Playlist Subfolders?

[wrnoof]

Hi --

When I create a playlist, I usually populate it by dragging individual files from their folders into the playlist. Is it possible to create a playlist out of folders rather than separate files?

Thanks,
Bob

[Paul]

Hi Bob,

You can create a playlist and then add folders (or smart playlists, linked playlists or active playlists) under the playlist. In fact, the top-level "Video", "Photos" and Music" playlists in the tree in Mezzmo are just normal playlists and under them are various playlists & folders. You can right-click on any of them and click Properties to see their settings.

So, create your playlist and then select it in the tree in Mezzmo. Next, click 'Add To Library' -> 'Add folder' to add a folder under the playlist.

[wrnoof]

Hi Paul,

You guys are great, by the way. I did as instructed. I am streaming my music through a Sony BluRay Player. I created a play list and added a folder of music to it. However, nothing will play unless, using the BluRay, I go into the folder that contains the music files and select one of them and play it. The others will all play in turn. I cannot, however, hit play on an upper level folder and have it play all the other playlists or folders contained therein. Am I missing something here? Or, is my Sony device incapable of playing folders contained within other folders by selecting play from the upper level folder. I am trying to create a playlist of albums, each album in it's own folder and have them all play in sequence by selecting play from the upper level or "mother" folder. Is this possible?

[Paul]

It's probably a restriction of your Sony Blu-ray player's firmware.

To get around this, you could create a smart playlist with rules like:

[x] Match [all] of the following rules:

[Artist] [is] [The Beatles]

Sort by: Album / Series (ascending)
(or sort by by File name (ascending))

This will create a playlist with all the music files from "The Beatles" in one playlist. Now you can play all of them from your Sony Blu-ray player.

Or, use rules like:

[x] Match [any] of the following rules:

[Album] [is] [Revolver]
[Album] [is] [The White Album]
[Album] [is] [Abbey Road]

This will create a playlist with all the music files from the listed albums in one playlist. Now you can play all of them from your Sony Blu-ray player.

[wrnoof]

Hi Paul,

Great answer. I suspected it might be something like the Sony firmware. Your suggestion works except for the fact that I want to combine about 20 albums/folders into a single playlist. The smart playlist dialogue then expands beyond my screen margins with each addition and the controls like "OK", etc. become inaccessible. Using Add > Files works just fine in this case.

Working on this issue brings another question to mind. Does Mezzmo have the ability to push media out to a DLNA device? My Blackberry Z10 allows me to push my music out to the Sony BDP as long as both are on and connected to my home network.

Regards,
Bob

[Paul]

Hi Bob,

If you have an Android device (tablet or smartphone), then you can install our new Mezzmo Android app on it and it allows you to browse your Mezzmo library and push files to your devices. More details here - http://www.conceiva.com/products/mez...mo_android.asp. Search for "Mezzmo" on Google Play.

In addition, the upcoming Mezzmo v4.1 will have new "Play To" features so that you can push files to devices on your home network directly from your Mezzmo Windows app. It also lets you have full playback control over your devices such as Play, Stop, Pause, Seek, Next File, Previous File, Volume, Mute, etc. We're hoping to have it released later this month.

[annarosy]

Hi Bob,

You can create a playlist and then add folders (or smart playlists, linked playlists or active playlists) under the playlist. In fact, the top-level "Video", "Photos" and Music" playlists in the tree in Mezzmo are just normal playlists and under them are various playlists & folders. You can right-click on any of them and click Properties to see their settings.

So, create your playlist and then select it in the tree in Mezzmo. Next, click 'Add To Library' -> 'Add folder' to add a folder under the playlist.

hi Paul
thanks you very much for sharing, I'm having problems with it which have done according to your instructions

[Paul]

hi Paul
thanks you very much for sharing, I'm having problems with it which have done according to your instructions

If you need help creating your playlists, let us know and we'll help out.