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With perhaps a thousand recordings available in a collection of albums on a DVD it could be difficult to find recordings of interest without some means of searching. The Search Page allows you to quickly pick out recordings of specific locomotives, or in specific places or both. You can specify recordings made from the lineside or on-train. You can specify recordings made on a particular preserved line. Once you have found recordings of interest you can play them or add them to a playlist.

Search text and options
Search text - This is where you can enter up to 20 words or numbers to search for. Each word or number must be separated by a space but be careful not to include a double space between words or a space will be included in the search text. As there is a space in every caption you will find all the recordings available!
You can also search for text to be excluded from a search, just add a minus sign (-) before the word or number to be excluded. Thus 5305 -York will find all recordings of 5305 that do not have York in the caption. The excluded text should not be the first item in the search text and there must be a single space between the words.
Search text is not case sensitive. It does not matter if you enter YORK, York, york or even YoRk.
All characters in the search text are used with the exception of a single space between words and the minus sign.
Search button - Starts the search!
Any, All or Exact - These radio buttons allow you to specify how the contents of the search text box are used.
Any Word - If any of the words or numbers in the search text are present that recording will be selected. If you enter 5305 York as the search text then any recordings that have 5305 OR York in the caption will be selected.
All Words - All the words or numbers in the search text must be present. Again, if you enter 5305 York in the search text both 5305 AND York must be found in the recording's caption for the recording to be selected.
Exact Phrase - All the words in the search text must be found in the same order as they appear. So, if you enter 5305 departing from York in the search text you will only find recordings of 5305 departing from York!
Any search including an exclusion (-) will automatically become Any Word.
Lineside, On train or Both - This collection of radio buttons allows you to refine the search to include only recordings made from the lineside or recordings made on train. Or you can choose to find both!
With Code - Each recording is given a code which identifies where it was made. For example MLS stands for Main Line Steam, SVR for Severn Valley Railway, and so on. For a complete list see this page.
You can use this code in conjunction with search text to find a specific loco or location on a preserved railway. You can also use it to find all recordings made on a specific railway. If you select the code SVR and leave the search text blank all recordings in the current album made on the Severn Valley Railway will be found. If you leave the code set to Any you will find all the recordings in the current album!
Clear List - Does exactly what it says on the button!
Copy all to Playlist - You can right click on a recording to add just that one to the playlist but, if you click this button, all the recordings in the search results will be added to the playlist.
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Search Results
Providing your search has found something the result of your search will be displayed here. You can double click on a recording to play it or right click to add it to the playlist. You can select multiple tracks by holding the Control or Shift keys while clicking.
Right clicking will also give you the oppertunity to read notes about the selected track.

Window controls
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The Player
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