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| | 21 | <title>Disobedience: Playlists</title> |
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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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