Getting started

Starting the program After you installed MP3Bee on your computer succesfully, you can open the program from your Start-menu. Go to the Start-menu, go to (My) Programs , followed by selecting MP3Bee CD Burning Tool and finally click on Burning Tool. The program will start now... Initiation / Trial version windows On the startup of the program, it will first show you a 'splash'-window. This windows shows you the information on the program's initiation progress. This window will close itself when te program is fully initiated. If you have not bought MP3Bee yet, an information window will open prompting that you are using the trail version of the program. The trial version will limit you to burn 3 CD's only. After this evaluation, you won't be able to burn CD's anymore. To remove this window and limitation, you should buy the program. If you want more information on buying the program, please click here. Adding files to the playlist You can add files to the playlist by using different methods. We will describe the methods.. Adding files by browsing for it within MP3Bee MP3Bee has a build-in file browser. This is a Windows explorer style file browser. Browse to the folder you have your media files located in. You can add the files by selecting 1 or more files and pressing the big add ('+') button. The media files will now appear in your playlist. Adding files by browsing in your favourite folders The default favourite folders are: the desktop, my documents and the kazaa shared folder (if kazaa is installed). For more information on managing your favourites please click here. To acces the favourite folder, you should pick one from the list. The list on the left of the window will show the folder contents. You can add the files by selecting 1 or more files and pressing the big add ('+') button. The media files will now appear in your playlist. Search for media files and add them If you are not sure where you located your media files you can use the new search-function. Click on the Search-button, enter your search criteria. Press search to get the results for your critiria. The results will be shown in the list on the left side of the window. You can add the files by selecting 1 or more files from this list and pressing the big add ('+') button. The media files will now appear in your playlist. Dragging and Dropping files You can drag and drop your media files (MP3 or WAV) from Windows explorer or other Windows file browse windows into the MP3Bee playlist. Optionally Preview Playback / Rename the titles / Create the Case Cover You may preview files before you add them to the playlist or after. Right click on an item in the playlist and select play, to play the file. For more info click here. The track titles of the files you added to the playlist are filled with the ID3 Tag data or the file name data. You may want to change this title for Cover printing purposes or copying the playlist information. A new function in version in MP3Bee is the CD Case Cover Designer & Printer. This tool allows you to create a front and a back for the case of the CD. The back automatically contains the playlist track information. Burn! Click on the 'Burn CD' button to burn the playlist onto Audio CD. You may change the burnin related settings before you start the actual burning process,