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--- tutorials:general:getting-started [2020/05/15 13:09] – [Mix Editor] Deleted v5 ulinobbe
+++ tutorials:general:getting-started [2021/07/22 08:41] (current) – [ON, PFL, and OFF mode] Korrektur tondose
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   * [[tutorials:general:getting-started:v6_3:v6_3_config|Basic configuration]]
-Below is the old tutorial for version 5.3 until the documentation for version 6.3 is complete.
+Below is the rest of the old tutorial for version 5.3 until the documentation for version 6.3 is complete.
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-==== Editing metadata ====
-When you explore the other tabs of the Properties dialog, you will find that there are many other things you can edit here. The most important tab would be the //General// tab which allows editing of the basic metadata fields like artist, title etc.:
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-Another important tab is the //Attributes// tab. In mAirList, "attributes" are simply name/value pairs that are used to store any kind of metadata for a song. When you add a new audio file that has a supported file tag (e.g. ID3 for MP3 files), mAirList will import the existing file tags (e.g. album name, genre, year) as attributes.
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-By default, attribute values are displayed in the //Other Attributes// section on the right-hand side of the dialog, in a sample table. Use the cursor-down key to add more rows to the table. If there are any attributes that you use frequently, you can define them as "Standard Attributes" in the configuration, and you will get a much nicer input form on the left-hand side of the dialog.
-==== Storing metadata ====
-Any changes you make in the Properties dialog, including cue markers and attributes, will be "volatile", that means, they are only stored in RAM for the instance of the audio item in the current playlist, and will be lost when you delete the item from the playlist.
-To make your metadata changes permanent, mAirList offers three ways of exporting the metadata, found in the menu that appears when you click the //Export...// button at the bottom of the Properties dialog:
-  * **File tag**: Metadata is stored in an XML block in a hidden part of the ID3v2 tag. Only works for MP3 files, and not of the file is currently loaded into a player (the file will be locked on disk then).
-  * **MMD file**: Metadata is stored in a small XML file (file extension ''.mmd'', "mAirList meta data") alongside the audio file. Works with any file type and is non-obstrusive (original file remains untouched).
-  * **Database**: Stores the metadata in the database library. Requires a [[tutorials:mairlistdb:getting-started|mAirListDB]] to be set up first.
-When you re-add the same file to the playlist or cartwall later, mAirList will detect the existing metadata and use it.
 ===== Cartwall =====
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 ==== ON, PFL, and OFF mode ====
-The cartwall has three different operation modes: **ON** (on air), **PFL** (prelistening) and **OFF** (when neither ON or PFL is active). This will actually switch the sound card output (and disable some other things like logging in PFL mode) - see the section on audio routing below. When you use remote control with your mixing console, it is also possible to reflect the state of the cartwall channel on the console here (ON = fader open, PFL = fader in PFL/cue mode, OFF = fader closed).
+The cartwall has three different operation modes: **ON** (on air), **PFL** (prelistening) and **OFF** (when neither ON nor PFL is active). This will actually switch the sound card output (and disable some other things like logging in PFL mode) - see the section on audio routing below. When you use remote control with your mixing console, it is also possible to reflect the state of the cartwall channel on the console here (ON = fader open, PFL = fader in PFL/cue mode, OFF = fader closed).
 ==== Operating the cartwall ====
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 All logging mechanisms use a set of [[reference:logging_variables|variables]] that are replaced by the actual item data, e.g. ''%a'' for artist or ''%b'' for title.
-There is a //Item Type// tab in the properties of any logging mechanism where you can select the type of items to be logged - e.g. to filter out any item type but music for the online playlist on your website:
+There is an //Item Type// tab in the properties of any logging mechanism where you can select the type of items to be logged - e.g. to filter out any item type but music for the online playlist on your website:
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