7.0 Managing Your Music
Use Banshee to import CDs, sync your music collection to an iPod,
play music directly from an iPod, create playlists with songs from
your library, and create audio and MP3 CDs from subsets of your
library.
To open Banshee, click .
The first time you open Banshee, you are prompted to import
music. Click to search for music
in your home directory and add it to the library. Click
to tell Banshee where to look for
music. After successfully importing your music, your library is
displayed.
7.1 Playing Your Music
To play a song, simply select the song in the library and click
the Play button (
). You can also use the buttons on the upper
left corner (
) to pause a song or play the next or previous
song. Use
to adjust the volume.
Banshee also has an integrated CD player. When you insert a
music CD, your CD title appears in the left panel. Select the title
and click the Play button to play your full CD.
7.2 Organizing Your Music
To create a new playlist, click (or press
N). A new
playlist is displayed in the left panel. Double-click and enter the name you want. You can drag and
drop songs from one playlist to another, or use the options on the
menu to remove or delete songs and rename
or delete playlist.
To view the properties of a song, select a song in the library
and click . You can view the duration of a song, the number of
times it has been played, when it was last played, and when it was
imported.
You can edit the name of the artist, album, and title, as well
as the track number and track count. If you want to set all fields
in a set to the same value, select multiple songs in a playlist,
then click .
7.3 Using Banshee with Your iPod
To play music from your iPod, simply plug your iPod into your
system. Your iPod appears in the left panel. Select the song you
want to hear, then click the Play button.
When the iPod is selected in the left panel, information about
your iPod is displayed at the bottom left, including disk usage and
, , and
buttons.
There are three ways to manage the music on your iPod:
7.4 Creating Audio and MP3 CDs
To create audio and MP3 CDs, select the songs you want, then
click the button in the upper right
side of Banshee.
