Views: PC & Cloud Library

The PC & Cloud Library is one location where you can see all of your media: videos, music files, imported CDs, and downloads from the internet. From the Library you can create your own custom CDs and DVDs, and put together playlists and Collections. Clips in the Library can also be copied to an MP3 player or other portable device.

Open the Library by clicking on thePC & Cloud Library tab. Select any of the media categories or options from the sidebar, on the left.

Your PC Library

Your RealPlayer Cloud

Organizing your PC Library

Categories

To help you find media clips quickly within your Library, RealPlayer Cloud sorts the clips into categories based on their media types and other properties (for example, Music, Videos, or Playlists). See Clip Categories for details.

Columns and Clip Info

Within each category, you can sort your clips by a variety of parameters (arranged as vertical columns across the Library Display area) such as Clip Name, Artist, Album, Genre Type or category: Rock, Classical, Country, Sports, Movies, News etc., My Rating, Length, and Format, or the dates they were imported into the Library. See Clip Info for more information about viewing and editing these properties. 

Search the PC & Cloud Library

1. Open the Library.
2. In the Search field, located in the upper right corner, type a search term or terms. When entering multiple search terms, separate words with spaces only. Do not use commas. Search terms are not case sensitive.
3. Click or press [ENTER] to start the search.
4. Search results appear as a list in the Library Display area. You can sort by clicking on any of the column headers.

Add media to your PC Library

Here are four ways to add media clips to your PC Library:

Import tracks from a CD

Import media on your computer into the Library

Download from the internet

Import from a portable device

Configure columns in your PC Library

To configure the default column headings in the Library:

1. Open the Library.
2. Click any column header to sort the list of clips in that category, A to Z. (Clicking again will reverse the sort, Z to A.) 
3. Click and drag any column header to rearrange the order of the columns.
4. Click and drag a header divider to change the width of a column.
5. Double-click a header divider to open a column to the width needed to view the longest entry.

To specify which columns are displayed in the Library:

1. Click and select Preferences > Library > Advanced.
2. Click Configure Columns... This opens the "Column Settings" dialog.
3. Select the current view by category (All Media, Music, Videos, etc.).
4. Select the column fields you want displayed within the current view. Use the Move Up and Move Down commands to adjust their order, and the "pixels wide" field to specify their size.

To create new columns:

1. Click and select Preferences > Library > Advanced.
2. Click Configure Custom Columns... This opens the "Configure Column Settings" dialog.
3. In the "Column Display Name" field, enter a name for the custom column you want to create.
4. In the "Show Info From" field, use the drop-down list of database categories to select the info you want the custom column to display.

See Also

Play from the PC & Cloud Library

Create a Playlist

Print my Library

Download video from the web

Create my own CD

Import local media files to the PC Library

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