Auto-Playlists

What sets SnackAmp apart from most music players and playlist managers is its ease of use. If you have hundreds to thousands of music files, and get tired of managing individual playlists or organizing files by genre, the auto-playlist feature is for you. You use the auto-playlist manger to organize your files within a directory structure in you media library as you see fit - typically music type, artist, then album. You can then select individual folders (or folder trees) and save those settings under a name. Applying that auo-playlist will create a playlist with all of the files sorted per the sorting option in effect.

Launching

The Auto-playlist manager is launched using the button on the main user interface, or selecting the Auto-Playlists/Manage Auto-Playlists menu selection.

Creating Auto-playlists

The Auto-playlist directory tree has checkboxes next to each directory. You may check each box to enable that folder for auto-playlist inclusion. You may also set an entire folder from the pop-up menu or Ctrl/Alt-S key combination. After you have the desired folders checked, save this as a new auto-playlist file. You can also apply it send tracks contained in any of the selected folders to the active play list. You can then use the sort/shuffle feature to play in the order you choose. Different Auto-playlist files are retrieved form the Auto-Playlists menu pulldowns. Below is the Auto-playlist manager.

With the Auto-playlist feature, you can save settings that reflect your musical preference rather than specific songs. For instance Classical, Hard Rock, Dance, Relaxation would all be appropriate names.  Each file you save will show up in the Auto-playlists menu to allow you to apply it easily.

Finding Files

At the top of the Auto Playlist window you will find a search entry box. You may search for folders by entering some of the text and pressing Enter or selecting the Search button. If you hit Ctrl-Enter, you will locate the next matching file instead. You may also use the search icons to the left of the search entry box.

Folder History

At the top of Auto Playlist selecting the History menu (or down arrow) will show a history of the recently visited folders. You also have navigation buttons to go through the history list. These are useful when you are moving files around.

Tree Mouse Shortcuts