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What can be searched? Searching in VirtualDJ is now versatile a
variable. What is meant by that? Just to the right of the search box there
is a “search fields” selection button. Click on the bull’s eye circle and you
are presented with a list of 10 searchable fields.
Depending on what fields are selected your search results will very. So if
you want to ensure maximum results for all your searches, select all the
fields and you will be able to search anything all the time.
To browse the entire database just enter an asterisk -
*
- as the search
string and now the entire database is displayed.
Because of the expanded search fields you are able to get more creative. One way of being
more creative is when searching on BPM. You can now enter 110-120 and if the BPM column
is selected the results displayed will be tracks in the range of 110 to 120 BPM.
If this type of creative search is something you would do on a routine basis then VirtualDJ v5
has a NEW Filter Folder feature that can be used. This is explained later in the guide in the
Filter Folders section.
From the first look it is not much different from previous versions. What has been seen, in the
Configuration Browser tab; are entries that determine what will be displayed in the left browser
panel.
NEW Options
Genres – provides a generated tree of Genre types based on the imported ID3Tag Genre
field. But selecting on the various listed genres the file browser only shows those entries that
match the tag.
*POWER USERS – typically only
one genre is stored in the ID3Tag;
however, since VirtualDJ imports
and stores this data in it’s own
database multiple genres can be
assigned to a single file by
separating each genre with a semi-
colon ‘;’ . This action is performed
in the File Info dialog the Genre
field for the file.
