You use the Playlist Manager View to create and edit playlists. This view has two browse lists. The list at the top gives you an overview of the various playlists. The list at the bottom displays the tracks in the selected playlist.

On the statusbar at the bottom of the window you see the number of tracks in the open playlist, the total playing time, and the total size of the audio files.

If you would like to reopen a dynamic playlist (to update the track list based on the filter), click the Reopen button .

To export the playlist to a standard WinAmp (m3u) file, click the Export button .

To copy the files in the playlist to a folder, click the Copy to Folder button . This is useful if you for example want to copy the files to your portable audio player, or want to burn the audio files in the playlist to a CD.

To create a new playlist, simply click the Add button on the toolbar. To edit an existing playlist, select it, then click the Edit button on the toolbar. This opens the 'Playlist Edit' window:

You must always give the playlist a title, and select type of playlist. The other fields are optional.

You can create two types of playlists: "Manual" and "Dynamic". A manual playlist is a playlist where you manually add tracks to the playlist. A dynamic playlist is a playlist based on a filter. The contents of a dynamic playlist is automatically updated as you add, edit and delete information in the database.

A playlist flagged as "favorite" is automatically added to the explorer home page. If you check the Shuffle field, CATraxx will "shuffle" the playlist before it is sent to the audio player.

The following four fields only apply to dynamic playlists: Max Tracks - This is the maximum number of tracks the playlist can contain. Filter - This is the filter the contents of the playlist is based on. Sort Order - The order of the tracks (tracks are by default sorted by Title). Random - Tells CATraxx to pick the tracks at random when the playlist is opened.

Random vs. Shuffle

Suppose you have set up a filter that returns 1000 tracks. If you set Max Tracks to "50" and check the Random field, CATraxx will pick 50 of the 1000 tracks at random each time you open the playlist.

If you do not check the Random field, CATraxx will always pick the first 50 tracks according to the defined sort order.

The tracks are always listed according to the sort order. Shuffle will simply shuffle the tracks after the playlist has been loaded before it is sent to the player.