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--- adding_external_playlists [2016/06/19 09:11]
admin [Creating a Linked Playlist]
+++ adding_external_playlists [2016/06/19 09:17] (current)
admin [Adding External Playlists]
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 ====== Adding External Playlists ======
-Mezzmo supports reading popular playlist formats - M3U, PLS, WPL and ZPL.  The playlist file can either be from disk or from the web.
+Mezzmo supports reading popular playlist formats - M3U, PLS, WPL and ZPL.  The playlist file can either be from disk or from web sites.
 **Examples:**
-  * \\NAS001\Music\MixTape.m3u
+  * <nowiki>\\NAS001\Music\MixTape.m3u</nowiki>
-  * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY4p8QBQevc&list=PLn3399nFJ6-dsLkh-X1cvqZMSNHGH_Shv
+  * <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY4p8QBQevc&list=PLn3399nFJ6-dsLkh-X1cvqZMSNHGH_Shv</nowiki>
-There are two ways of adding content from external playlists into your Mezzmo library - either by importing the contents from an external playlist file, or by creating a linked playlist that dynamically reads the contents from the external playlist.
+There are two ways of adding content from external playlists into your Mezzmo library:
+  * By creating a linked playlist that dynamically reads the contents from the external playlist (recommended).
+  * Or, by simply importing the contents from an external playlist file.
-===== Importing files from an external playlist file =====
-  - Click **Add To Library -> Add Files From External Playlist** toolbar item.
-  - Select your external playlist file on disk and click **OK**.
-  - Mezzmo will analyze the playlist file and add the files that it finds into your Mezzmo library.
 ===== Creating a Linked Playlist =====
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+===== Importing files from an external playlist file =====
+  - Click **Add To Library -> Add Files From External Playlist** toolbar item.
+  - Select your external playlist file on disk and click **OK**.
+  - Mezzmo will analyze the playlist file and add the files that it finds into your Mezzmo library.
+**Note:** Importing the files from an external playlist only happens the one time.  Mezzmo will not check the playlist file for further changes.  If you want Mezzmo to check the playlist file for regular changes, then you should use a linked playlist.