Importing File Information

Using the import feature you can quickly retrieve information from the CD-Rom or hard drive. This feature is found in the “Tools” menu and has the name ‘X import’ (where X is the module name).

Files / Directories

Here you can select the files to import. Navigate the tree and tick the directories and/or filed from which you would like to import the content.

Settings

Container

Select the container for the imported items. A container can be anything, for example a CD suitcase.

Storage Medium

Optionally you can select the Storage Media type on which the to be imported data resides. The storage medium indicates on which type of media the item is stored (CD/DVD/etc.).

Directory usage information

Allows directory information to be used for filling fields like the title, album name or artist name (these last two are only available for the music album module). The available options might vary depending on the module you are using.

Use directory name as title

This option is available for most modules. If selected the lowest directory name is used as the title of the item. This can be useful when you have for example all you movies stored in separate directories like so: d:/movies/title/movie.avi. Instead of relying on the information present in the movie, or using the filename as the title, it would be more convenient to use the directory name instead. Again, this is only applicabel if you have each of your items stored in a separate directory.

Options for music files

Do not use directory information

Only use the information from the music file itself, such as the tag information of an mp3.

Use directory name as album name

The directory in which the music file resides has the album name (example ../../Abba Gold).

Use directory name as artist name

The directory in which the music file resides has the artist name (example ../../Abba).

Use directory name as artist name and its sub-directory as album name

The directory in which the music file resides has the artist name and its sub-directory has the album name (example ../../Abba/Abba Gold).

Title Cleaning

When the directory usage has been de-activated in the settings panel, Data Crow will try to create the title from the filename. As you can imagine this requires some cleaning. In order to get better results you can specify words to be removed from the filename and/or use a regex pattern. Data Crow will first remove the defined words and then apply the regex pattern.

Remove the following words from the title

The import tries to get the title from the filename if the information cannot be parsed from the file itself. Here you can enter words which should be removed when transforming the filename into a title. The words are matched regardless if they are upper or lower case.

Apply the following regex pattern

A regex pattern is a sort of scripting language which can be used to parse information. Matched words or characters are removed.

Online Search

This panel will only appear if the module supports the use of online services. An online service can be used to retrieve additional information such as covers. You can decide whether you want to use an online service by checking the "Use online service" box. If selected you can specify the online service to be used..

Use Online Service Settings to retrieve missing information

This panel will only appear if the module supports the use of online services. These settings correspond to the settings as found in a normal online search. Please read here for more information.

Local Art

Local art are pictures, stored on the storage medium, which belong to the imported item. Instead of relying on Data Crow to find the images on the internet it can be preferable to use these local files.

Recursive directory search

Allow local art to be found in one of the sub directories of the currently imported item.

Search for art using keywords

Specify the keywords which a picture's filename should contain for it to be considered local art. The keywords have to be entered comma separated.