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-====== ​How to use Display Titles to customize the titles of your media files ======+====== ​Using Display Titles to customize the titles of your media files ======
  
 Mezzmo lets you customize the titles for your media files using Display Titles. Mezzmo lets you customize the titles for your media files using Display Titles.
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   * **%ARTIST% -%ALBUM% - %TRACK%** will create a title "​Coldplay - Parachutes - 05"   * **%ARTIST% -%ALBUM% - %TRACK%** will create a title "​Coldplay - Parachutes - 05"
  
 +If you want to display the file name as the title, then you simply need to use the %FILENAME% keyword. ​ For example:
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 +===== Displaying File Names as Titles =====
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 +If you want to display the file name as the title, then you simply need to use the %FILENAME% keyword. ​ For example:
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 +{{:​displaytitlesfilenames.png?​nolink|Display Titles dialog}}
 +
 +===== Adding an Index / Counter to your Titles =====
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 +Some of the devices in your home that you stream to may sort the list of files in a playlist or folder alphabetically and ignore the order of the files that Mezzmo server has delivered to the device.  ​
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 +This can be very annoying since you may want to see your files listed in track order, or episode order, or recently added order, or most played order, etc.   ​Kodi/​XBMC media player and certain models of Samsung TVs and BDP Blu-ray players have this sorting problem.
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 +To work around this problem, Mezzmo lets you add the %FILECOUNTER% keyword to your display titles. ​ This lets you add an index counter prefix to your titles to '​trick'​ the device'​s firmware sorting.  ​
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 +For example, using %FILECOUNTER% a list of movies may look like:
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 +  001 Inception
 +  002 Hunger Games
 +  003 Star Trek
 +  004 A Beautiful Mind
 +  ...
 +  999 Catch Me If You Can
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 +See this example how to add %FILECOUNTER%:​
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 +{{:​displaytitlesfilecounter.png?​nolink|Display Titles dialog}}
 +
 +===== Setting Different Display Titles For Files In Playlists / Folders =====
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 +You can set different display titles for files in particular playlists and folders. ​ This allows you to override your display titles settings in the Options dialog (General page).
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 +Right-click on a playlist or folder and click **Properties** to display the playlist or folder'​s **Properties dialog**.  ​
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 +{{:​activeplaylistproperties.png?​nolink|Active Playlist Properties dialog}}
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 +On the Properties dialog, click the **Display Titles** button to set display titles for files contained in the playlist or folder.
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 +**Tip:** Click the **Default Settings** button on the **Display Titles dialog** to revert back to the global display titles that you have set in the **Options dialog (General page)**.
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 +===== Changing the titles of your TV shows =====
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 +If you want to change the way the titles for your TV shows are displayed, then you can use the **%SERIES%**,​ **%SEASON%**,​ **%EPISODE%** and **%TITLE%** keywords in the **TV Series** edit box.
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 +For example, you may have a video file "Game Of Thrones S01E05.MKV",​ where the associated metadata is Title = The Wolf and the Lion, Series = Game Of Thrones, Season = 1, Episode = 5.  Using display title keywords, you can create titles like this:
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 +  * **%TITLE%** will create a title "The Wolf and the Lion"
 +  * **E%EPISODE%:​ %TITLE%** will create a title "E005: The Wolf and the Lion"
 +  * **S%SEASON% E%EPISODE%: %TITLE%** will create a title "S001 E005: The Wolf and the Lion"
 +  * **%SERIES%: S%SEASON% E%EPISODE%: %TITLE%** will create a title "The Game Of Thrones: S001 E005: The Wolf and the Lion"
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 +Click the **Presets** button next to TV series edit box to see popular title styles.
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 +{{:​displaytitlestvshows.png?​nolink|Display Titles dialog}}