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 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.
-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] [Movie] to find all the files that are movies. There are many metadata attributes that you can use to match on.
+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.
-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.
+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".
-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.
+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.
-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.
+Choose the **types of files** 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 [B]Properties[/B] to edit it at any time.
+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 **Limit playlist** setting.  For example, you may only want to list the 200 unwatched TV shows.
+Right-click on the smart playlist and click **Properties** to edit the playlist at any time.