Now Playing

Introduction to the Now Playing pane

The Now Playing pane shows useful information about the track that is currently being played.

Showing the Now Playing pane

1. Make sure the Right Sidebar is visible.
2. Click the Now Playing tab control at the bottom of the Right Sidebar
   
   

The Now Playing pane details

The Now Playing pane is divided into several sections which all display different kinds of information.
 

General Information:

This section shows general artist, album and track information as well as playing statistics.
 
The artist name, title name, album name, release year and the publisher are direct links which will take you to the corresponding Music Information Browser page when clicked.
 

 

Tasks:

This section allows you to perform different tasks on the file that is currently being played. Click a links to perform one of the following tasks:

• Edit Tags - This task will open the Tag Editor with the file that is currently being played.

• Edit Tags (Spreadsheet Mode) - This task will open the Tag Editor (Spreadsheet Mode) with the file that is currently being played.

• Analyse File - This task will analyze the current file using the MP3 Analyzer.

• Explorer Source Folder - This task will open the folder where file that is currently being played in Windows Explorer.

Suggested Tracks:  

This section shows suggested tracks based on the currently playing track. Genre information and artist relations are used to find suggested tracks. By defining genres more accurate and by specifying artist relations (such as similar artists and AKA's) in the Edit Artist Information dialog you can make the suggested tracks section more accurate. Play counter is also taken into account when generating the suggested tracks list. This means that if you have many tracks to become suggested, the least played tracks will show first.
 
The artist and title is linked directly to the Music Information Browser, in the same way as the links in the General Information section.
 

 

Favourites:  

This section shows the tracks with the highest rating and play counter  from the artist of the currently playing track.
 
The title is linked directly to the Music Information Browser, in the same way as the links in the General Information section.
 

 

Recent Releases:  

This section shows the most recent releases made by the artist of the currently playing track, sorted by release year descending. All tracks from the currently playing album will be shown under this album.
 
The artist, album, title and release year is linked directly to the Music Information Browser, in the same way as the links in the General Information section.
 

 

Biography:

This section displays the picture of the artist/group currently being played as well as their biography (if available).
The picture and biography can be added/edited using the Edit Artist Information tool.