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 Control Name

 What it does

1

QCD Message Area

Displays control descriptions (tool tips) as well as event, status, and error messages.

Control descriptions in parentheses ( ) indicate something you can do with the right mouse button.

2

Plug-in Menu button

Displays menu of options provided by various plug-ins. The contents of this menu depend on the plug-ins in use.

3

Menu button

Opens the QCD main menu.

4

Time Display window

The main time display; shows the track or Playlist time elapsed or remaining.

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5

Playlist Time button

Displays the time for the full Playlist (all tracks).

6

Track Time button

Displays the time for the track currently playing.

7

Elapsed Time button

Displays the total elapsed time in the track or Playlist.

8

Remaining Time button

Displays the remaining time in the track or Playlist.

9

Visual effects level

Controls the reaction level of the visual effects to the music.

10

Always On Top button

Keeps player on top of other windows.

11

Skin Menu button

Displays menu to change skin layouts and modes in the currently loaded skin family.

12

QCD Remote button

Opens the QCD remote control.

13

Minimize button

Minimizes the QCD player.

14

Close button

Closes the QCD player.

15

Help button

Displays QCD Help.

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16

Visual Effects Area

Displays visual effects which react to the beat of the music. If nothing is displayed, use the Next Visual Effect button to turn the visual effect on.

17

Next Visual Effect button

Displays the next visual effect.

18

Full-screen Visual Effects button

Launches the full-screen visualization when music is playing.

19

External Visual Effects button

Opens a separate window for displaying the visual effects (normally displayed in #16), so that you can move or resize the visualization area. Caution: The larger the visualization window, the more computation resources required, which may slow down other applications' performance.

20

Album / Artist Name display

Displays the artist and album name for the currently playing track.  If the track is an MP3 or other digital music file, the album name may not be available.

21

Track Name display

Displays the track name for the currently playing track.

22

Playback Progress slider

Displays current location in the track or Playlist.  You can drag this to fast-forward or rewind to any location.

23

Encoder button

Toggles the QCD Encoder List.

24

Music Browser button

Opens the Gracenote Music Browser to display more information about the currently playing artist.

25

Play/Stop/Pause/Eject/Next Track/Previous Track

Provide traditional playback controls.

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26

Mute button

Mutes/unmutes the QCD Player.

27

Volume Knob

Adjusts the QCD volume level.  This only affects QCD volume (unlike the sound-card Volume in the Mixer controls (#44), which affects volume for all applications on your computer).

28

Playlist button

Displays/hides the QCD Playlist.

In the default skin, you can drag the Playlist  area away from the main body of QCD.

29

Add (to Playlist) button

Adds one or more tracks to the displayed Playlist.  Provides choices to add single tracks, saved playlists, folders of music, or Internet locations (URLs) that stream music.

30

Remove Tracks button

Provides choices to remove all "marked", all "unmarked", or all tracks from the Playlist.

To "mark" a track, click the track name using the right mouse button.

31

Shuffle button

Shuffles the order of the Playlist.

32

Repeat Track/Repeat All toggle

Repeats the currently playing track or the entire Playlist.

33

Save Playlist button

Saves the current Playlist to a file that you can load later using the Add button (#29).

34

Sort Playlist button

Opens a menu for sorting the Playlist.

35

Convert button

Opens a menu for converting playlist tracks or changing the encode settings.

36

Edit Track Info button

Opens the track editor for the track(s) currently selected in the playlist.

37

Playlist

The list of tracks queued for playing.  Click on a specific track to jump to it.

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38

Playlist Scrollbar

Lets you scroll through the Playlist if it's longer than the Playlist area. To use the Scrollbar, drag the slider knob and up and down, or click the up / down buttons above and below the scrollbar.

39

Search Playlist

Lets you type in all or part of a track title to search in the Playlist.  To find all matches, hit Enter after you type your search word(s).  Use down and up arrows to go to the next or previous match. For more information, see How To: Perform Searches on the Playlist

40

Playlist Resize area

Click and drag to resize the Playlist Window.

41

Equalizer controls

Graphic equalizer sliders let you shape the tone on a frequency-by-frequency basis.  This is only supported with some plug-ins (such as MP3 playback).

42

Equalizer preset controls

Arrow buttons move through the list of preset equalizer settings.  The "Presets" button lets you save or recall a preset.

43

Equalizer/Mixer button

Displays/hides the Equalizer and Mixer controls.

44

Volume and Balance controls

Volume adjusts the sound-card settings.  To adjust the volume for a specific channel, right-click on the Volume slider.  Note that this sound-card Volume is different from the QCD Volume Knob (#27) because it affects all applications on your system.

Balance adjusts the QCD left-right speaker balance (if you have a stereo sound-card).

45

Mixer controls

Bass and Treble adjust the sound-card settings.

To use any of the slider controls:

• Use your mouse to drag the slider control left/right or up/down.

For more information, see Using the Mixer.

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46

Encode Source button

Lets you choose your CD Recording source.

47

Encode Settings button

Opens the Encoder Plug-ins  settings window to configure the location and format of recorded audio files.  

48

Close Encoder button

Closes the Encoder window.

49

Encoder Scrollbar

Lets you scroll through the Encoder List if it's longer than the Encode List area. To use the Scrollbar, drag the slider knob and up and down, or click the up / down buttons above and below the scrollbar.

50

Encoder List

The list of tracks queued for encoding.  Click on a specific track to select/deselect it.

51

Resize Encoder List area

Click to resize the encoder list.

52

Encoding Start button

Starts Encoding all files queued in the Encoder List.

53

Encoding Stop button

Stops all encoding.

54

Explore Encode Folder button

Opens the current encode folder where encoded files are saved.

55

Select None button

Deselects all tracks in the Encoder List.

56

Select All button

Selects all tracks in the Encoder list for encoding.

57

Encode Progress bar

Displays the progress of all files selected for encoding.

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58

QCD Remote

Use the QCD Remote to control QCD while using minimal desktop real estate.

59

QCD Remote Play/Pause Previous/Next Track buttons

Provide traditional playback controls on the QCD Remote.

60

QCD Remote Volume Up/Down

Controls volume on the QCD Remote

61

QCD Remote Album / Artist Name display

Displays the artist and album name for the currently playing track.  If the track is an MP3 or other digital music file, the album name may not be available.

62

QCD Remote Playback Progress slider

Displays current location in the track or Playlist.  You can drag this to fast-forward or rewind to any location.

63

QCD Remote Playlist button

Displays/hides the QCD Playlist.

64

QCD Remote Mute button

Mutes/unmutes the QCD Player.

65

QCD Remote Resize area

Click to resize the QCD Remote.

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