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