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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.
  
-Select ​the **keywords** that you wish to use for organizing your files. ​ The above example uses "Album / Series"​ and "Disc / Season" ​so that video files will be organized where the top level playlists will be the TV series and the sub-playlists will be the seasons and the corresponding files will be listed under each sub-playlist. ​ For example:+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.
  
-[INDENT][+]SpongeBob SquarePants +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"​.
-[INDENT][-]Season 1 +
-[INDENT]Help Wanted +
-Reef Blower +
-Tea at the Treedome +
-Bubblestand +
-[/​INDENT][+]Season 2 +
-[+]Season 3 +
-[/​INDENT][+]Dora The Explorer +
-[INDENT][+]Season 1 +
-[+]Season 2 +
-[/​INDENT][+]The Wiggles +
-[INDENT][+]Season 1 +
-[+]Season 2 +
-[+]Season 3 +
-[+]Season 4 +
-[/​INDENT][/​INDENT]+
  
-To filter your active playlist so that it only includes certain types of files, then click the [B]Smart Filter button[/B] and add the [B]rules[/​B] ​that you want to use to drill into your collection of files in your Mezzmo library.  The above example uses [Category] [is] [TV show] to find all the files that are TV shows and [File path] [starts with] [\\NAS-001\Kids Videos] to find only those files in that folder on disk.+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:
  
-Choose the [B]types of files[/Bthat you want to find - all types of files, just video files, just music files or just photos.+  ​[+Bob Dylan 
 +  ​[+Coldplay 
 +    [+] A Rush of Blood to the Head 
 +      Politik 
 +      In My Place 
 +      God Put a Smile upon Your Face 
 +      The Scientist 
 +      Clocks 
 +      Daylight 
 +      Green Eyes 
 +      Warning Sign 
 +      A Whisper 
 +      A Rush of Blood to the Head 
 +      Amsterdam 
 +    [+] X&Y 
 +      Square One 
 +      What If 
 +      White Shadows 
 +      Fix You 
 +      Talk 
 +      X&Y 
 +      Speed of Sound 
 +      A Message 
 +      Low 
 +      The Hardest Part 
 +      Swallowed in the Sea 
 +      Twisted Logic 
 +      Til Kingdom Come 
 +  [+] Foo Fighters 
 +  [+] Rihanna
  
-Set the [B]Sort by[/B] setting to match they way you want your files listed. ​ Select [B]Random Shuffle[/B] to have them randomly ordered each time you access the playlist.+To filter your active playlist so that it only certain types of files are included, then click the **Smart Filter** button and add the **rules** that you want to use to drill into your collection of files in your Mezzmo library.
  
-Right-click on the playlist and click [B]Properties[/​B] ​to edit it at any time.+Choose ​the **types of files** that you want to find - all types of files, just video files, just music files or just photos.
  
-[B]Note:​[/​B] When you add files, delete files, change ​the attributes of a file or maintain your Mezzmo library, Mezzmo will display a [B]Processing active playlists[/​B] task in the [B]Status pane[/​B]. ​ 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.+Set the **Sort by** setting ​to match they way you want your files listed.  ​Select **Random Shuffle** ​to have them randomly ordered each time you access the playlist.
  
-[B]Tip:[/B] 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 [B]Properties[/B].  On the [B]Active Playlist Properties dialog[/B], click [B]OK[/B] to close the dialog. ​  ​Mezzmo will silently update ​the active playlist in the background. ​ It may take several minutes depending on number of files in your Mezzmo library.+Right-click on the playlist and click **Properties** to edit it at any time. 
 + 
 +===== 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. ​  
 + 
 +**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.