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\chapter{Working with Playlists}
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\label{ref:working_with_playlists}
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\section{Introduction}
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\section{Playlist terminology}
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Here are some common terms that are used in Rockbox when referring to 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 it
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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 contents
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of a directory, Rockbox will automatically create a playlist containing the
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songs in that directory. This means that just about anything that is
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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{Playlist submenu} (see \reference:{playlist_submenu}), you are creating (or adding
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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 played.
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As you will see later in this chapter, Rockbox can \setting{Insert} into a
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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 been
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played. The only difference between \setting{Insert} and \setting{Queue} is
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that the \setting{Queue} option removes the song from the playlist once it has
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been played, and the \setting{Insert} option does not.
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\section{Creating playlists}
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Rockbox can create playlists in four different ways.
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\subsection{Creating playlists by playing a song}
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Whenever a song is selected from the \setting{File Browser} using the
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\ButtonSelect\ button, Rockbox will automatically create a playlist containing
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all of the songs in the directory in which that song is located.
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\note{If you already have already created a dynamic playlist, playing a new
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song will \emph{erase} the current playlist and create a new one. If you want
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to add a song to the current playlist rather than erasing the current
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playlist, see the section below on ``Adding music to playlists.''
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\subsection{Creating a dynamic playlist using the Insert and Queue functions}
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\subsection{Creating a playlist using the Playlist Catalog}
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\subsection{Creating a playlist from the Main Menu}
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\section{Adding music to playlists}
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\subsection{\label{ref:Playlistsubmenu}Adding music to a dynamic playlist}
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\screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-playlist-menu}{The Playlist Submenu}{}
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The \setting{Playlist Submenu} allows you to put tracks into a ``dynamic
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playlist''. If there is no music currently playing, Rockbox will create a new
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dynamic playlist and put the selected track(s) into the playlist. If there is
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music currently playing, Rockbox will put the selected track(s) into the
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current playlist. The place in which the newly selected tracks are added to
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the playlist is determined by the following options:
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\begin{description}
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\item [Insert:] Add track(s) to playlist. If no other
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tracks have been inserted then the selected track will be added immediately
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after current playing track, otherwise they will be added to end of insertion
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list.
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\item [Insert next:] Add track(s) immediately after current playing
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track, no matter what else has been inserted.
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\item [Insert last:] Add track(s) to end of playlist.
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\item [Queue:] Queue is the same as Insert except queued tracks are deleted
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immediately from the playlist after they've been played. Also, queued tracks
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are not saved to the playlist file (see \reference{ref:playlistoptions}).
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\item [Queue next:] Queue track(s) immediately after current playing track.
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\item [Queue last:] Queue track(s) at end of playlist. \end{description}
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The \setting{Playlist Submenu} can be used to add either single tracks or
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entire directories to a playlist. If the \setting{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{Playlist Submenu} is invoked on a
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directory, Rockbox adds all of the tracks in that directory to the playlist.
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Dynamic playlists are saved so resume will restore them exactly as they were before
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shutdown.
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\section{Saving playlists}
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\section{Loading saved playlists}
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\section{Helpful Hints}
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\subsection{Including subdirectories in playlists}
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You can control whether or not Rockbox includes the contents of subdirectories
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when adding an entire directory to a playlists. Set the \setting{Main Menu
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$\rightarrow$ Playlist Options $\rightarrow$ Recusively Insert Directories}
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setting to \setting{Yes} if you would like Rockbox to include tracks in
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subdirectories as well as tracks in the currently-selected directory.}
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