Cataloging Music Files

Music Collector enables you to catalog both your physical and digital music collection. You can scan your hard drive for digital music then add it automatically to your Music Collector database. If you’ve ripped your physical collection to your hard drive, you can link your digital music to the entries within Music Collector then play the tracks using your default media player, direct from your database.

Choose from one of the options below to start adding your digital music:

• Click Edit > Add Music Files

or

• Click the Add Music Files icon from your toolbar

You should now see the Add/Link Music Files screen. To begin adding your digital music, follow the steps below:

• Click Choose, select the folder you want to scan then click OK.
• Click Scan All to start the process.
• Or click Scan for New Files to detect only new files

You should now see a screen containing your music files. You now have three options for adding your music:

Add Selection as New Album:
This option will add the selected (highlighted) album as a new entry to your database.

Link Selection to Existing Album:
This option enables you to link the MP3 album to an existing album in your collection.

Batch add Checked Albums:
This option will add all checked albums to your collection. The checked albums will be added as new entries. To check an album click the box next to the album artist name, a tick will appear showing the album has been checked.