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Frequently Asked Questions
- Helium Music Manager seems to sort files incorrectly
- Other Languages For Helium Music Manager
- Using External Applications in Helium Music Manager
- How can I access data in Helium's database?
- What's the difference between Preference and Rating?
- How can I run Helium on limited user accounts in Windows
XP?
- What do the different Release Types mean?
- How can I split up several albums merged into one
Album?
- How can I move files from one album to another album?
- Cannot load BASSWMA.DLL
- Helium Music Manager does not start
- Which tag-frames are supported for which
tags?
The Artist, Album or Title sorting
does not work (or seems not to work) in the database view.
The sort order is probably being
affected by the the tag contents of the additional sort order fields:
Album Sort Order
Artist Sort Order
Title Sort
Order
These fields are used for sorting in several places within
Helium Music Manager.
The track lists use all of these fields when you
click on a column to sort the data. If the fields are empty, they will be sorted
using the "master" field, for example if "Artist Sort Order" is empty, sorting
will use the data stored in "Artist" instead.
In the Album Browser,
Album Sort Order is used when you are in Album mode and Artist Sort Order is
used in Artist Mode.
The only exception to this is when the files have
"Album Artist" set. In this case, "album Artist" will be used to sort the list
in the Album Browser (Artist Mode) in preference to the sort order or master
field.
Example:
Artist: "The Rolling Stones"
1)
Artist Sort Order field is empty:
=> sorting:
...
-The Beatles
-The Rolling Stones
-The X-Rays
...
2) Artist Sort Order
field is set to the artist name without "the"
=> sorting:
....
-Robbie Williams
-The Rolling Stones
-Ronan Keating
...
Another Example is the sorting of files which start with a number:
e.g. "10cc" can be sorted as "Ten cc" |
Are there any other languages
available and/or planned for Helium Music Manager?
Helium Music Manager is released
with English, German, French and Italian language.
We are currently
working on a Swedish language file.
If you are interested in helping us
to translate Helium to your language, please feel free to contact us:
http://www.helium-music-manager.com/support.php |
How can I use external applications in
Helium Music Manager and what purpose do I use them for?
Using External applications lets you work
with any other application from within Helium Music Manager.
The
applications can be anything from other players, audio tools or to something as
simple as Notepad.
Listed below are examples of useful applications
(including descriptions) with instructions on how they can be invoked from
within Helium Music Manager.
To configure your external application(s),
open settings and select the "External Applications" node.
Add a new
External application by pressing the "Add button", give it a name, identify the
EXE file that should be started and fill in the parameters.
Important
Note:
The Parameters
%files% and %wafiles% are
designed to work with several files (not a single file), therefore they will
not work as a doubleclick action from any of the tracklists.
QCD-Player
Delete playlist, add one or more
files and play directly
%files%
Add one or more files to the
playlist
/ADD %wafiles%
Foobar2000
Delete playlist, add one or more files and play directly
%files%
Add one or more files to the playlist
/ADD
%files%
Delete playlist, and play directly (also
doubleclick)
"%directory%\%filename%"
Add one file to the
playlist (also doubleclick)
/ADD "%directory%\%filename%"
sending files to Foobar and create a new playlist
%files%
/command:"Playlist/Create New Playlist"
Thanks To Lego
MP3Gain
Single Files, without correlations
/r /c %files%
Album Gaining
/a %files%
Single
File (also doubleclick)
"%directory%\%filename%"
Goldwave
open this file
"%directory%\%filename%"
Audacity
open the file
"%directory%\%filename%"
Sonique Audio Player
Add one file to the playlist (also doubleclick)
-appendonly "%directory%\%filename%"
Add files to the playlist
and play the first directly
-appendonly %files%
Play Song
(also doubleclick)
"%directory%\%filename%"
MPCscan
Scan one or more MPC files
%files%
QuickPar
"QuickPar is a utility for creating
Parity Volumes using the Reed Solomon algorithm.
Parity Volumes may be used
to verify that a set of files have not been corrupted, or to reconstruct damaged
files (providing that you have a sufficient quantity of Parity Volumes to match
the missing or damaged files)"
Create a new PAR-volume with
selected files
/create %files%
Transcoding of Audio Files
with dbPowerAmp Music Converter
This set of three scripts enables you to invoke dBpowerAMP from Helium 2005's
External Applications button to convert music files to:
* MP3 Lame
*
OggVorbis CLI
* FLAC
Thanks to Henc
Test FLAC
files
Target:
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
Parameters:
/k "C:\Programs\FLAC\flac.exe -t %files%"
This assumes that you have downloaded and installed the FLAC windows
implementation from http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html
Now all you
have to do (from within Helium) is to select your FLAC file( s ) from the Track
list and then click 'FLAC Test' from External Apps pulldown :)
Thanks to
Henc |
I would like to be able to access
the data in Helium's database to create my own reports/web interface etc. Is
this possible?
Yes
this is quite possible.
Helium uses a Microsoft Access database for its data
storage.
You can easily access this database from Microsoft Access, scripts,
homemade applications, internet applications
etc. |
What's the difference between Preference
and Rating?
Preference and
Rating are both custom tags.
Preference was originally created by
MusicMatch JukeBox.
Preference contains 6 values;
Bad Taste,
Poor,
Fair,
Good,
Very Good,
Excellent
The content can also contain user specific data;
you can therefore enter any text that you want in Preference.
The Rating
field is a value based tag; which can have Rating values between 0 and 255
(Helium Music Manager uses constants for its ten different ratings).
If
possible, Helium Music Manager will auto convert Preference to Rating.
Preference will be converted like this:
Excellent = 5
Very Good
= 4
Good = 3
Fair = 2
Poor = 1
Bad Taste =
0.5 |
How can I run Helium Music Manager
on limited user accounts in Windows XP?
Start Windows Explorer and click the
Tools | Folder Options menu.
On the view tab, scroll down
to the bottom and unselect the "Use simple file sharing (recommended)" option.
Click OK.
Now browse to the folder where you have installed
Helium Music Manager.
Right-click the "Intermedia Design" folder and
select properties.
Select the Security tab.
Select
Users and make sure that Full Control is
selected. |
What do the different Release
Types mean in Helium Music Manager?
There isn't a definitive answer to
this question but although there are different opinions on this, the preferred
meanings used by Helium Music Manager are:
Single/Maxi/EP:
Maxi CD/Single CD/EP (Mostly one (with or without remixes) or a few tracks
only)
Album:
Normal album (eg. by one artist)
Bootleg:
Unreleased/Not officially released/Pirate
mix/recording etc.
Anthology (Compilation):
"Best Of" from
one single artists (not Various Artists albums)
Sampler:
Various Artists (V/A) albums. Often "Now! Dance, Absolute Music" etc.
Soundtrack:
Record from a movie ("The Lord Of The Rings",
"Matrix" etc.)
Live Performance:
Recorded during live
performance
Alternate
meanings for the following three entries are preferred by some users:
Anthology:
"Best Of" from one single artists (not Various
Artists albums)
Sampler:
A sample from one Artist - maybe 2
or 3 tracks from a forthcoming Album
Compilation:
Various
Artists (V/A) albums. Often "Now! Dance, Absolute Music" etc.
At the
risk of stating the obvious, you should ensure that (whatever the definitions
you use), they are consistent across you music
collection! |
How can I split up several albums that
have been merged into one Album in the Album browser?
In some rare cases, several albums with the
same name can accidentally be combined into one album.
To solve this,
select the combined album in the Album Browser.
Then select the tracks in
the tracklist belonging to the the album which you would like to separate from
the combined album.
After you have selected the tracks, rightclick and
select "Send to | New Album".
Helium will now create a new album from
the selected files. |
How can I move files from one album to
another album?
To move items
from one album to another, select the tracks in the tracklist that you would
like to move to an album.
Then, rightclick and select "Send To | Existing
Album (move)".
Select the album you would like to move the tracks to from
the dialog.
If you are working in the Album View, you can achieve the
same functionallity by selecting the tracks in the tracklist and then drag 'n'
drop them to the album which you want to move the tracks
to. |
When I try to play a file I receive an
error message telling me "unable to load BASSWMA.DLL".
For WMA replaying in Helium Music Manager
you need to download and install the Windows Media Format modules.
These
come with Windows Media Player version 9 or higher or can be installed
separately.
You can download the WMFDist from the following URL:
http://www.un4seen.com/download.cgi?wmfdist.exe |
We
recommend a clean install of Helium, by cleaning the registry and folders.
Please follow the instructions below:
1. Uninstall Helium Music Manager
from Windows Add/Remove programs.
2. Remove any remaining folders
(usually located in C:\Program Files\Intermedia Design).
3. Download,
unzip and run the following registry file:
http://www.helium-music-manager.com/_products/remove_helium_settings.zip
4. Reboot your computer (THIS IS IMPORTANT!).
5. Download and
install the latest Helium Music Manager version from here:
http://www.helium-music-manager.com/_products/helium_2006.zip
or
log in to the User Area to download the latest beta (if available):
http://www.helium-music-manager.com/reg_login.php
6. Install
Helium Music Manager.
7. Make sure that as few applications as possible
are running in the background (please stop all programs running in the
system-tray in the lower right of your screen).
8. Run Helium Music
Manager.
If this does not help, you can try to follow the steps as
described on the following web site:
http://www.macropool.com/en/download/repair_mdac.html
Important notes:
Some registry cleaning utilities removes
essential registry keys for Helium Music Manager. If you are continuing to
experience problems, please try to avoid using registry cleaning utilities to
see if Helium Music Manager operates successfully.
If you are using a
custom Window Manager such as Window Blinds, try to inactivate that temporarily
and see if it helps. Some window themes may generate issues.
If you are
still experiencing problems, please contact us through our web forms at:
http://helium-music-manager.com/support.php for trial users
and:
http://helium-music-manager.com/reg_login.php for owners of
Helium Music Manager. |
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