Creating an MP3 Collection

This walkthrough shows how easy it is to create a Collection within FNO³.

Objective

On the PC there are over 1100 MP3 files logically grouped into subfolders within a top folder called "songs". The objective is to create a Collection of these MP3 files as part of a a hierarchical set of folders for Music Collections. As part of the process Notes will be added to files, file filtering will be used with drag and drop to play the MP3 Collection files using Window Media Player.

Procedure

1. Right click within the Collection Tree and select New Folder. Give the folder a name.

2. Right click within the new folder and select New Standard Notes Collection, and enter the name of the collection.

3. Drag the folders containing the MP3 files or the files themselves into the Collection

Note

Folders dragged into a Collection will automatically include all sub-folders

4. Left click on the new Collection to view the Collection contents

Note

In the screenshot below the show folders icon (highlighted) is de-selected. When de-selected the File List only displays the files in the Collection including those in sub-folders. However the sub-folder name row will not be displayed.
Select Show All Files to include display of the files that have no Notes
The Status Bar in the screenshot shows there at 1116 files in the Collection.

5. Right Click on the Column Title Bar and Select Path to display the Path column (also see Customizing Columns). This will indicate the sub-folders included in the Collection.

6. Right click on files in the Collection and select Add or Edit Note to add notes to the Collection files.

Note

In the example below the Notes 1 field has been renamed Composer

7. Select bach & mp3 in the Filter window

8. Drag and Drop the filtered files directly into Window Media Player to create a Play-list.

Note

The example below demonstrates files stored in a variety of folders across the PC dragged as though they were in one folder. This shows the one of the features of Collections.