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Show Me How   Click for text instructions. How do I create a playlist? How do I publish a playlist to Playlist Central?

Use the following controls and options with  playlists in Playlist Central.

Control		What does it do?
		Play: Click   to add the playlist to the Mixer and begin playback.
		Add: Click to add the playlist to your collection the Playlists area (below the Sources area.   Click  next to an individual track in the playlist to add it to My Library.   Note: You must have the appropriate  membership to add playlists and tracks from Playlist Central. The tracks from playlists are not automatically added to My Library or downloaded to your hard drive as downloaded Rhapsody tracks, even if you have Download songs to my hard drive... selected in the General Preferences.   To add the tracks from a playlist to My Library, drag the playlist from the Playlists area to My Library in the Sources area. If Download tracks to my hard drive... is selected in the General preferences, the tracks will automatically download (if they are available).
		Rate: When viewing a playlist, click any number in the Rating Selector (below the playlist art) to rate the playlist from 1-5.  "1" indicates a less-favored playlist, and "5" indicates a more favored playlist. Your rating will appear next to the playlist name whenever you open that playlist, and it will contribute to the playlist's overall ranking in Playlist Central. You can change your rating, but you must first leave the open playlist view and then return to it. Note: Your rating in Playlist Central does not affect your ratings in the rest of Rhapsody, and does not affect your recommendations in My Rhapsody.
		Click Share playlist to email a link to the playlist, or create a RhapLink(link to Rhapsody music, generated by the Share process; a RhapLink can be e-mailed, blogged, posted to a web site, or shared via instant messaging program) to the playlist to post on your web site,  blog(a web log; an online diary or log kept on a website), or an instant messaging program.
Author		Click the playlist's author alias to view all the playlists published by that author.

You'll find the following features on the Playlist Central home page:

• The My Rhapsody list. Click Recently Played to view the playlists you have most recently listened to.
• The Browse list. Browse special playlists on My Rhapsody, such as Celebrity Picks and Decade Mixes, or browse by genre(type or category; for example: rock, classical, or rap), such as Rock/Pop or Country.
• Featured Playlists: See the center of the Playlist Central home page for Rhapsody's features playlists.
• New This Week: Click the tabs to see playlists that were Just Published, Celebrity Playlists, and Editor Playlists.
• Dynamic Playlists: Click Go To Dynamic Playlists to visit the Rhapsody Dynamic Playlists page(page in Playlist Central where you can find and collect playlists that will update with fresh tracks each time you sign in.).
• Top Playlists. See and listen to Playlist Central's current top, based on playlist rating and number of views.

 

Dynamic Playlists are playlists that Rhapsody updates with fresh content each time you sign in to your Rhapsody account. From the Playlist Central Home page, click Go To Dynamic Playlists to visit the Dynamic Playlists page.

 

• Click the name of any playlist to view it.
• Click at the top of any playlist to add it to the Mixer and begin playback.
• Click at the top of any playlist to add it to your collection in the Playlists area. You will get new tracks in your playlist each time you sign in to your Rhapsody account.
• Click next to any individual track to play it.
• Click next to any individual track to add it to My Library.

Click the name of any playlist in any Playlist Central view  to display the contents of that playlist.

A playlist page in Playlist Central displays each track in that playlist, along with any individual track comments.

• Select a number in the rating selector   (beneath the playlist art) to rate the playlist. "1" indicates a less-favored playlist, and "5" indicates a more favored playlist.
• Click (below the playlist title) to begin playing the list.
• Click  (below the playlist title)  to add it to the Playlists area as part of your collection.
• Click  next to any individual track to  play it.
• Click  next to an individual track to add the track to My Library.
• Press [CTRL] +  to add a track to the Mixer without starting immediate playback.
• Click Share playlist (at the top-right of the playlist view) to share it.
• Click the playlist's author name (below the Share playlist button) to view other playlists created by that author.

• Select a category or genre (such as Single Artist Mixes or Label Spotlights) from the Playlist Central Home page.
• Click on the bottom right of a category or genre page (if available) to see more playlists in that category.
• From the top of the list of playlists, select Top Ranked or Most Recent to sort by that property (if available).
  
  

Note: Some playlist categories with few entries may not show the link or the Sort By options.

• Choose your alias carefully. Once you have created one, you cannot change it. (One alias per Rhapsody account.)
• You can publish tracks from the Mixer. Select the tracks you want to publish and click Share.
• You can publish playlists from the Playlists area. Right-click any playlist made entirely from Rhapsody tracks and select Share from the right-click menu.
• You can publish tracks from My Library. Select Rhapsody tracks and right-click them, then select Share from the right-click menu.
• You can publish tracks from the Library Organizer. Right-click on any artist name, album name, or genre type in the Organizer, then select Share to share all the Rhapsody tracks in your Library for that category.
• A list of your published playlists can be found in My Rhapsody.
• Once you publish a playlist to Playlist Central, you cannot remove it.

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