Audio Mode

If you select some audio files to playback you will be presented with the Audio Mode view of the program:

Note: if you would like to listen to your audio files and watch the visualizations meanwhile choose one of the available visualization types and switch to the Video Mode clicking the button. The next time you open the program it will be launched retaining the view mode and the playlist appearance it had when you closed it.

The AVS Media Player window is divided in two parts: Playback Window and Playlist.

Playback Window

The Playback Window includes the following areas:

• Main Area - an area where the information of the currently played audio track is displayed: elapsed/remaining time, audio file format, bitrate, sampling frequency, number of channels and title;
• Playback Panel - a set of playback controls. For information on the Playback Panel button functions refer to the table below:

Button (Control)	Description
Previous File	Is used to go to the previous file in the playlist.
Play	Is used to start the media file playback. Once you click it, it will turn into the Pause button to let you pause the playback when needed.
Stop	Is used to stop the media file during playback.
Next File	Is used to go to the next file in the playlist.
Repeat	Is used to playback the media files added to the playlist from the beginning once the playback is over.
Shuffle	Is used to randomize the media files playback order.
Playlist	Is used to hide or open the Playlist window.
Preferences	Is used to open the Preferences window to let the user set the program parameters. (See the Preferences section for more detail).
Mute	Is used to switch the sound on or off during the media file playback.
Volume slider	Is used to change the sound volume during the media file playback.
Navigation slider	Is used to navigate through the media files during playback.

Playlist Window

The Playlist window comprises the following parts:

• All Playlists Panel - an area which displays all the available playlists. The set of buttons located below this area lets the user get access to all the operations which can be performed with playlists;

Button	Description
New Playlist	Is used to create a new playlist.
Load Playlist	Is used to load a previously saved playlist into the program.
Remove Playlist	Is used to remove the currently selected playlist from the All Playlists panel.
Rename Playlist	Is used to rename the currently selected playlist.
Save Playlist	Is used to save the currently created playlist in M3U or PLS format.

• Main Area - an area where the current playlist is displayed;
• Filter - a field located above the Main Area which is used to filter out your files by title;
• Playlist Panel - a set of buttons used to perform some tasks within the Main Area. For information on these button functions please refer to the table below:

Button	Description
Add Files	Is used to add some audio/video files to the current playlist.
Add Folder	Is used to add some folder containing audio/video files to the current playlist.
Remove Selected	Is used to remove the currently selected file from the playlist.
Sort List by Name	Is used to sort the files of the current playlist alphabetically.
Hide All Playlists	Is used to hide the All Playlists panel.

At the bottom of the Playlist window you can also see the number of the audio tracks added to the current playlist and their total duration (hours:minutes).