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 To create a smart playlist, click **Create Playlist -> Smart Playlist**.
+You can use smart playlists for many purposes.  For example:
+  * A list of unwatched movies
+  * A list of music from the band Coldplay
+  * A list of photos from your vacation in Spain
+  * A list of highest rated Electronic music
+  * A list of TV shows from the 1980s
+  * A list of most played music
+  * A list of Action movies starring Robert De Niro
+  * A list of classical music from composer Beethoven
+  * A list of videos rated G from the folder \\NAS-001\Videos
-You can use smart playlists for many purposes.  For example:
+{{:smartplaylistproperties.png?nolink|Smart Playlist Properties dialog}}
+Give your smart 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.
-[LIST]
+Set the **content rating** for the smart 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.
-[*]A list of unwatched movies
-[*]A list of music from the band Coldplay
-[*]A list of photos from your vacation in Spain
-[*]A list of highest rated Electronic music
-[*]A list of TV shows from the 1980s
-[*]A list of most played music
-[*]A list of Action movies starring Robert De Niro
-[*]A list of classical music from composer Beethoven
-[*]A list of videos rated G from the folder \\NAS-001\Videos
-[/LIST]
-Give your smart playlist a meaningful [B]name[/B] and [B]description[/B].  Optionally, select some [B]artwork[/B] for it - or leave it blank and Mezzmo will automatically assign artwork to it based on the files contained in the playlist.
+Set the way you want your titles displayed for the files in the smart playlist using the **Display Titles** button.  For example, you may want your TV shows listed with full information to make them easy to identify such as "Breaking Bad: S003 E009: Kafkaesque".
-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 [Play Count] [is] [0] to find all files that have not yet been played (streamed) and [Category] [contains] [Movie] to find all the files that are movies. There are many metadata attributes that you can use to match on.
+Add the **rules** that you want to use to drill into your collection of files in your Mezzmo library.  The above example uses [Play Count] [is] [0] to find all files that have not yet been played (streamed) and [Category] [contains] [TV show] to find all the files that are TV show episodes. There are many metadata attributes that you can use to match on.
-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.
+Choose the **types of files** that you want to find - all types of files, just video files, just music files or just photos.
-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.
+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.
-If there are many files that match your rules, then you may want to limit the list of files using the [B]Limit playlist[/B] setting.  For example, you may only want to list the top 50 rated movies.
+If there are many files that match your rules, then you may want to limit the list of files using the **Limit playlist** setting.  For example, you may only want to list the 200 unwatched TV shows.
-Right-click on the playlist and click [B]Properties[/B] to edit it at any time.
+Right-click on the smart playlist and click **Properties** to edit the playlist at any time.