missing links by entering the new location or the file name. 25 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Modified Media (only for music files) If you change the ID3 tags of the music files with a different program, the information will no longer correspond to the values in the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Database. This situation is detected during a search for missing/modified media and the entries are identified In the left column of the Media Library with a corresponding symbol. Use the Info Pane in the main window to enter the new ID3 tag values. Or you can also read out the values of the modified ID3 tags from the file to update the database. To do this, select the corresponding files in the Media Library, right click and select the Update tags from file option from the Tools context menu. Most Played This displays the files in the Media Library that have so far been played most frequently. New Media Selecting this list displays files last imported into the Media Library over the course of the last day. Not Played Selecting this list displays all the media that have not yet been played at all. Top Rated Selecting this list displays the files in the Media Library that the user has rated with four or five stars. The rating is assigned either in the Media Library or via the Info Pane and displayed with star symbols. More information about this topic can be found in section Organizing Files under Assigning Ratings. User-defined Playlists (Lower Section) The lower section of the Media Catalog contains two types of user-defined playlists: Standard Playlists as well as Smart Playlists. You can rename, modify or delete the lists in these categories. Standard Playlists In Standard Playlists, you can create compilations of your favorite music, movies or photos according to your own criteria. Within a specific playlist, you can only group media of a single type; it is not possible to mix media types in a playlist. This means you can only create playlists for music or movies or photos. You can always add a Standard Playlist for other media at any time. As opposed to Smart Playlists, this is not done automatically, but must performed manually. 26 Media Catalog Additional details about this topic can be found in the section About Standard Playlists. Smart Playlists Smart Playlists are user-defined playlists that are updated dynamically and can be created and modified using a dialog. If a Smart Playlist has been created, you can automatically add new files to the already existing media in the list if they meet certain pre-defined requirements. Additional details about this topic can be found in the section About Smart Playlists. Mobile Devices (Lower Section) Mobile devices connected to the computer are displayed separately, beneath the other lists in the Media Catalog. Details about this topic can be found in the section The First Steps. Using the Media Catalog The Media Catalog categorizes the media in the database into Main lists, Predefined playlists, Smart Playlists and Standard Playlists. If you have connected any mobile devices (PSPTM, iPod®) to your computer, they appear separately in the lower section of the Media Catalog. 27 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Use the buttons in the lower section of the Media Catalog to work with the lists. Right-clicking a list in the Media Catalog opens the context menu which contains the same functions as the buttons. You can also use the Drag & Drop functions of your mouse, which will be described in the next section. Media Playback If you double-click a list, all the files in that list will be played one after the other. Or you can select the Play option from the context menu. New Playlist Click this button to create a new Standard Playlist that will initially be given a pre-defined name. This name is highlighted and can be changed using your keyboard. More information about this topic can be found in the section About Standard Playlists. New Smart Playlist Click this button to open a dialog for creating a new Smart Playlist. More information about this topic can be found in the section About Smart Playlists. New Mobile Device Click this button to open a dialog where you can select the mobile device you want (if more than one device has been connected). You also need to select the device type and enter the name you want to call it. Details about transmitting media onto mobile devices can be found in the section The First Steps. Delete Playlist If you would like to delete a user-defined playlist, select the list to be deleted and click this button. After confirming the deletion, the playlist is deleted. Rename a List If you would like to change the name of a list, either slowly left-click the list two times or select the Rename option from the context menu. The name of the list is now highlighted and can be changed. 28 Media Catalog Editing a Smart Playlist If you would like to change the settings for an existing Smart Playlist, select this list and select the Edit option from the context menu. This opens the Settings dialog where you can modify any of the Smart Playlist criteria. Using Drag & Drop in the Media Catalog You can drag individual media files or even all the files in an entire genre or album into the Media Library or highlight them in the Browser View and use your mouse to drag them into the Media Catalog all at once. This creates a new Standard Playlist. This list is first given a pre-defined name that is highlighted and can be changed using your keyboard. If you drag one or more files from the Media Library or from the Browser View into an already existing Standard Playlist in the Media Catalog, the new files are added to the end of the list. You can also use your mouse to drag files from one playlist to another within the Media Catalog. For instance, if you drag the pre-defined playlist "Top Rated" into the user-defined Standard Playlist "Party", all the files from "Top Rated" will be added to the playlist "Party". 29 Media Library Media Library Overview The Media Library, located in the middle part of the main window, displays the files in the list that you selected using the Media Catalog or using the Browser View. You can choose between different ways of viewing the files, for example, by details, thumbnails or groups, as well as various sorting sequences. Depending on whether the media type Music, Movies or Photos is currently selected, different categories are created. At the top right of the Media Library, you will also find the Search Function. Here you can use tag words to determine the files you want to see in the Media Library. You can change the size of this area horizontally (to fit the Info Pane) and vertically (to fit the Browser View). You cannot close the Media Library. The following sections contain additional details about the different views in the Media Library, how to use the views, the context menu as well as the Search Function. 31 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Media Library Views dropdown button list to select At the top of the Media Library, click the the following view types: Details, Thumbnails or a Grouped View. Click the left part of the dropdown button menu to switch views without displaying the list of views. Right-click the arrow to see a list of options to choose from. Details If you have selected this view, the media in a list are displayed in several columns. These columns contain a great amount of information about the individual files. This information is based on the meta data in the database. Depending on the media type currently selected, the columns may contain the following information: Info, Name of the music/movie/photo title, Artist, Album, Music genre, Rating, Date created. Columns Right-click the column title to open a context menu where you can select which columns should be displayed or not. You can also change the order of the columns by left-clicking and holding the column title with your mouse and then dragging it to a different position. You can change the width of a column by left-clicking and holding the vertical division line between two column titles with your mouse and then dragging it to a different position. 32 Media Library Sort order Clicking a column title sorts the whole list according to that column title, for example, according to Rating. Clicking the same title again changes the direction of the sort order (for example, ascending or descending order). This is indicated by the direction of the little arrow next to the column title in question. Symbols in the Info column The Info column, located to the far left side of the list in the Media Library Detail View, can contain symbols for individual files that have the following meanings: The file is in the conversion waiting line. The file is currently being converted. The file has been converted. The file is protected with Microsoft DRM but can still be played back. The file is protected with Microsoft DRM and cannot be played back. Missing medium - The file has accidentally been deleted or moved or it can no longer be found because it has been renamed. Modified medium - The original file meta data have been changed. Thumbnails Select the Thumbnail view to see a thumbnail image for each file. Use the slider at the bottom right to seamlessly adjust the size of the thumbnails. Use the second button menu to activate additional display options: file names as well as conversion information, rating and tag words. If you would like to hide a specific type of display information, click the button menu and clear the option you no longer want. 33 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Information If conversion information is available for a file, this is displayed by the corresponding symbol in the left upper corner of the thumbnail. More information about this topic can be found in section Converting Files. Ratings If a file has been assigned a rating, this is indicated by the corresponding number of stars in the upper left corner of the thumbnail if the size of the thumbnail allows it. You can change a rating in the Thumbnail View by clicking the stars and dragging them with your mouse. More information about this topic can be found in section Organizing Files under Assigning Ratings. Tag words If a file has been assigned tag words, this is indicated by the symbol in the right lower corner of the thumbnail if the size of the thumbnail allows it. If you right-click the symbol, a list of the current tag words for this file is displayed. You can remove them either individually or all at once. In addition, you can use your mouse to drag new tag words from the Tag Filter onto files in the Thumbnail View. More information about this topic can be found in the section Working With Tag Words. Grouped Views 34 Media Library In addition to the Detail and Thumbnail Views and depending on media type currently selected, you can also take advantage of Grouped Views: For music, group by album. For movies, group by movie genre. For photos, group by photo album as well as by recording date. Each list is displayed with the corresponding heading. Click the button to expand or collapse the list. Tip: If you hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and click one of the symbols, all of the lists are either expanded or collapsed. Setting the Sort Order of the Current View (Not in the Detail View) If you have selected either a Thumbnail View or a Grouped View, a third button menu becomes available for setting the sort order of the displayed files: Depending on whether the media type Music, Movies or Photos is currently selected, various options are available, for instance, sort order by Name of the music title/movie/photo, Artist, Album, Genre, Rating or Date created. Media Library Status Bar A status bar is always located beneath each Media Library view. This status bar contains the following Information: The number of files selected The total number of files displayed The total size of the files selected 35 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer The following sections contain additional details about how to use the Media Library, as well as the context menu and the Search Function in the Media Library. Using the Media Library Selecting Files To select files, simply click the files displayed in the Media Library that you want. To select more than one file at a time, hold down the Shift key or the Ctrl key while selecting the files you want. If you have selected a Thumbnail view or a Grouped View, left-click and hold the selection rectangle that appears, while at the same time dragging it over the files to be selected. File Playback Double-click a file to start playing it. Music files are played back using the Media Player. The sound track for movies and photo files is also played back using the Media Player. The image is displayed using the entire lower part of the Main window. Or you can select the Play selection option from the context menu. Editing Meta Data The meta data for the files displayed can be edited directly in the Media Library Detail View. To do this, click the file you want to edit and then click a second time in the field that you want to change, for example, "Genre". Note that when using this method, only one field for a media file can be edited at a time. To change more than one field, we recommend using the Info Pane. More information about this topic can be found in the section Organizing Files under Editing Media Information. 36 Media Library Deleting Files Select one or more list entries and then press the Delete key or select the Delete option from the context menu. After confirming the deletion, the entries are deleted from the database. The media files on the hard drive of your computer are not deleted. To display the files in the database again, they need to be re-imported. In addition, you can use the context menu and the Search Function to manage files in the Media Library. These functions are described in more detail in the following sections. Media Library Context Menu To open the context menu, right-click one or more selected files in the Media Library. Select one of the options displayed to use on the current selection. Delete Use this option to delete the files selected from the database. Note that the deletion process actually takes place only after the command is confirmed. The media files on the hard drive of your computer are not deleted. Select All Use this option to select all the files in the Media Library list at one time. Select None Use this option to undo the selection of files in the Media Library list. 37 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Select Invert Use this option to either select all the files in the Media Library list at one time or to clear any already existing selections. Play selection First select one or more files from the Media Library and then select this option. The selection is now played back/displayed on the Media Player. New playlist from selection If you select one or more files in the Media Library and then select this option, a new playlist is created from the selected files. An entry field with a default name appears in the Media Catalog to the left in the main window. You can enter the name you want for the new playlist in this entry field. More information about this topic can be found in the section About Standard Playlists. Show in Explorer Use this option to open the folder on your hard drive where the files currently displayed are stored. Display as desktop background (only for photos) Use this option to set the currently selected photo as the background image for your desktop. Rotate clockwise (only for photos) Select a photo in the Media Library and then select this option to rotate the photo to the right. Rotate counterclockwise (only for photos) Select a photo in the Media Library and then select this option to rotate the photo to the left. Information about the rotation of the photo is automatically saved in the database; for JPEG files, this information is also saved in the EXIF tag. This information is then taken into account when the file is displayed in the Media Player or on an external output device. Convert The file selected are converted. Depending on the media type currently selected, the appropriate formats are suggested for music, movie or photo files. 38 Media Library You can also start conversions for multiple media. These conversion tasks are entered into the waiting list and are processed one after the other. Conversion runs in the background and continues even when you close the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer. More information about this topic can be found in the section File Conversion. Tools Selecting this option opens a submenu which displays the following options: Scan for missing or modified media Select this option from the context menu to search for missing/modified media. Repair missing media Use this option to search for missing files or to "repair" missing links by entering the new location of the file or the file name. Update tags from file (only for music files) If you change the ID3 tags of the music files with a different program, the information will no longer correspond to the values in the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Database. This situation is detected during a search for missing or modified media and the entries are indicated in the left column of the Media Library with a corresponding symbol. Select the corresponding files from the list in the Media Library and the select this option from the context menu to read out the modified ID3 tags values from the file to update the database. Update tags from file/folder names (only for music files) For music, the original ID3 tags for name, artist, album, genre, and so on, in the imported files are used to organize the files. If a music file is not organized according to the ID3 tags, but according to folder and file name, select this option from the context menu. Then select an organizational pattern from the dialog displayed, check the pattern using the display below and then click OK. Scan for album art If there is no album art file for a media file or you would like to exchange the existing file for another one, use this function to search for a suitable image on the hard drive of your computer. More information about this topic can be found in the section Organizing Files under Assigning Album Art. 39 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Searching the Media Library The Search Function is located on the upper right side of the Media Library: Enter a tag word into the entry field to quickly find a specific media file in the database. button to indicate whether you want to search only according to Use the certain areas in the database, for instance, by "Name", "Artist" or "Album" or whether all of these fields should be searched. The files that contain the tag word are then displayed in the list. If you would like to enter a new tag word, click the entry field and overwrite the previous tag button and then entering a new tag word. word or delete it by clicking the 40 Browser View in the Media Library Browser View Overview You can open or close the Browser View in the Media Library in the center of the main window by clicking the button. You can also use your mouse to adjust the size of the area horizontally. The Browser View displays the media in the list that you have selected in the Media Catalog to the left. You can also use the Browser View to classify or restrict the files displayed below in the Media Library according to specific criteria. This means setting a filter in the Browser View for displaying the files in the Media Library. Use the dropdown menu on the left upper side to set how the Browser View should be arranged. Depending on whether the media type Music, Movies or Photo has been selected, the information will be displayed for the specific files in the list columns. If you have, for instance, selected the media type "Music", you can click on the genre "Pop" in the Browser View to see all the titles of this genre in the Media Library. Click the button to reset the Browser View. Then all the files of the currently selected media type are displayed in the Media Library. For photos, we recommend listing the files in the Browser View according to the Date created. More information on this topic can be found in the next section Calendar View. 41 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Calendar View (only for photos) The Calendar View appears if you select the media type Photos and the Date created option from the Browser View dropdown menu. This gives you the option of classifying your files by date in the Media Library. The first month displayed is determined by the oldest file in the database; the last month displayed is determined by the newest file in the database. Days for which there are files in the database are displayed with a colored background. When the Calendar View is first opened, no particular date is selected. Basically, all the photos contained in the database are displayed in the Media Library underneath. Use the scroll bar on the lower edge of the Calendar View to seamlessly move through the months displayed and thereby see also see partial months. To the right of the dropdown menu are four buttons for navigating within the calendar: The calendar jumps back a year. The calendar jumps back a month. The calendar jumps forward a month. The calendar jumps forward a year. You can click a specific day or hold down your mouse button to select several days at one time. Accordingly, the Media Library only displays photos that have a creation date on one of the highlighted days. 42 Browser View in the Media Library Click the button to reset the Browser View. Then all the files in the currently selected media type are again displayed in the Media Library. 43 Media Player Media Player Overview The Media Player control bars are located in the upper middle part of the main window. The Media Player is used for playing music and movies as well as for viewing photos in your database. The entire lower part of the main window is used for playing movies and displaying photos. The other areas are not visible while you watch movies or view photos. Double-clicking the image during playback activates full screen mode. Doubleclicking again or pressing the Esc key on your keyboard exits full screen mode. Audio files are played back using the sound adapter or the speakers on your computer. The Media Player control bars are also used for this. To make operation easier, all the functions are equipped with a QuickInfo field that is displayed when you move your mouse over the button. The Media Player control bars are explained in greater detail in the following section. A table listing the available keyboard shortcuts can be found in the following section. 45 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Media Player Control Bars The following control bars for operating the Media Player are located in the upper middle part of the main window: Pause/Continue Playback Select a file in the Media Library and double-click it. The movie or the photo is now displayed in the lower part of the main window and the button changes appearance. If you click the button again, playback is paused. To continue playback, click the button once again. Stop Click this button to stop the current playback and to display all the lower parts of the main window again. Previous Click this button to play the previous file from the files selected or from the playlist selected. Next Click this button to play the next file from the files selected or from the playlist selected. Repeat If you click this button while playing a playlist, playback of the list is repeated until you click the button again. Shuffle The music titles, movies or photos from the selected playlist are played at random. 46 Media Player Aspect Ratio Here, you can set the aspect ratio of a movie even during playback (Standard 4:3, Letterbox or Widescreen 16:9). Note the QuickInfo box when you move your mouse over the button. The video format selected for the current movie is saved in the database. It does not need to be set again the next time the movie is played. Set Thumbnail During movie playback, click this button during a scene you like in order to create a thumbnail image to add the database. Volume Adjust the volume by clicking and holding your mouse on the tab to move the slider located to the right. Mute Click this button to turn the sound on or off. Info Field Here, you can see how long the audio or video file currently being played has already been playing. In addition, the title of the movie or the music title and the artist are displayed. The position of the slider indicates the chronological progress of the audio or movie file currently being played. Move the slider by left-clicking and holding the tab to jump back and forth within the file currently being played. In addition to these control bars, you can also operate the Media Player using keyboard shortcuts. A table listing these shortcuts can be found in the next section. 47 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Keyboard Shortcuts for Operating the Media Player In addition to the control bars described in the previous section, there are a number of keyboard shortcuts for the Media Player that enable you to quickly perform certain functions. For most functions, you have two options. Keyboard Shortcuts Or Page Page D End Esc F Space bar M Home R S Ctrl + Shift +B Ctrl + Shift +F F9 F10 Ctrl + S Alt + Enter key Ctrl + P F8 Ctrl + F Ctrl + B Continue to next file Back to previous file Adjust aspect ratio Jump to end of the list Exit full screen mode, Stop Display full screen Play/pause Sound on/off - mute Jump to beginning of the list Repeat Shuffle Back 1 second Ahead 1 second Decrease volume Increase volume Function 48 Organize Files How the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Organizes Files The three media types (Music, Movies, Photos) managed by the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer have different organizational identifiers. These organizational criteria define the hierarchy within the files of a media type. Organizational identifiers are exclusive identifiers. This means that if a music file is assigned to the genre "Pop", it cannot belong to the genre "Classic" at the same time. Music Files Usually, the original ID3 tags in imported files including Name, Artist, Album, Genre are used to organize the files. If you have not organized your music according to ID3 tags but according to folder and file names, you can transfer this information to the Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Database. To do this, select the music title in the Media Library, right-click and select Tools - Update tags from file/folder names. A dialog appears and lets you select or enter an organizational pattern that corresponds with your way of naming folders and files. Using the table displayed, you can also check whether the organizational pattern is able to make the correct assignments. Note that this also updates the ID3 tags of the original music files on your hard drive. Movies When importing movies, the folder name of the movie is used by default as categorization criteria for assigning the Genre. If the movie is made up of multiple parts, it is automatically consolidated as a Collection. The categorization criteria Series is not assigned initially, however, it can be assigned using the Info Pane. Photos When importing photos, the folder name is used as the photo album name by default. The recording date in the EXIF tag is used as the creation date. 49 Pinnacle Mobile Media Organizer Tip: If your photos do not include this tag, the creation date is initially displayed as . If you select the photos and then right-click in the Info Pane, you can enter the date using the Calendar View. In the following sections, you will learn more about the topics Changing Meta Data, Rotating Photos, Assigning Ratings as well as Assigning Album Covers. Changing Meta Data For each media file in your database, a large amount of organizational information, also known as meta data, is saved. You can view this data in the Media Library or in the Info Pane and also change it. Changing Meta Data in the Media Library The Media Library, located in the middle part of the main window, displays the files in the list that you selected using the Media Catalog or using the Browser View. You can choose between different ways of viewing the files, for example, using details or thumbnails. Meta data for the files displayed can be edited in the Detail View. To do this, click the file you want to edit and then click a second time in the field that you want to change, for example, "Genre". Note that when using this method, only one field for a media file can be edited at a time. To change more than one field, we recommend using the Info Pane. Changing Meta Data in the Info Pane Click the button to open the Info Pane below in the lower right of the main window. This shows and lets you edit the meta data of the file currently selected in the Media Library. If necessary, also click the button to open the following view: 50