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| 27 | <h1>5. Playlists</h1> |
| 28 | |
| 29 | <p>The chapter describes playlist and how to use them.</p> |
| 30 | |
| 31 | <h2><a name=what>5.1 What are playlists?</a></h2> |
| 32 | |
| 33 | <p>A playlist is a named list of tracks stored by the server. It |
| 34 | can be edit by either just its owner or, alternatively, by all |
| 35 | users. It can be played as a unit when required.</p> |
| 36 | |
| 37 | <p>Playlists fall into three categories:</p> |
| 38 | |
| 39 | <table> |
| 40 | <tr> |
| 41 | <td><b>Shared</b></td> |
| 42 | <td>Shared playlists have no owner and can be seen and edited |
| 43 | by anybody.</td> |
| 44 | </tr> |
| 45 | |
| 46 | <tr> |
| 47 | <td><b>Public</b></td> |
| 48 | <td>Public playlist are owned by their creator and can be seen |
| 49 | by anybody. Only their creator can edit them, however.</td> |
| 50 | </tr> |
| 51 | |
| 52 | <tr> |
| 53 | <td><b>Private</b></td> |
| 54 | <td>Private playlists are owned by their creator and can only |
| 55 | be seen or edited by their creator.</td> |
| 56 | </tr> |
| 57 | |
| 58 | </table> |
| 59 | |
| 60 | <p>To bring up the playlist window, select <b>Edit > Edit |
| 61 | Playlists</b> from the menu.</p> |
| 62 | |
| 63 | <h2><a name=creating>5.2 Creating Playlists</a></h2> |
| 64 | |
| 65 | <p>To create a playlist, click the <b>Add</b> button in the |
| 66 | playlist editor. This will create a pop-up window where you can |
| 67 | enter the name of the new playlist and decide whether it is |
| 68 | shared, public or private.</p> |
| 69 | |
| 70 | <p>Only Roman letters (without any accents) and digits are allowed |
| 71 | in playlist names.</p> |
| 72 | |
| 73 | <p class=image><img src="playlist-create.png"></p> |
| 74 | |
| 75 | <h2><a name=editing>5.3 Editing Playlists</a></h2> |
| 76 | |
| 77 | <p>You can select the playlist to edit from the left side of the |
| 78 | window. Shared playlists are listed first, then the public |
| 79 | playlists of each user (plus private playlists that you own).</p> |
| 80 | |
| 81 | <p class=image><img src="playlist-window.png"></p> |
| 82 | |
| 83 | <p>When a playlist is selected, you can edit in the right hand half |
| 84 | of the playlist window. The editor is very similar in structure |
| 85 | and function to the <a href="tabs.html#queue">queue</a>. You can |
| 86 | rearrange tracks within it by drag and drop and you can drag tracks |
| 87 | from the <b>Choose</b> tab into it.</p> |
| 88 | |
| 89 | <p>Right clicking will create a pop-up menu which you can use to |
| 90 | play indivudual tracks or the whole playlist, as well as the |
| 91 | usual options as found in the <b>Queue</b> tab.</p> |
| 92 | |
| 93 | <p class=image><img src="playlist-popup-menu.png"></p> |
| 94 | |
| 95 | <h2><a name=playing>5.3 Playing Playlists</a></h2> |
| 96 | |
| 97 | <p>There are three ways to play a playlist:</p> |
| 98 | |
| 99 | <ol> |
| 100 | |
| 101 | <li>You can use <b>Control > Activate Playlist</b> from the main |
| 102 | menu.</li> |
| 103 | |
| 104 | <li>Right clicking in either half of the playlist editor will |
| 105 | create a pop-up menu. There is an option to play this |
| 106 | playlist.</li> |
| 107 | |
| 108 | <li>You can select all the tracks and drag them to the desired |
| 109 | point in the <b>Queue</b> tab.</li> |
| 110 | |
| 111 | </ol> |
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