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What is audio / video compression?
Creating
encoded sound files
There are three ways
to create encoded sound files.
1/ Download them from the many sites available on the Internet.
2/ Convert standard audio CD tracks into MP3 / WMA files.
3/ Record from tapes, vinyl, etc. using the Recorder/Editor
plug-in.
Media
Box makes it easy to encode CD audio tracks into MP3 / WMA / WAV
files
Place
an audio CD into the PC's rom drive, select CD to MP3 / WMA / WAV
from the menu, Media Box will list the tracks with there play
time, select the tracks you want to convert, select the directory
where you want them to be placed, and press the play button.
Sample rates - 32, 44.1, 48 kHz
Bit rates from 32kHz to 320kHz
Decoding
When
decoding ( converting MP3 to WAV ) you can first set start and end
points. This utility allows you to pick out a section of the song
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ID3
song Tag Information
This information is
attached to the end of the file. If you use CDDB2 when encoding from
CD, this information is added automatically, you can also add or
edit it manually from this window, or from the database. This window
also shows the duration of the current song and the total duration
of the song queue.
Organising
files
Organising
songs is easy.
Use
the Drive and Directory boxes on the left to navigate to your
files, all the songs in that directory will appear in the large
grey selection boxes ( see main screen above ), click on a song to
add it into the song queue, you can move around drives and
directories adding songs to the song queue. When you have finished
click, 'Save Song Set'. A list of songs sets can be seen in the
box on the right. Double click on a song set to instantly load all
the songs into the song queue.
Playing
songs
There are two players in Media
Box
The
Play Bar
Transamp
( Plug -In for registered users )
All
the songs in the song queue will be played in sequence after
pressing the Play button.
You can stop, fade out, and pause songs, click on a song in the
queue to jump to that song, grab and move the song position bar to
move to a new point in the song, and change the speed ( and pitch
).
The total song time and current position show in minutes and
seconds.
With repeat selected the song queue will continue in a loop.
The toggle button  switches
between full screen and play bar only.
Volume, Treble and Bass controls ( if supported by sound card )
Use the shuffle
button to change the order of songs in the song queue
Adding
Text and Photos
The
built in mini publisher lets you add photos, lyrics, etc. Mix
fonts, font sizes, font
colours, bold, italic etc.
Use your favorite photo editing software
( or e-soft's free photo
editing software ) to scan photos, then cut and paste into
the mini publisher. These pages can be linked to songs or song
directories and will automatically appear when the song or
directory is selected.
The
Database
Includes Auto-Update / Auto Song Set /
Manual Update / Add/Delete Records and Files / Filter / Search
Manage
all your files with this intuitive database.
Find single files or sets of files using filters.
Play directly from the database.
Automatically search and add files from your computer or CD.
Update song tag info from the database.
Search and filter from 16 fields -
Path, File, Song Title, Artist, Album, Genre, Duration, Year,
Tempo, Lyricist, Composer, Key, Comment, E-Mail, Web Address, Info
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