AMX Content Database Editor v 1.0, Manual

Page 1: ...Operation Reference Guide Software Content Database Editor v 1 0 Document ID 033 004 2979 Initial Release 4 28 2006 ...

Page 2: ...the AMX SOFTWARE including without limitation any if any service packs or hot fixes provided to Licensee after the expiration of the ninety 90 day Limited Warranty period are not covered by any warranty or condition express implied or statutory LICENSEE REMEDIES AMX s entire liability and Licensee s exclusive remedy shall be repair or replacement of the AMX Software that does not meet AMX s Limite...

Page 3: ...Preset Database Content Windows 6 Status Bar 6 Getting Started 7 The Media Library 9 Overview 9 Media Library Bar 9 Media Library Toolbar 10 Adding a CD to the Media Library using CDDB 10 Adding a CD to the Media Library Manually 11 Adding a DVD to the Media Library 12 Identifying a CD 13 Editing Disc Properties 13 Removing a CD or DVD From the Media Library 13 Configuring CDDB Options 14 Automati...

Page 4: ...to the Disc 16 Removing a Disc From a Media Database File 17 Presets Database Files Channels Stations 19 Overview 19 Creating a New Presets Database File 19 Adding Channel Station Presets To a Presets Database File 19 Editing Preset Properties 19 Removing a Preset From a Preset Database File 20 Searching for Media 21 Searching For a CD or DVD 21 Searching for Media Via the Find Media Dialog 21 Sea...

Page 5: ...th VisualArchitect To launch CDE from VisualArchitect select File Content Database Editor The CDE Workspace FIG 1 shows the CDE Workspace FIG 1 Content Database Editor Workspace Menu Bar Standard Toolbar Media Preset Toolbar Media Library Toolbar Media Library Bar Media Database Content Windows Preset Database Content Windows Status Bar Drag and Drop Support You may drag and drop both media and pr...

Page 6: ...o clipboard memory Paste Pastes the contents of the clipboard at the cursor position Toolbar Toggles the display of the standard Toolbar Media Preset Toolbar Toggles the display of the Media Preset Toolbar Media Library Bar Toggles the display of the Media Library Bar Status Bar Toggles the display of the Status Bar Identify CD Initiates an attempt at identifying the CD in your PC s local CD drive...

Page 7: ...within the active Content Data base window Move Down Moves the selected item down in the list within the active Content Data base window Properties Opens the Disc Properties dialog populated with the information associ ated with the selected CD or DVD New Window Opens the active selected Database Content Window in a new secondary win dow Any changes made in the secondary window are automatically r...

Page 8: ...ase as a MXD Media Database or PXD Presets Database file Ctrl X Cut Cuts the selected item to clipboard memory Ctrl C Copy Copies the selected item to clipboard memory Ctrl V Paste Pastes the contents of the clipboard at the cursor position About Opens the About ContentDatabaseEditor dialog This dialog displays the following information about your version of ContentDatabaseEditor Program version a...

Page 9: ...and selecting DVD from the drop down menu Title This column indicates each discs title To enter a disc title click inside the Title cell and type the title as you want it to appear for selection Artist This column indicates the artist name associated with each disc For CDs this would be the name of the artist or band and for DVDs it could be used for the Director Move Down Moves the selected item ...

Page 10: ...tle as you want it to appear for selection Image This column indicates the logo image associated with each channel preset To associate a logo with a channel preset click inside the Image cell and select the image with a name that matches the channel you are adding Channel This column indicates the channel number of each preset This is the channel number used by the receiver to access this channel ...

Page 11: ...r DVD A Preset Database file PXD contains a list of channel station presets Each preset corresponds to a radio or television channel Presets work basically like buttons on the face of a car radio each one jumps to the channel it represents Select a Content Database Type and click Next to continue If you selected Media CDs and DVDs the next dialog is the Media Database Properties dialog If you sele...

Page 12: ...Content Database Editor 8 Content Database Editor ...

Page 13: ...s in the Media Library it is available to be added to one or more Media Database file Media Library Bar The Media Library Bar displays the contents of the Media Library The Media Library Bar is intended to aid in the creation of Media Database Files You can drag a CD or DVD title from the Media Library Bar CD or DVD tabs directly into your Media Database Content Windows There are three tabs on the...

Page 14: ...ositively identified the Disc Properties dialog is invoked pre populated with the CDs information You can manipulate the Media Library from the Media Library menu toolbar or via the context menu toolbar button Command description Identify CD Initiates an attempt at identifying the CD in your PC s local CD drive Find Opens the Find Media dialog where you can search for media using sev eral advanced...

Page 15: ...a Library Manually In some cases discs may not be identified via the Identify Disc option if they do not exist on the CDDB servers or if you do not have access to the CDDB servers In these cases you can enter disc information manually 1 Insert the CD in your PCs drive 2 Select Media Library Add Disc or click the toolbar button to invoke the Disc Type dialog 3 Select Add a new CD and click OK This ...

Page 16: ...ary Unlike CDs DVDs do not utilize an online database for disc identification All DVDs must be manually added to the Media Library 1 Select Media Library Add Disc or click the toolbar button to invoke the Disc Type dialog 2 Select Add a new DVD and click OK This opens an empty Disc Properties dialog 3 Enter the DVD information as desired Enter the DVD Title Artist and Genre information in the top ...

Page 17: ...n to access the Disc Properties dialog pre populated with the selected disc s information Alternatively right click on a disc and select Properties from the context menu 3 Edit the disc properties as desired and click OK to save your changes Removing a CD or DVD From the Media Library To remove a disc from the Media Library select a disc CD or DVD in the Media Library Bar and select Media Library ...

Page 18: ...er the IP address or URL in the Server field Path information and the desired Port of the CDDB server 3 Click OK to close the dialog and return to the CDDB Settings dialog The server you just added is now included at the bottom of the CDDB Sites list Use the Move Up and Move Down to sort the list as desired Removing a CDDB Server 1 Select the server that you want to remove in the CDDB Sites list 2...

Page 19: ...alog and open a new Media Database Content window Now you can add CDs and DVDs to this Media Database MXD file There are several possible ways to do this Adding a CD or DVD to a Media Database File Removing a Disc From a Media Database File Adding a CD or DVD to a Media Database File When you create a new Media Database file a new empty Media Database Contents window is opened for you to add CDs a...

Page 20: ...ange the Artist name associated with a selected disc click in the Artist column and select the appropriate name from the drop down list of all Artist names currently in the Media Library To change the Genre associated with a selected disc click in the Genre column and select the appropriate genre from the drop down list of all genre names currently in the Media Library To change the Description of...

Page 21: ...ntent window 2 Select Media Preset Remove Media Preset or click the toolbar button Removing a disc from a Media Database file does not delete it from the Media Library It will still be available for adding to other Media Database files To permanently delete a disc from the Media Library select the disc in the Media Library Bar and select Media Library Remove Disc ...

Page 22: ...Media Database Files CDs and DVDs 18 Content Database Editor ...

Page 23: ...resets Database File 1 Create a new Preset Database File File New or open an existing one File Open 2 Select Media Preset Add Media Preset or click the Add Disc Preset toolbar button This action adds a Preset to the file as indicated n the Preset column Initially the new Preset has no information associated with it 3 To enter information for this Preset select Media Preset Properties or click the ...

Page 24: ...or 3 Edit the Preset properties as desired and click OK to save your changes Removing a Preset From a Preset Database File 1 Select the Preset you want to remove in a Preset Database Content window 2 Select Media Preset Remove Media Preset or click the toolbar button ...

Page 25: ...r click the toolbar button to open the Find Media dialog FIG 4 2 Select de select the search options to best suit the search you want to perform 3 Click OK to perform the search Search results are displayed in the Find tab of the Media Library Bar Searching For Media Via the Find Tab A simpler alternative to using the Find Media dialog is to search via the Find tab in the Media Library Window This...

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