They are stored in their own sections, and operate somewhat differently. Note that Playlists and Smartlists, while similar to Media Views in some ways, are separate types of views. Since these rules "cascade" to the children of those top-level Views, each sub-view doesn't need its own copy of that part of the search. So, the reason that the views underneath Audio in the tree show only audio files, and not photos and videos, is that the top-level Audio view has a filter that says:Īnd likewise for the Images and Video top-level views, each of which is filtered to show their particular Media Types. These saved searches are cascading filters, meaning that the results of a parent View, also limit the results of its children.
Or you can have a view that only shows Recently Imported albums, or one that shows them off via one of the fancy 3D styles.Įach Media View is essentially a saved search, just like a Smartlist, which then allows you to further sub-filter the results using Categories. So, you can browse Music by Album, or by Genre, and those views can look and act differently from one another, even though they're showing you the same set of files. These allow you to browse the same files, or different sub-sets of those files, via different setups. Underneath each of these you will find additional "child" Media Views which can further filter the results, and present them in different manners. The default Media Views of each type are divided into top-level Views for the three primary Media Types that MC handles:
There are three basic types of Media Views available: Media Views allow you find and use your media files. The default Media Views found under the top-level Audio view.
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