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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.
+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.
+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:
+  [+] Bob Dylan
   [+] Coldplay
     [+] A Rush of Blood to the Head
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       Twisted Logic
       Til Kingdom Come
+  [+] Foo Fighters
+  [+] Rihanna
+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.
+Choose the **types of files** that you want to find - all types of files, just video files, just music files or just photos.
-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.
+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.
-Choose the [B]types of files[/B] that you want to find - all types of files, just video files, just music files or just photos.
+Right-click on the playlist and click **Properties** to edit it at any time.
-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.
+===== Processing active playlists =====
-Right-click on the playlist and click [B]Properties[/B] to edit it at any time.
+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.
-[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.
+**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.
-[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.
+**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.