MP3 Collection - Data DVDs
This DVD contains part of the large archive of Satsangs, Meditation Talks and Bhajans given out for the benefit of mankind by the great Masters of Sant Mat. The files are in MP3 format.

COMPUTER USE:
There are two ways to play the files in these DVDs on your computer: using the Playlist files included on each disc, or using Windows Explorer.

Option 1:Playlist file. If you click on this file, you will see a list of audio files available on that DVD. You can double-click on any item in the Playlist to listen to that selection.
For example: the file #Playlist_4360.m3u contains the list of all the items contained in DVD #4360. There is also a Playlist for the entire collection. To use this, you must copy the contents of all the DVDs to a folder on your hard disk. Then double-click on !Complete_MP3_list.htm to view the list of MP3s, and double-click any MP3 file in this collection to hear it.

Option 2: If you prefer, copy all the files on each DVD to a common folder of your hard disk and use Windows Explorer to sort and display the entire list. You can double-click any item in that list to play that selection. Brief instructions for use of Windows Explorer are included at the end of this Readme file.

MP3 USE: The files on this DVD can either be played on a Portable DVD Player or can be downloaded into an MP3 player such as the Apple iPod. Please consult the instruction manual for your iPod or other MP3 player for detailed directions on how to do this. The MP3 player or iPod will use the tags (explained below) to organize the files for easy access.

How Tags Are Used to Sort These MP3 Files
Each MP3 file includes five main Tags. Tags contain text information that help sort and categorize the MP3 files on your computer or MP3 Player. The five tags, originally designed for music releases on MP3s, are: Title, Album, Artist, Genre and Year. For this collection, these tags have been adapted to describe the content of each file in the following manner:

Title Tag:
The Title Tag is used to sort the Bhajans by title, in alphabetical order. Also, it is used for Satsangs that came from DVD, in which case the sort is, first, by which Master gave the talk, then the date and location. The DVD number is included so you can identify which DVD the audio came from. If the talk was given a title by the editors of print publications, that information is included at the end of the Title tag.
A short list of examples follows:
.Tere Naam Ne Banae -060
.Tere Prem Bavari Kita -096
SJ 1995 06 02 Venezuela Caracas #821 -Make Me Your Own
SJ 1995 06 03 Venezuela Caracas #822 -Those Who Obey The Father
SJ 1995 06 04 Venezuela Caracas #823 -To Die When Living
SJ 1995 06 05 Venezuela Caracas #824 -The Empty-Handed Gambler
SJ 1995 06 06 Venezuela Caracas #825 -Come, Come, Come To Me
SR 2004 10 15 Mexico Ciudad de #1312
SR 2004 10 15 Mexico Ciudad de #1313
SR 2004 10 16 Mexico Ciudad de #1314
SR 2004 10 17 USA Timber Cove #1321 -Attach Your Mind to The Feet of The Master
SR 2004 10 18 USA Timber Cove #1322 -Support for the Miserable Ones

Album Tag:
The Album Tag provides a sort by year and location. This is a quick way to find a talk that was given at a specific place on any tour. For instance, all the talks given by Sant Sadhu Ram Ji at Deland, Florida in 2005 are grouped within the last album in the list below. The number at the end of each album tag corresponds to the DVD set number used by www.mediaseva.com to identify that group of DVDs. So: 1380S is the set number which includes all DVDs from the Deland 2005 program.
.Songs of the Masters
1964 USA Florida
1964 USA Washington DC
1996 USA NH Sanbornton Gift Of The Saints
1995 India Sampla #4174S
1995 India Sampla #938AS
2005 USA FL Deland #1380S

Artist Tag:
The Artist sort provides an easy way to scan through the talks or bhajans by a certain Master.
Kirpal Singh Ji
Sant Ji
Sadhu Ram Ji

Genre Tag:
This tag is used in two ways. The first way allows you to scan through just bhajans, or just Meditation talks, or just Satsangs, as shown in the short list below. The second use of the Genre tag is to provide an alphabetical sort of Satsangs that were given titles by the editors of print publications. Many of Sant Ji's talks were lovingly titled by the staff of Sant Bani Magazine, so they are identified as "Satsang SJ" plus the name of the talk. This use of the Genre tag is a work-around for the fact that there are very few tags available to sort MP3 files, and people may want to find a talk by title. You can scroll down the list of genres to find the talk that you want. If a talk was not given a working title for publication, then the Genre tag is not useful to find it quickly. It would be faster to find it using the Album tag or Title tag, since those contain more details.
Examples:
--Tour Scenes/Other
-Bhajans
-Group Darshan, QA, Short Talks
-Meditation Talks
-Documentary: Baba Somanath
-Documentary: Kirpal Singh/Sawan
-Documentary: Sant Ji
-Satsang: No Title
Satsang:KS How I Met My Master
Satsang:SJ Devotion to the Master
Satsang:SJ Steps of This Life of Love
Satsang:SR Golden Bird of the Soul
Satsang:SR The Five Dear Ones

Year Tag: Denotes the year that the talk was given.
This ends the instructions about how the bhajans and talks were tagged.

Brief Instructions on Windows Explorer
To sort the MP3 files in your computer using the tags in Windows Explorer, press the Windows key and tap the letter "e" to launch Explorer.
This will pop up a window showing the drives on your computer. Navigate to the drive that contains the MP3 Collection folder, and click on that folder to display it's contents. From the menu bar at the top of the screen, first go to "View," select "Choose Details," and then check off (click) the Tag details (columns) you want. We recommend: Title, Artist, Album, Genre and Year. This will add the selected columns to the Explorer window. You can sort them by clicking on each of the column headings. Scroll down the list of tags to see how the sorts work. Double click on any file to play it.

Updates To This Collection
We plan to update this collection by adding programs to the last disc in the series. We will also add new discs to the collection as required, and possibly make updates available online also. Please check www.mediaseva.com for the most current information.

We hope that you find these wonderful talks to be an inspiration on your way back to God!