The chapter contains detailed descriptions of the Queue, Recent, + Choose and Added tabs.
+ +The Queue tab has already + been briefly described, but there + are some more things to say about. To start with, the meaning of + the columns:
+ +| When | +This is the server's estimate of when the track will start. + If play is disabled but the queue isn't empty, then it is based + on the assumption that play is about to be enabled. | +
| Who | +This is the person who selected the track. If the track + was picked at random by the server it is empty. You can + “adopt” a randomly picked track; see below. | +
| Artist | +The artist responsible for the track. Like the other track + name columns, this depends on the server's logic for parsing + filename, so can be a bit wrong. You can edit the track + properties to correct it. | +
| Album | +The album that the track came from. | +
| Title | +The title of the track. | +
| Length | +The length the track will play for. For the playing track + this will include the amount of time it's been playing so + far. | +
You can select tracks in the queue by clicking on them. You can + select multiple tracks by clicking in a second location with SHIFT + depressed (to select all tracks between the first and second click) + or with CTRL depressed (to add a single track to the selection).
+ +Having selected tracks you can drag them to a new location in + the queue. Of course, you can't drag the playing track, nor can + you drag other tracks before it.
+ +Right-clicking in the queue will create a pop-up menu:
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Track Properties will create a window with editable + properties of each selected track. Scratch playing track + only works if the playing track is the selected track and will stop + it playing. Remove track from queue will remove the + selected (non-playing) tracks from the queue.
+ +Adopt track will apply your name to one without an entry + in the Who column, i.e. one that was randomly picked by the + server. The reason you might do this is to signal to other users + that you did want this track to play. (For instance, it might be + an accepted convention that randomly picked tracks were fair game + for removal but that tracks picked by a human should normally be + left alone.)
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The Recent tab is similar in structure to the queue but + it shows tracks that have played recently. The When column + indicates when the track played rather than when it will + played.
+ +Right clicking will create a pop-up menu with similar options to + those found in the queue's equivalent menu. The one additional + option is Play track, which allows a recently played track + to be added back to the queue.
+ +The other way of adding tracks from this tab back to the queue + is to drag them to the queue tab and then to the desired point into + the queue.
+ +The Choose tab contains all the tracks known to the + server, organized into a hierarchical structure based on the + underlying file and directory structure.
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The boxes in the Queued column are ticked if the track is + somewhere in the queue. You can click on an unticked box to add + the track to the queue, but clicking an already-ticked one will + have no effect.
+ +Directories can be expanded or collapsed by clicking on the + triangular signs left of their names. Tracks can be selected and + deselected by clicking on them. You can select multiple tracks by + clicking in a second location with SHIFT depressed (to select all + tracks between the first and second click) or with CTRL depressed + (to add a single track to the selection).
+ +Right clicking will create a pop-up menu with what are hopefuly + now familiar options. Play track will add the selected + track(s) to the queue and Track Properties will create a + window with editable properties of each selected track.
+ +Note that when tracks are added to the queue these ways they + will be added before any tracks picked at random by the server, so + that users don't have to wait for them to play out.
+ +Selected tracks can also be dragged to the queue, by dragging + first to the Queue tab itself and then to the desired + location in the queue.
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To do a word search over all tracks, you can just start typing. + Your search terms will appear in the input box at the bottom of the + window. Directories containing matching tracks are automatically + opened and the matches highlighted in yellow. You can jump to the + previous or next search result with the up and down arrows at the + bottom right of the screen (or jump to the next one by pressing + CTRL+G).
+ +If you enter more than one word at a time then only tracks which + match both words will be listed.
+ +You can search for tags as + well as words. For instance to search for the tag + “happy” you would enter tag:happy in the + search box.
+ +To clear the search, press the Cancel button.
+ +The Added tab shows tracks that have been newly detected + by the server, in order to allow those tracks to be conveniently + played. In behavior it is the same as the + recently played tracks list.
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