General preferences

    The General preferences are used to fine-tune and personalize Audion's behavior.

Playlists

    This section contains preferences related to playlists.

    New playlists repeat by default
    Will automatically set new playlists to "repeat".

    Filter out duplicate files when adding to playlists
    Prevents duplicate files from being added to your playlist.

    Use filename, not ID3 tag, in the "Title" column
    Will display the file's name — not its ID3 "title" tag — in the "Title" column of playlist windows.

    Refresh linked playlists automatically
    Causes Audion to automatically scan and refresh linked playlists whenever the window is made active. With medium to large linked playlists this is not recommended as it can take a great deal of time.

    When re-activated, show active playlist if hidden
    If your primary playlist is currently hidden, checking this will make Audion automatically display it when activated.

    Default transition menu
    Selects a default song transition style to apply to newly created playlists.

    Default playlist button
    Click to select a playlist you want Audion to load by default.

    Start playing default playlist on launch
    Will auto play the playlist chosen with the default button.

    Hide default playlist on launch
    Just in case you don't want to see the playlist when opened.

Files

    This section concerns some fun file settings.

    When files are played, associate them with Audion
    Changes the creator of your audio files to Audion. This makes it possible to double click a file in the Finder and have it opened in Audion.

    When files are played, update play counter tag
    This will update the counter in the MP3 file each time an MP3 file is played. The first time a play counter is added to a file, there may be a delay of a few seconds. Later updates will be much quicker. This option is turned off by default because of the potential performance hit, but is very cool if you want some statistics about your listening habits.

    Delete temporary network audio URL files when played
    Cleans up Netscape/IE "URL" files usually left on the desktop. Commonly these are .m3u or .pls files. If you want to snag a stream for later listening, sometimes it's handy to have these files stick around.

    Remove custom icons when changing associations
    This will remove any custom icons left behind by other players.

Misc

    This section contains various miscellaneous general settings.

    Disable iTunes™ autolaunching
    In Mac OS X 10.1, Apple's iTunes software automatically launches when an Audio CD is inserted, or an iPod is connected. Checking this box will disable this behavior.

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