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--- active_playlist_properties [2016/05/27 02:51]
admin [Keyword hierarchy]
+++ active_playlist_properties [2016/05/27 09:37] (current)
admin [Active Playlist Properties]
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 You can right-click on any of these active playlists and click the **Properties** menu item to view the **Active Playlist Properties dialog**.
+{{:activeplaylistproperties.png?nolink|Active Playlist Properties dialog}}
 ==== Location ====
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 Lets you change the artwork thumbnail for the playlist. Mezzmo will display this artwork in its user interface. Mezzmo also streams this playlist artwork to devices and web browsers. Some DLNA devices will display this artwork - however, it depends on each device's implementation of DLNA.
-  * Add Picture: Click to use an image from your harddisk.
+  * Add Picture: Click to use an image from your hard disk.
+  * Get Internet Artwork:  Click to search for artwork from web sites.
   * Delete Picture: Click to remove the current artwork thumbnail.
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-Active playlists use special keywords to determine what playlists are automatically created and what media files are listed in them. For example, imagine you have 6 songs with the following information:
+Active playlists use special keywords to determine what playlists are automatically created and what media files are listed in them. For example, for music tracks you may your tracks organized by artist name and album name.  You can do this easily using a keyword hierarchy of:
-If you chose a keyword hierarchy of:
   * [+] Artist
     * [+] Album
-then the songs would be organized into the following active playlists:
+then music tracks will  be organized into the following active playlists:
   * [+] Artist
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       * [+] Rattle and Hum
       * [+] Zooropa
+    * [+] Rihanna
+      * [+] Talk That Talk
+      * [+] Unapologetic
+      * [+] Anti
-You can use the **Group By First Letter** to create a rolodex-style playlist where keywords and files are grouped by their first letter. The **Group By First Letter** can precede any keyword and this tells Mezzmo to group the results for that keyword into A..Z sub playlists for convenient browsing. Adding **Group By First Letter** at the end
+You can also use the **Group By First Letter** to create a rolodex-style playlist where keywords and files are grouped by their first letter. The **Group By First Letter** can precede any keyword and this tells Mezzmo to group the results for that keyword into A..Z sub playlists for convenient browsing. Adding **Group By First Letter** at the end
  of the keyword hierarchy tells Mezzmo to group the list of files by their first letter.
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 **Tip:** Choose **Random Shuffle** to have the files sorted and listed randomly on your devices.
-==== Sharing Permissions ====
+==== Change Backdrop ====
-Click to choose the devices you want Mezzmo to deliver this playlist and its files to. You can use this for limiting what playlists a device can browse.
-**Tip:** For parental control over your Mezzmo library, we recommend using **Content Ratings** to limit what files, playlists and folders are listed and played on a device.
+Lets you change the artwork backdrop for the playlist. Mezzmo will display this artwork in its user interface. Mezzmo also streams this playlist artwork to devices and web browsers. Many DLNA devices will not display backdrop artwork, but Mezzmo's web interface and Mezzmo apps do display it.
+  * Add Picture: Click to use an image from your hard disk.
+  * Get Internet Artwork:  Click to search for artwork from web sites.
+  * Delete Picture: Click to remove the current artwork backdrop.