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7. MP3 albums

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An album is a folder of MP3 files on the box; once it is there, it plays without WLAN. It continues where it stopped – every tag with its own progress (section 7.4). Bringing albums onto the box, linking tags and changing covers needs the role admin; starting an album from the beginning and looking at the progress the role user may do as well.

7.1 Bringing a new album onto the box

  1. Tab "Upload".
  2. Enter the title of the album. The folder on the box gets the same name.
  3. If you like, choose a cover (JPEG, PNG or WebP). It can also be set later.
  4. Drag MP3 files into the field, or "Choose files" or "Choose folder".
  5. Check the order. It follows the track number in the files, otherwise the file name (2 before 10), and can be changed before the album is created.
  6. Optionally choose a tag under "Link to tag".
  7. "Create album".

Limits: MP3 files only, at most 500 MB per file and 500 files per album; 200 MB must stay free on the box afterwards. An upload that was broken off is listed under "Unfinished uploads" and expires after one hour.

Changing title and cover: tab "Albums", open the album. Overwrite the title at the top – it is saved as soon as the field is left. "Change cover" takes a new image (JPEG, PNG or WebP) and replaces the previous one. An album without a cover shows the image from its MP3 files, if they contain one.

Deleting an album: tab "Albums", open the album, "Remove album" – with "Delete the files as well" the MP3 files disappear too. This is possible only if no tag is linked to the album and it is not playing.

If an album shows problems (the LED blinks red): open the album. The problems are listed there, and "Rebuild playlist from the MP3 files" writes the list of tracks anew.

7.2 Linking a tag

A tag plays what it is linked to: an album, a radio station (section 8) or an entry of Spotify (section 9). Linking works the same for all three.

New tag:

  1. Place the tag on the box. The LED is yellow.
  2. Tab "Now": under "Unknown tag placed" choose the album, the station or the entry of Spotify.
  3. "Link & play". It starts at once.

Known tag:

  • Tab "Tag management", column "Album / station": choose another one, or "— not linked —".
  • Unlinking is also possible in the tab "Now" ("Unlink" for the tag on the box) and in the album dialog (✕ at the tag). The progress is kept.
  • Give a tag a name in the tab "Tag management", e.g. "red cat" – that makes it easier to tell the tags apart.
  • Deleting a tag: tab "Tag management". Its progress is lost with it.

Several tags can have the same album; each has its own progress.

If there is a library, a new tag can also be created without a box: with the phone (section 13.5).

7.3 Covers

A tag shows the cover of its album, station or entry of Spotify, in the tabs "Tags", "Tag management" and "Now". A tag has no picture of its own: two tags with the same album show the same cover, and a tag that is not linked shows none.

  • Cover of an album: tab "Albums", open the album, "Change cover" (section 7.1).
  • Cover of a station: tab "Radio", click the image in front of the station (section 8).
  • Cover of an entry of Spotify: it comes from Spotify; in the tab "Spotify" click the image in front of the entry to choose another one (section 9).

7.4 Progress

  • Tab "System", "Progress per tag": the saved position of every tag.
  • "Reset progress" sets all albums to their beginning.
  • A single album starts from the beginning by holding "back" for 1 s on the box or with "Album from the start" in the tab "Now".