# Insert Unused Files into the Song List

After inserting the PDF, music, or video files into SongBook, they appear as "Unused Files".

{% hint style="info" %}
PDF files in the "Unused Files" section can be opened and viewed, but for more functions, you need to make songs from them, as described below.
{% endhint %}

## Manually Insert Individual Files <a href="#toc165549760" id="toc165549760"></a>

With the following steps, you can add them to the song list and enter additional information such as title, artist, genre, and MP3 file for background playback.

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From version 6.4, SongBook+ can also extract metadata like title, artist, genre, key, tempo from MIDI, MP3, or ChordPro files. Information about this can be found in a separate section below.
{% endhint %}

<figure><img src="/files/OxKZOUtz0RVFLQvOOat8" alt=""><figcaption><p>Create a song from an unused file</p></figcaption></figure>

<img src="/files/Ggw6QZu0T1pzyC5HKKjY" alt="" data-size="line">Press “Edit”.

<img src="/files/dTdvaLSs3JCD5Wb2e4iX" alt="" data-size="line">Press the “+” symbol next to an unused file.

<img src="/files/lyNUBVwPDzexVtrnZQTx" alt="" data-size="line">Change the title if necessary. (The file name is taken as a suggestion.)

<img src="/files/UDA9WUwJOYy4xPTzcNnN" alt="" data-size="line">If you have numbered your songs, enter your numbers here.

<img src="/files/PzLvBYnBfuiUraCV2qFO" alt="" data-size="line">Here you can enter a short additional annotation, which will be displayed, for example, in the preview of this song.

<img src="/files/QTL5DdKcREUEQLYq0aU8" alt="" data-size="line">Enter the artist and genres or select existing ones with "..." from the list.

<img src="/files/1XtwuKpIseUpwKSwHUeo" alt="" data-size="line">If you want to play one or more audio files and/or a MIDI or video file, select them here.

<img src="/files/wMo6So7fQDtAWTvNvP0j" alt="" data-size="line">Press “Save”.

<img src="/files/2R0XH4waovbQhh1uXkYe" alt="" data-size="line">Add another song with the “+” symbol or press “Done” to finish.

## Insert All Files at Once <a href="#toc165549761" id="toc165549761"></a>

If you have copied many new files to SongBook+ and do not want to insert them individually into the song list, SongBook+ can also automatically add them to the song list.

The file name is then used as the title. All other fields remain empty and can be edited later.

{% hint style="info" %}
From version 6.4, SongBook+ can also extract metadata like title, artist, genre, key, tempo from MIDI, MP3, or ChordPro files. Information about this can be found in a separate section below.
{% endhint %}

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In the settings "Import of metadata (from Midi, ChordPro, MP3)" you can specify which metadata should be imported from such files.
{% endhint %}

<figure><img src="/files/MwKTSChTODLNDzSwERr2" alt=""><figcaption><p>Convert all unused files into songs</p></figcaption></figure>

<img src="/files/Ggw6QZu0T1pzyC5HKKjY" alt="" data-size="line">Press here to start the process (icon with rectangle and arrow).\
After confirming that you really want to do this, entries will be created from all unused files.

<img src="/files/dTdvaLSs3JCD5Wb2e4iX" alt="" data-size="line">After the process, the song list will be sorted by date so that the newly inserted songs appear at the top and you can see them.

<img src="/files/lyNUBVwPDzexVtrnZQTx" alt="" data-size="line">You can then switch back to your preferred sorting.

### Import Metadata from MIDI, MP3, ChordPro Files

From version 6.4, SongBook+ can import metadata like title, artist, genre, key, tempo from MIDI, MP3, or ChordPro files.

In the settings "Import of Meta-Data (from Midi, ChordPro MP3)" you can specify which data should be read from these files.

<figure><img src="/files/j7sYM9uvW3R6iRQ5VEZH" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

#### Imported Metadata from MIDI Files

For MIDI files, the following meta-events are read:

* Song title: 0x03 (track name)
* Key: 0x59
* Time signature: 0x58
* Tempo: 0x51
* Artist: 0x4B (M-Live Tag)
* Genre: 0x4B (M-Live Tag)
* Metronome Tempo: 0x51
* Metronome Accent: 0x58

#### Imported Metadata from MP3 Files

For MP3 files, the following ID3 tags are read:

* Song title: TIT2
* Tempo: TBPM
* Artist: TPE1
* Genre: TCON
* Metronome Tempo: TBPM

#### Imported Metadata from ChordPro Files

For ChordPro files, the following directives are read:

* Song title: {title:...} or {t:...}
* Key: {key:...}
* Tempo: {tempo:...}
* Artist: {artist:...}
* Genre: {genre:...}


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