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Scan Disk For Media

This feature searches local drives for supported media files and playlists. Once RealPlayer finds the files, the import wizard creates clips for new or uncategorized files and imports the clips into My Library.

To open the import wizard, from the Menu bar select File > Scan Disk For Media.

Customize the search with these selections from the "Scan Disk For Media" dialog:

Step		Description
1. Choose File Location		Look for media in: From the list, select a drive or folder to scan. You can also select Browse... to find and select a specific drive and folder. Include subfolders: (Default: On) Select to search all subfolders of the drive and folder selected above. Include system folders: (Default: Off) Select to search in folders normally reserved for the operating system. Copy network files..: (Default: Off) Select to copy media files located on network drives to the default My Library Files folder. Click Next to continue.
2. Choose File Types		Find file types: Select the types of files you want to scan for from the list of supported file types. Click Select All or Deselect All to select all or none of the file types listed. Do not import files shorter than XX seconds: (Default: On 10 seconds) Select to avoid importing short files. Change the seconds value to the file length you wish to exclude. Do not import files previously deleted from My Library: (Default: Off) Select to prevent importing files that you have deleted from My Library in the past. Click Next to continue.
3. Next>		Scan is performed. Select Cancel to stop the scan process.
4. Results		Click Clip Details... to open a list of all the clips that have been imported. Check to Go to My Library after closing Scan Disk wizard (Default: On). Click Finish to close.