Wishes, the artist browser and the management of wishlists

A wish is a song, an album or an artist that you would like to have in your collection. With the help of the artist browser, you add your wishes to Oceans XStream, to have them fulfilled. All your wishes are organized and managed on wishlists.

On this page

  • The artist browser
  • Importing and exporting wishlists
  • Symbols used for Wishes

You can put diverse media content on a wishlist:

  • artists
  • albums
  • individual tracks

You can have an arbitrary mixture of such items on a wish list. Oceans XStream will search websites and radio stations and record your music wishes.

The artist browser

The Artist browser is updated on a regular basis. However, sometimes it takes a while for a new album, song or artist to appear in the artist browser. The artist browser data is used for the recommendation function that assists you with selecting and submitting your music wishes. The wishlist also fulfills wishes for songs and artists that are not located in the artist browser.

Importing and exporting wishlists

Import
On the wishlist toolbar, click the current wishlist. Click <Open from file>. Select the saved wishlist (for example My Wishlist.A1wish) and click Open.
Export
On the wishlist toolbar, click >> > Save wishlist as.... Choose a folder and click Save.

Symbols used for Wishes

Table 1. Symbols used for Wishes.
Symbol Description Meaning
1 Magic wand This symbol denotes wishes, and recordings which were recorded by the Music wishes view. You can add artists, albums and individual songs to your wishlist to get them fulfilled.
1 Bar graph This symbol denotes the popularity of a certain artist. Song wishes for popular artists are generally fulfilled faster than those by unpopular artists.

Fulfilling music wishes

When you enter items on your wishlist, Oceans XStream will record music and music videos from Internet radio stations and web sites like Youtube, automatically. Use the Music wishes view to for example get all the media files from a specific artist.
The Artist browser is updated on a regular basis. However, sometimes it takes a while for a new album, song or artist to appear in the artist browser. The artist browser data is used for the recommendation function that assists you with selecting and submitting your music wishes. The wishlist also fulfills wishes for songs and artists that are not located in the artist browser.

Step-by-Step: Fulfilling music wishes

  1. Switch to the Music wishes view in the navigation pane, located on the left side of the Oceans XStream window.
  2. Optional: Set the output format to Universal | PC, Android, iTunes, iPhone/iPad, Kindle, Xbox, PS3/4 (MP3/MP4) and click OK.
  3. On the wishlist toolbar, click the 1 Music wishes menu to open the Artist Browser.
  4. In the Search for artists, albums or songs: box, enter an artist name.
  5. Click 1 Wish.
    The selected item appears on your wishlist.

Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add more wishes.

  1. Close the Artist Browser.
  2. Click 1 Fulfill.
    Oceans XStream starts searching for your music wishes and records them.

Results

The number of wishes already fulfilled will be displayed on the bottom of the Music wishes view. All recorded files will appear in the Player.

Why are my wishes not being recorded?

Possible reasons if your wishes are not being recorded:
  1. The more popular a song is, the faster it will be recorded. For unpopular songs it might take hours or even days before they are played in any radio station, so that Oceans XStream can record them.
  2. Are your settings for music wishes too strict? Settings for music wishes

Step-by-Step: Recording specific albums

Instead of single songs, you can add whole albums to your wish list.

Step-by-Step: Recording specific albums

  1. Open the Artist Browser.
  2. In the Search for artists, albums or songs: box, enter an artist name.
  3. Click the name of the artist you are looking for from the recommended search results.
  4. Select an item in the album list.
  5. Click 1 Wish.
    The selected item appears on your wishlist.
  6. Close the Artist Browser.
  7. Click 1 Fulfill.
    Oceans XStream starts searching for your music wishes and records them.

Results

All songs of the chosen album will be recorded one by one as soon as they are played in a radio station or as Oceans XStream finds them on a website. All recorded files will appear in the Player.