General

Right clicking anywhere on the main tab bar at the top of the window will bring up the application context menu.

Main Menu Screenshot
  • Play File - Allows you to choose a file to play. You can also drag and drop files onto the Now Playing window or the Playlist.
  • Play DVD - Plays a DVD.
  • Settings - Displays the settings page.
  • Installed Plugins - Displays the plugins page. Here you can enable / disable plugins or install new plugins.
  • Find Media - Brings up the Media Scanner which will search your computer for Media files
  • Media Folders - Allows you to setup folders that will be watched for new files. When a file is added to the folder, Music Badger will attempt to add those files to the library.
  • TV Tuner - Displays the TV tuning dialog (not fully supported yet).
  • Sidebar - Allows you to choose which sidebar panels should be dislayed on the right. You can also re-arrange side bar panels by dragging them into place.
  • Exit - Exit the application.

Building The Library

There are several ways to build the Music Badger library. Selecting "Find Media" from the main menu is the recommended way for music. You can also drag and drop files / folders onto the Library page. Media will be added to the library based on the current page you are viewing. For example, if you are viewing a TV Season and drag a file onto the library, it is assumed that you want to add those files to that season. Similarly, if you are on the films page, it is assumed that you are adding a film.

If you are viewing a high level library page and drag a file, Music Badger will try and determine what show and season it relates to from the folder structure.

It is best to organise your media files the way Music Badger expects to find them. Music Badger will be better able to identify media files correctly if they follow these naming conventions. This is particularly relevant to TV shows where there are no alternative sources of meta-data for the files.

For music...

Music/[artist_name]/[album_name]/01 - [track_name]

For TV shows...

Shows/[show_name]/Season [season_number]/[season_numer]x[episode_number] - [episode_name]

Keyboard Shortcuts

Playback (When Now Playing tab is selected)

  • Ctrl P - Toggle Play / Pause
  • Ctrl F - Fastforward
  • Ctrl B - Backwards
  • Ctrl N - Next Track
  • Ctrl L - Previous Track
  • Ctrl S - Stop
  • Ctrl D - Toggle Mute
  • Alt Enter - Toggle Fullscreen
  • Escape - Exit fullscreen
  • Spacebar - Toggle Play / Pause
  • Ctrl M - Show DVD Menu

Library Navigation (When the library tab is selected)

  • Alt Left - Go back to the last library page
  • Alt Right - Go forward to the next library page
  • Ctrl Enter - Play selected items