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<span class="label">2.2.2. </span><a class="xref" href="adding-files-and-folders.html#dragging-and-dropping" title="Dragging and Dropping">Dragging and Dropping</a>
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<a name="getting-tracks-into-gtkpod"></a><div class="header"><h2 class="sect2 title"><span class="title"><a name="getting-tracks-into-gtkpod-title"></a><span class="label">2.2.1. </span>Getting Tracks into gtkpod</span></h2></div>
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                        <p class="para block block-first">You can add individual tracks, entire directories recursively, or existing playlists using "Add Files". A file selection dialogue will appear. By default existing tracks (same full filename) will be skipped.
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                        <p class="para block block-first">You can add directories recursively using "Add Dirs". A directory selection dialogue will appear.
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                        <p class="para block block-first">You can add existing playlists using "Add Playlists"
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                        <p class="para block block-first">You can delete tracks by marking them and pressing the "Ctrl-d" . If you delete tracks from the master playlist (the topmost playlist, called "gtkpod" by default). You can also delete tracks by selecting them, and using "Delete Track" in the Edit menu or from the context menu.
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                        <p class="para block block-first">You can update ID3 tags of selected tracks in gtkpod from the mp3 file by pressing "Ctrl-u" or choose "Update track info from file" in the Edit menu or from the context menu.
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                        <p class="para block block-first">You can rename ID3 tags by editing the fields in gtkpod. You can change an entire group of ID3 tags by editing an entry in the sort tab (or mark several tracks and edit the first).
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                        <p class="para block block-first">You can specify which tags to display in the preferences window.
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                        <p class="para block block-first">You can specify (in the prefs window) if the ID3 tags of the corresponding mp3 file(s) should also be updated.
                            <div class=" block figure block-first block-indent">
<div class="block block-first title title-formal"><span class="title"><span class="label"><span style="font-style: italic; ">Figure 2-2</span> </span>The Add Folders dialog</span></div>
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                        <p class="para block block-first">Can add music and video files invidually using Add Files.
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                        <p class="para block block-first">Can add directories of music and video file using Add Directories.
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                            The files are imported into the selected <a class="link" href="layout-of-gtkpod.html#what-is-a-repository-question" title="What is a Repository?">repository.</a> If the selected repository is an iPod then the files will be copied directly onto it.
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                        <p class="para block">Note: gtkpod is an iPod management tool. Tracks, videos and photographs already need to be on the computer filesystem before they can be imported. If adding a CD is the requirement then it needs to be ripped first. Have a look at:
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                                        <a class="ulink" href="http://nostatic.org/grip/" title="http://nostatic.org/grip/">http://nostatic.org/grip/</a>
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                                    <span class="para">
                                        <a class="ulink" href="http://live.gnome.org/SoundJuicer" title="http://live.gnome.org/SoundJuicer">http://live.gnome.org/SoundJuicer</a>
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                                        <a class="ulink" href="http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdemultimedia/kaudiocreator/index.html" title="http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdemultimedia/kaudiocreator/index.html">http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdemultimedia/kaudiocreator/index.html</a>
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                        <span class="para">Once imported tracks can be dragged around gtkpod, including inbetween repositories, playlists, filter tabs and the track display pane.
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                            A drop <span class="emphasis">onto</span> an existing playlist will add the tracks to that playlist.
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                            A drop <span class="emphasis">between</span> two existing playlists or behind the last playlist will create a new playlist to which the tracks are added.
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                        <span class="para">The default action for the drop is either move or copy as appears appropriate (e.g. playlists are moved within a database ('local' or 'iPod/Shuffle'), but copied when dragged across different databases). The applicable action is displayed within the drag icon and can be changed by pressing the control key during the drop.
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