The uppermost section of RDLibrary's main window contains tools designed to allow for fast searching of the entire audio library, making locating a particular piece of audio easy even in a library containing thousands of carts. It's possible to control what carts are listed, as well as how they are sorted.
The order in which carts are displayed in the cart list can be
changed by simply clicking on the header of the column by which
you want them sorted by. By default, the carts are sorted by Cart
Number. To sort them alphabetically by Title instead, simply click
the Title header once.
To sort them by Title in reverse --i.e.
from 'Z' to 'A' – click the Title
header once again. Clicking the
Title header a third time restores
the sort to normal 'A' to 'Z' again. And so on for all of the columns
in the cart list – it's
possible to sort the Library by
Artist,
Length, or any other
parameter shown in the cart list.
Often, one will want to find a cart or set of carts whose
label(s) contains a particular word or phrase. It's possible to
narrow the list of displayed carts to this set by simply entering
the desired word or phrase into the
Filter field at the top of the
main RDLibrary screen. The full list can be restored by clearing
the Filter field or by clicking
the Clear button.
It's possible to limit the list of carts to only those in a
particular group by setting the Group
drop-down menu to the
desired group name.
You can tell RDLibrary what type of carts to list by checking the
Show Audio Carts and
Show Macro Carts boxes. Clearing
both boxes
obviously results in no carts at all being displayed.
It's also possible to combine all four of the above search and sorting methods.
Once the desired cart has been located on the cart list, load it
into the Edit Cart Dialog by either double
clicking its list entry, or by touching its list entry and then
touching the Edit button.
If a cart contains more than one cut, you can view all the cuts
contained by the cart by clicking the
+ icon. The cuts can be
hidden by clicking the -
icon.
A selected cart or cut can be played by either pressing the play button (the one with the triangular symbol) or by pressing the space bar. If a cart or cut is currently playing, selecting another cart or cut with the mouse or arrow keys will automatically play the newly selected item. To stop a playing cart or cut, press the stop button (square symbol) or press the space bar again.