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The MediaBay
• You can change the write-protection status of your me-
dia files, provided that the file type allows write operations
and you have the necessary operation system permis
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sions: To set or remove the write protection attribute for a
file, simply select the file in the Results list and select
“Set/Remove Write Protection” from the context menu.
Ö If you use other programs than Cubase to change the
write-protection status of a file, this will not be reflected in
the MediaBay until you rescan the files!
Managing the attribute lists
In the Attribute Inspector, you can define which attributes
are shown in the Results list and in the Attribute Inspector
itself. For different media types, individual “attribute sets”
can be configured.
Proceed as follows:
1. In the Attribute Inspector, click the Defined button.
2. Click the “Configure Defined Attributes” button to the
right of the Defined button.
A number of controls are displayed.
3. Click the leftmost button below the Defined/Dynamic
buttons to open the “Select Media Types” dialog, activate
one or more of the media types, and click OK.
The Attribute Inspector now shows a list of all attributes available for
these media types.
• If you have activated more than one media type, your
settings affect all selected types.
An orange checkmark indicates that the current display settings for an
attribute differ for the selected media types.
• The display settings made for the Mixed Media Type op-
tion are applied whenever you select files of different me-
dia types (for example audio and MIDI files) in the Results
list or the Attribute Inspector.
4. To select a certain attribute, activate the correspond-
ing checkbox.
• You can also select several attributes and activate/de-
activate their checkboxes in one go.
• You can reset the display settings you made by clicking
the “Reset to Default” button in the top right corner.
This will reset the display settings for all media types to their default
settings.
Ö To make settings for another media type, make sure to
only select this type in the list in the dialog.
5. When you have set up the attributes for all the media
types you are working with, exit the Configuration mode by
clicking the “Configure Defined Attributes” button again.
Defining user attributes
If you find that the available attributes are not suitable for
your work, you can define your own attributes and save
these in the MediaBay database and the corresponding
media files.
Proceed as follows:
1. In the Attribute Inspector, activate the Defined button
and click the “Configure Defined Attributes” button to en
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ter configuration mode.
A number of controls are displayed.
2. Click the “Add User Attribute” button (the “+” sign).
A dialog opens.
3. Specify the type of the attribute.
Attributes can be of the types “Text”, “Number” or “Yes/No” switch. For
“Number” attributes, you can specify how many decimals are displayed,
by entering the corresponding value in the Precision field.
4. In the text field below, enter the name for the new attri-
bute.
Note that this is the name as it will be displayed in the program. Below
the text field, you will see the name as it will be used internally (e.
g. in the
MediaBay database). This way, you will see immediately if a certain name
is invalid and cannot be used.
The Type column shows
whether the value for an
attribute is a number,
text, or a Yes/No switch.
The Precision column
shows the number of
decimals displayed for
number attributes.