Library Fields

The list of all library fields, including custom fields. See Configure Library Field below for details on adding and editing fields.

Tree

Show Tree tooltips. Check this option to display yellow help boxes when you place your cursor over items in the tree.

Auto expand tree. If this option is selected, clicking on any item in the tree will expand it.

List

Show grid lines. Check this option to display grid lines in the content pane. This option requires MEGA-ME skinning.

Show track info tool tips. Check this option to display all database information for a track when hovering the cursor over the track in the content pane

Auto size columns. This will automatically re-size the columns in the content pane to fit the longest item in each column..

Auto save sort changes. Check this to save a particular sort order in the content pane (to make your sort order “stick”). You can also right-click the column header in the content pane and select “Save Current View”. Tip: to save your new sort order as a default, check this option, make your changes, then uncheck this option.

Sort track # for albums. When checked, tracks on albums will always be sorted according to the track number (regardless of any other sort order you may have). This option only works when you are looking at a single album.

Other

Toolbar. Remove items menus from the file menu, or add/remove icons from the toolbar. You can also choose to have selective text displayed with some of the icons. To change the order of icons or menu items, use the “Move Up” and “Move Down” buttons. Selecting "Reset" will revert to the default setting. You can also access "customize toolbar" by right clicking anywhere in the toolbar.

Font. Change the font used throughout Media Center.

Thumbnails. Select the size of thumbnails (medium is default) and the spacing between them. By default, Media Center displays the name below the thumbnail; you can change this behavior here. You can also erase all the thumbnails, or set Media Center to erase them upon exit

Display Image

The image displayed in the Display area while in Playing Now or Fullscreen mode, when there is no cover art for a file

Name

The internal name of the field

Display

The name to be displayed in the interface.

Keywords

The keyword that appears in searches. If there are multiple keywords, they must be separated by a semi-colon (without spaces).

Data Type

You can create various types of data, including string, integer, decimal, percentage or a semicolon delimted list.

Category

Where you want the information stored in File Properties (general, extended, audio, display, file info).

Edit Type

Standard. A basic string (like artist, genre, etc).

Clear Only. Select this to clear information that Media Center fills in for you. For example, if your field tracks the number of times something happens (a file is played, etc), you may want the option to clear the information and start over.

Large Value. Long strings, like “Lyrics”. This field uses a popup window for editing.

Cannot be edited. Your field cannot be edited.

Values

Semi-colon delimted list of values you can use (example: 1;2;3;4;5 for rating).

Store in file tags (when possible)

Store the information in the file tag so that it can be read by other software (if supported) or by Media Center upon import.

Default search field

Enable this if you want this field searched when you type something like "dylan" rather than artist=dylan.