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| Give your active playlist a meaningful **name** and **description**. Optionally, select some **poster artwork** and **backdrop artwork** for it - or leave it blank and Mezzmo will automatically assign artwork to it based on the files contained in the playlist. | Give your active playlist a meaningful **name** and **description**. Optionally, select some **poster artwork** and **backdrop artwork** for it - or leave it blank and Mezzmo will automatically assign artwork to it based on the files contained in the playlist. | ||
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| + | Set the **content rating** for the active playlist so that certain devices or users will be restricted from seeing it or playing the files within the smart playlist. For example, set the content rating to 'R' if it contains videos that are not suitable for children. | ||
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| + | Set the way you want your titles displayed for the files in the active playlist using the **Display Titles** button. For example, you may want your music tracks listed with full information to make them easy to identify such as "Coldplay - X&Y - Speed of Sound". | ||
| Select the **keywords** that you wish to use for organizing your files. The above example uses "Artist" and "Album / Series" so that music files will be organized where the top level playlists will be the artist name and the sub-playlists will be the albums from each artist and the corresponding files will be music tracks each album sub-playlist. For example: | Select the **keywords** that you wish to use for organizing your files. The above example uses "Artist" and "Album / Series" so that music files will be organized where the top level playlists will be the artist name and the sub-playlists will be the albums from each artist and the corresponding files will be music tracks each album sub-playlist. For example: | ||
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| ===== Processing active playlists ===== | ===== Processing active playlists ===== | ||
| - | When you add files, delete files, change the attributes of a file or maintain your Mezzmo library, Mezzmo will display a **Processing active playlists** task in the **Status pane**. This tells you that Mezzmo is working through all your active playlists to make sure they are in-sync with your collection of files. Whilst this task is processing, you can browse and stream your files on your devices. You do not need to wait until it has completed. | + | When you add files, delete files, change the attributes of a file or maintain your Mezzmo library, Mezzmo will display a **Processing active playlists** task in the **Status pane**. This tells you that Mezzmo is working through all your active playlists to make sure they are in-sync with your collection of files. |
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| + | **Tip:** Whilst this task is processing, you can browse and stream your files on your devices or web browsers. You do not need to wait until it has completed. | ||
| **Tip:** If you think your active playlist is out-of-sync with your collection of files, then you can instruct Mezzmo to update it. Right-click on the active playlist and click **Properties**. On the **Active Playlist Properties** dialog, click **OK** to close the dialog. Mezzmo will begin updating the active playlist in the background. It may take several minutes depending on number of files in your Mezzmo library. | **Tip:** If you think your active playlist is out-of-sync with your collection of files, then you can instruct Mezzmo to update it. Right-click on the active playlist and click **Properties**. On the **Active Playlist Properties** dialog, click **OK** to close the dialog. Mezzmo will begin updating the active playlist in the background. It may take several minutes depending on number of files in your Mezzmo library. | ||