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[gmusicbrowser.1.1.10 i]

I am in the process of switching from Windows XP to Linux Mint Debian Edition and have installed gmusicbrowser.1.1.10 in Linux Mint.
I have imported my songs from Windows XP where I am running JRivers Music Jukebox 8.400.

All of my songs are classified by genre (as well as artist, album, and alphabetically).

Gmusicbrowser has created playlists based on genre, but has used all of the genres listed in the properties of the songs (11k+). Thus, under the "Female Torch" genre, I have only only  song. Ditto for other songs to which I have assigned more than one genre. By contrast, my JRivers dynamic playlist has 439 songs  in the "Female Torch" genre.

I cannot find a "help" section on this program.

Will someone who is experienced in this program help me set up my smartlists (dynamic playlists) without changing any properties?

I can, if given your email address, send some of these files to you to help illustrate my problem.

I'm making an attempt here to ask one question at a time. So I can keep it simple for me and not overload anyone who can help. And if you are in or near Grensboro, N.C., please drop me a PM here and maybe we can get together for you to help me.

Thanks. BTW, you can download jrivers music jukebox from the jrivers interact

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Old_Versionsand go to their wiki under older versions.

The download and 1st 30 days are free. but even with WINE and Crossover Linux, I can't get this program to run properly on Linux.

Thanks,
tlcmd (aka Dick)

Quentin,
Thanks for the concise and apparently complete answer to my questions regarding playlists. I'll give it a shot tomorrow. Since each of my songs usually as multiple genres (Christmas, mood, romance, female vocal, easy listening, torch for Julie London's "I'd Like You For Christmas" from my songs imported from JRivers Media Jukebox, I've ended up with a "gazillion" genre playlists. I assume I'll end up creating another set using the filters on gmusicbrowser.

Can I add a song, albumn, or another playlist to "playing now" without creating another *&^%$%^&* playlist?

Thanks,
tlcmd (aka Dick)

[Windows XP]

Assistance, please. I am a noobie to gmusicbrowser and am trying this player out for the first time.

Please approach your replies to me as if I essentially know nothing. I'm in the process of switching from Windows XP to Linux Mint Debian Edition and need a music player which will allow me to set up playlists (smartlists) by genre(s). I've been running JRivers Media Jukebox on Windows and need a comparable player on LMDE. gmusicbrowser seems to fit the bill.

My some 11k music files are indexed by genre (many by multiple genres) such as mood, jazz, female vocal, Christmas, etc.) as well as artist, song title, etc.

Unfortunately, most replies as well as the support info (wiki) assume that I have more knowledge than I do.
So my questions will really be quite basic, please put up with my lack of knowledge and use the KISS principle in your replies (Keep It Simple for Stupid).

My questions:
1) How do I set up a playlist using genre(s)?
2) How can I exclude genres (example: Christmas) from a playlist.

The answers to these two questions will get me started and i believe I can pick up most of the rest of the workings of gmusicbrowser with hands on experience and the use of the wiki.

Thanks,
tlcmd (aka Dick)