Find Segments Dialog

The Find Segments dialog is used to populate a segment list with segments from the current project. It is therefore only available if the selected element in the Overview is a segment list. You can open the Find Segments dialog with the hotkey F3.

audioset type

Search for segments in either sound files, sequences or both (all).

base set

Select the base set in which to search. This is set the root element (/) by default.

audioset search expression

Select which audio sets to search by specifying, for example, the sampling rate (SR:==:44100).

segment range

Select a segment or time range in which to search. For example, specifying inside and 0s_120s would only search in the first 120 seconds of the signal.

select search sets

Select which sets from the current project should be searched.

empty list before search

Empty the segment list before searching. Otherwise segments which were previously in the list, but are no longer in the search criteria remain in the list.

audio set type

Choose from the following

Logically, if you have selected sound files in the 'select search sets' option and choose only audio 'sequences', no segments will be found.

audio set ID

Specify which sets should be searched. Wildcards are allowed.

ID

Limit the search to a subset of segment IDs. Wildcards are allowed. The default is all segment IDs '*'.

ch.

Limit the search to a particular channel or choose all for all channels.

length

Limit the search to segments with a length longer or shorter than the value below. The default length is 1s (1 second). The length can also be given in samples (e.g. 41000 for a 1 second length at a sampling rate of 41000). See Specifying Signal Segments for more formatting details.

range

Limit the range within which to search for segments. Note that this range will be the same for all soundfiles defined in the search set. See Specifying Signal Segments for more details.

mode

Select if all the criteria below must be matched (logical and) or any one of them must be matched (logical or).

select attributes

Select the user-defined attributes from those existing in the search set. Note that the Select Attributes dialog searches through the DataSet for existing attributes and this can take some time. If you already know the name of the attribute you want to search for, just type it into the Name field below.

Name

The name of the attribute to match. Note that an attribute may only be specified once (e.g. you are not allowed to search for IDs which are like 'pattern1' and IDs which are like 'pattern2'.

Cond.

The condition for the attribute/value match. See conditions.

string comparison
=I	match ignoring the case
!I	do not match whilst ignoring the case
=R	match respecting the case
!R	do not match whilst respecting the case
numerical comparison
<	attribute value is less than value
>	attribute value is greater than value
<=	attribute value is less than or equal to value
>=	attribute value is greater than or equal to value
==	attribute value is equal to value
!=	attribute value is not equal to value

Value

The value to compare the attribute value with. Use a numerical value for a numerical comparison and a string for a string comparison.

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