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\section{\label{ref:working_with_playlists}Working with Playlists}
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\subsection{Playlist terminology}
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Some common terms that are used in Rockbox when referring to
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playlists:
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\begin{description}
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\item[Directory.] A playlist! One of the keys to getting the most out of
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Rockbox is understanding that Rockbox \emph{always} considers the song that
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it is playing to be part of a playlist, and in some situations, Rockbox will
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create a playlist automatically. For example, if you are playing the
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contents of a directory, Rockbox will automatically create a playlist
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containing all songs in it. This means that just about anything
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that is described in this chapter with respect to playlists also applies to
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directories.
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\item[Dynamic playlist.] A dynamic playlist is a playlist that is created
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``On the fly.'' Any time you insert or queue tracks using the
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\setting{Current Playlist submenu} (see \reference{ref:currentplaylist_submenu}), you are
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creating (or adding to) a dynamic playlist.
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\item[Insert.] In Rockbox, to \setting{Insert} an item into a playlist means
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putting an item into a playlist and leaving it there, even after it is
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played. As you will see later in this chapter, Rockbox can \setting{Insert}
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into a playlist in several places.
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\item[Queue.] In Rockbox, to \setting{Queue} a song means to put the song
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into a playlist and then to remove the song from the playlist once it has
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been played. The only difference between \setting{Insert} and
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\setting{Queue} is that the \setting{Queue} option removes the song from the
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playlist once it has been played, and the \setting{Insert} option does not.
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\end{description}
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\subsection{Creating playlists}
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Rockbox can create playlists in four different ways.
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\subsubsection{By selecting (``playing'') a song from the File Browser}
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Whenever a song is selected from the \setting{File Browser} with
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\ActionTreeEnter, Rockbox will automatically create a playlist containing
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all of the songs in that directory and start playback with the selected
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song.
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\note{If you already have created a dynamic playlist, playing a new
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song will \emph{erase} the current dynamic playlist and create a new one.
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If you want to add a song to the current playlist
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rather than erasing the current
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playlist, see the section below on how to add music to a playlist.}
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\subsubsection{By using the Clear List \& Play Next function}
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The \setting{Clear List \& Play Next} function as described in
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\ref{ref:currentplaylist_submenu} will replace the dynamic playlist with the selected
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tracks. If a track is currently playing, it is only removed once it’s finished
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playing.
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\subsubsection{\label{ref:playlist_catalogue}By using the Playlist catalogue}
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The \setting{Playlist catalogue} makes it possible to modify and create
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playlists that are not currently playing. To do this select \setting{Playlist
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catalogue} in the \setting{Context Menu}. There you will have two choices,
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\setting{Add to playlist} adds the selected track or directory to an existing
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playlist and \setting{Add to a new playlist} creates a new playlist containing
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the selected track or directory.
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\note{All playlists in the \setting{Playlist catalogue} are stored by default
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in the \fname{/Playlists} directory in the root of your \daps{} disk and
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playlists stored in other locations are not included in the catalogue. It is
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however possible to move existing playlists there (see
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\reference{ref:Contextmenu}).}
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\subsubsection{By using the Main Menu}
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To create a playlist containing some or all of the music on your \dap{}, you can use the
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\setting{Create Playlist} command in the \setting{Playlist Catalogue Context Menu}
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(see \reference{ref:playlistcatalogue_contextmenu}).
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\subsection{Adding music to playlists}
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\subsubsection{\label{ref:currentplaylist_submenu}Adding music to a dynamic playlist}
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\screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-playlist-menu}{The Current Playlist Submenu}{}
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The \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} is a submenu in the \setting{Context Menu} (see
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\reference{ref:Contextmenu}), it allows you to put tracks into a
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``dynamic playlist''. The place in which the newly
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selected tracks are added to the playlist is determined by these
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options:
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\begin{description}
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\item [Insert.] Add track(s) after the most recently added tracks or, if tracks
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have not been added yet, immediately after the currently playing track.
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\item [Insert Next.] Add track(s) immediately after the currently playing track.
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\item [Insert Last.] Add track(s) to the end of the playlist.
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\item [Insert Shuffled.] Add track(s) to the playlist at random positions.
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\item [Insert Last Shuffled.] Add tracks in a random order to the end of the playlist.
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\end{description}
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If you want the existing playlist entries to first be removed before
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selected tracks are inserted, the following two options will achieve that effect.
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They are also available when playback is stopped, whereas the rest of the options
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require music to be playing or paused.
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\begin{description}
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\item [Clear List \& Play Next.] Replace all entries in the dynamic playlist with
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selected tracks. If a track is currently playing, it will be removed once it’s
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finished playing.
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\item [Clear List \& Play Shuffled.] Similar, except tracks are added in random order.
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Only available when playback is stopped.
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\end{description}
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Another possibility is to add tracks \emph{temporarily} to the dynamic playlist.
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In Rockbox’s parlance, this is called queuing. Queued tracks are automatically
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removed from the playlist after they have been played. They are also not saved
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to the playlist file (see \reference{ref:playlistoptions}).
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\begin{description}
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\item [Queue.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert}.
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\item [Queue Next.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert Next}.
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\item [Queue Last.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert Last}.
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\item [Queue Shuffled.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert Shuffled}.
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\item [Queue Last Shuffled.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert Last Shuffled}.
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\end{description}
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\note{You can hide the options to add shuffled tracks or to queue tracks, if you wish.
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The latter can also be put into its own submenu. Simply go to
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\setting{Settings} $\rightarrow$ \setting{General Settings} $\rightarrow$ \setting{Playlists}
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$\rightarrow$ \setting{Current Playlist} and select either \setting{Show Shuffled Adding Options}
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or \setting{Show Queue Options} to customize the displayed set of options.}
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The \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} can be used to add either single tracks or
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entire directories to a playlist. If the \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} is
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invoked on a single track, it will put only that track into the playlist.
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On the other hand, if the \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} is invoked on a
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directory, Rockbox adds all of the tracks in that directory to the
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playlist.
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\note{You can control whether or not Rockbox includes the contents of
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subdirectories when adding an entire directory to a playlist. Set the
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\setting{Settings $\rightarrow$ General Settings $\rightarrow$ Playlist
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$\rightarrow$ Recursively Insert Directories} setting to \setting{Yes} if
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you would like Rockbox to include tracks in subdirectories as well as tracks
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in the currently-selected directory.}
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Dynamic playlists are saved so resume will restore them exactly as they
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were before shutdown.
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\note{To view, save, reshuffle, or display the play time of the current
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dynamic playlist use the
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\setting{Playlist} sub menu in the WPS context menu or in the
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\setting{Main Menu}.}
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\subsection{Modifying playlists}
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\subsubsection{Reshuffling}
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Reshuffling the current playlist is easily done from the \setting{Playlist}
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sub menu in the WPS, just select \setting{Reshuffle}.
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\subsubsection{Moving and removing tracks}
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To move or remove a track from the current playlist enter the
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\setting{Playlist Viewer} by selecting \setting{View Current Playlist} in the
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\setting{Playlist} submenu in the WPS context menu or the \setting{Main Menu}.
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Once in the \setting{Playlist Viewer} open the context menu on the track you
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want to move or remove. If you want to move the track, select \setting{Move} in
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the context menu and then move the blinking cursor to the place where you want
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the track to be moved and confirm with \ActionStdOk. To remove a track, simply
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select \setting{Remove} in the context menu.
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\subsection{Saving playlists}
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To save the current playlist either enter the \setting{Playlist} submenu
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in the \setting{WPS Context Menu} (see \reference{sec:contextmenu}) and
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select \setting{Save Current Playlist} or enter the
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\setting{Playlist Options} menu in the \setting{Main Menu} and select
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\setting{Save Current Playlist}.
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Either method will bring you to the \setting{Virtual Keyboard} (see
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\reference{sec:virtual_keyboard}), enter a filename for your playlist and
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accept it and you are done.
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\subsection{Loading saved playlists}
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\subsubsection{Through the \setting{File Browser}}
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Playlist files, like regular music tracks, can be selected through the
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\setting{File Browser}. When loading a playlist from disk it will replace
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the current dynamic playlist. If you want to look at a playlist's
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content without starting playback immediately, access the \setting{Context Menu} (see
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\reference{ref:Contextmenu}) with \ActionStdContext{} and choose \setting{View}.
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\subsubsection{Through the \setting{Playlist catalogue}}
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The \setting{Playlist catalogue} offers a shortcut to all playlists in your
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\daps{} specified playlist directory.
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It can be used like the \setting{File Browser} but will display
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the content of a playlist when one is selected.
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