播放列表允许您创建主题混音或根据特定标准限制播放歌曲，例如您最喜欢的歌曲、新添加的歌曲和其他参数。创建(Creating)、保存和编辑Windows Media Player 12播放列表和自动播放列表（有时称为“智能播放列表”）非常容易学习，但对于投资的修补匠来说具有很大的潜力。在本教程中，我们将帮助您开始创建常规播放列表和自动播放列表。
播放列表与播放列表
在开始之前，重要的是我们要清除Windows Media Player 12术语中的一个奇怪之处。在此工具中，有播放列表和播放(the) 列表(Play list)。他们不是一回事。区别如下：
- 播放列表(Play list)是指正在播放或排队等待播放的歌曲，单击播放选项卡(Play tab)时会出现在右侧的列表窗格(List pane)中。这取决于您正在玩什么。当您保存一组在您的播放列表(Play list)中排队的项目时，它将成为一个已保存的播放列表。
- 播放列表是已保存的媒体项目列表，除非您对其进行编辑并保存更改，否则不会更改。它们出现在导航窗格(Navigation pane)左侧的库(Library)中。
令人困惑，我们知道。但是当你看到它在行动时，它会更有意义。看一下这个屏幕截图(screen shot)，其中列表窗格(List pane)不可见。当您单击Play时，它会显示出来。
在这里，您可以看到您的播放列表(Play list)，其中包含您现在选择播放的所有歌曲。同时，您还可以在左侧看到已保存的播放列表，这些播放列表已保存以供以后播放（当您将它们添加到播放列表(Play list)时）。
知道了？我们希望如此。因为我们要继续前进。
创建常规播放列表
从列表窗格(List pane)开始，打开到播放(Play)选项卡，这将显示您的播放列表(Play list)。如果列表中有项目，请单击“清除列表”('Clear list')将其删除。
首先通过单击“未保存列表”的文本并输入名称来命名您的播放列表。接下来(Next)，单击“保存列表”('Save list')。每当您进行更改时，您都需要执行此操作。
接下来，导航到您要添加到播放器库(Player Library)中的歌曲。右键单击歌曲并选择“添加到”('Add to')。如果您的播放列表已经打开，您可以选择“播放列表”('Play list')。您还可以选择要添加到的特定列表，即使该列表未在“列表”窗格(List pane)中打开。
您也可以将歌曲拖放到播放列表中(Play list)以添加它。或者，您可以将歌曲直接拖放到左侧现有的已保存播放列表中，它将自动添加。
一旦您的播放列表中有歌曲，您可以通过右键单击它们并选择“从列表中删除”('Remove from list')或“上移”('Move up')或“下移”('Move down')来移动和编辑它们。您还可以通过在列表中拖放它们来重新排序它们。
如需更多选项，请单击列表窗格(Lists pane)右上角的按钮。
在这里，您可以根据艺术家姓名(artist name)、歌曲名称和长度(song name and length)等属性对列表进行排序。这类似于按列对歌曲进行排序。单击“随机播放列表”('Shuffle list')会以随机顺序重新排列播放列表中的项目。
您还可以更改Windows Media Player 12处理跳过项目的方式。例如，如果您有一个很大的播放列表，您可以通过让Windows Media Player 12自动删除您下次保存时跳过的任何内容来减少它。如果您想跳过它而不删除它，您可以选择“播放期间跳过”('Skip during playback')选项。
在下一个屏幕截图(screen shot)中，您可以看到跳过的歌曲(skipped song)灰显。现在，当您单击保存时，右侧的窗口会出现，询问您想对跳过的歌曲(skipped song)做什么，如果您已选中“保存时提示我删除”('Prompt me to remove upon save')选项。
创建自动播放列表
对于 iTunes 用户，您可能已经熟悉自动播放列表（在 iTunes 中称为“智能播放列表”）的概念。这些是根据您设置的规则而不是您选择的特定歌曲选择歌曲的动态播放列表。这有点像为自己创建一个广播电台，仅包含您图书馆(Library)中的歌曲，仅包含您喜欢的歌曲，仅包含短于 2 分钟的歌曲，仅包含 1960 年代或其他标准录制的歌曲。可能性几乎是无穷无尽的。以下是您入门的方法：
单击“创建播放列表”('Create playlist')并选择“创建自动播放列表”('Create auto playlist')。如果您没有看到此选项，请尝试最大化您的 Windows Media Player 12窗口。
这将打开“新建自动播放列表”('New Auto Playlist')窗口。在文本框中键入(text box)以命名您的播放列表。单击(Click)下面的各种加号以添加标准。
对于此示例，让我们创建一个自动播放列表(auto playlist)，其中仅包含从未播放过且时长少于 3 分钟的歌曲。为此，我们希望在列表中填充总播放次数(play count)为 0且长度不超过 3 分钟的歌曲。但是，当您单击加号时，您会注意到“长度”不会显示在初始条件列表中。不用担心 - 一直向下滚动并选择“更多”('More')。
完整的列表要长得多。你会发现长度大约下降了一半。选择它并单击OK。
重复此过程以添加“播放次数：总计”('Play Count: Total Overall')标准。您将在主窗口中看到它们已添加。
要更改标准的参数，请单击带下划线的文本。
系统将提示您从列表中选择一个参数或输入(list or type)一个值。
如果需要，您还可以包含其他库中的媒体。为此，请单击“还包括”('And also include')下方的加号。部分。在这里，您可以看到已添加图片库。(Pictures library)
但是，我们不想在此播放列表中包含图片。要删除条件或其他项目，请选择它并单击删除(Remove)。
现在，如果您像我一样，您的资料库(Library)中可能有数千首不到 3 分钟的歌曲。但是，假设您想要一个足够小以适合您的 1 GB 数字媒体播放器的播放列表。单击“并应用以下限制”('And apply the following restrictions')下方的加号以显示您的可用限制。对于本例，我们将选择“限制总大小”('Limit total size') ，以便我们可以指定此自动播放列表(auto playlist)将占用的总磁盘空间。(disk space)
在此示例中，参数设置为 1 GB。（此外，我已经继续纠正了我的粗制滥造的数学并将长度设置为 180 秒，而不是 360 秒。）
好了，准备出发了。单击确定(OK)并从导航窗格(Navigation pane)中选择您的自动播放列表(auto playlist)以查看它。
请注意(Notice)，所有歌曲的长度都在 3 分钟以下，并且从未播放过。现在，让我们看看自动播放列表(auto playlist)的实际效果。我将播放列表中的前两首歌曲“亚麻色头发(Flaxen Hair)的女仆(Maid)”和“来自欧克莱尔的你好(Hello From Eau Claire)”。
下次我加载我的自动播放列表(auto playlist)时，这两首歌曲已被删除，因为它们不再符合'Play count: Total overall = 0'条件。取而代之的是，列表中接下来的两首歌曲被挤到了首位。
如果您想更改您的自动播放列表(auto playlist)，只需在播放器库(Player Library)中查看它时单击编辑(Edit)。
到此结束播放列表。但在你走之前，这里有一些额外的提示：
- 您可以将自动播放列表(auto playlist)保存为常规播放列表。这不会覆盖原始的自动播放列表(auto playlist)，而是会保存在保存时符合条件的所有歌曲。因此，例如，您可以每六个月保存一次自动播放列表版本，然后返回查看您过去最喜欢的歌曲。(auto playlist)
- Windows Media Player 12毫无(Media Player 12)理由(rhyme or reason)地订购自动播放列表。将它们添加到列表窗格中的(Lists pane)播放列表(Play list)后，您可以随机播放歌曲或根据需要重新排序。这样做是个好主意，除非您更愿意按字母顺序听歌曲。
- 缺少Windows Media Player 11的(Windows Media Player 11)“最近添加”('Recently added')列表？使用标准“添加到库的日期是最近 30 天之后”('Date Added to Library is after last 30 days')创建一个自动播放列表(auto playlist)。瞧，它回来了。
结论
这个简短的教程向您展示了如何启动和运行常规播放列表和自动播放列表，但只触及了后者潜力的表面。花点时间摆弄，运用你的想象力来创造很酷的混音。请继续关注有关Windows Media Player 12的更多提示。
How to Create Playlists in Windows Media Player 12
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Play list vs. Playlists
Before we begin, it's important that we clear up an oddity in Windows Media Player 12 terminology. Within this tool, there are playlists and there is the Play list. They aren't the same thing. Here's the difference:
- The Play list refers to the songs that are playing or are queued up to play next and appear in the List pane on the right when the Play tab is clicked. This changes depending on what you are playing. When you save a group of items queued up in your Play list, it becomes a saved playlist.
- A playlist is a saved list of media items and won't change unless you edit it and save your changes. These appear in your Library on the left side in the Navigation pane.
Confusing, we know. But it makes more sense when you see it in action. Take a look at this screen shot, where the List pane is not visible. When you click Play, it is revealed.
Here, you can see your Play list, which contains any songs you've chosen to play now. Meanwhile, you can also see your saved playlists on the left, which are saved to be played later (when you add them to your Play list).
Got it? We hope so. Because we're moving on.
Creating a Regular Playlist
Begin with the List pane open to the Play tab, which will display your Play list. If there are items in the list, click 'Clear list' to remove them.
Begin by naming your playlist by clicking the text that reads "unsaved list" and typing a name. Next, click 'Save list'. You'll want to do this whenever you make changes.
Next, navigate to a song you'd like to add in your Player Library. Right-click the song and choose 'Add to'. If you have your playlist open already, you can choose 'Play list'. You can also choose specific list you'd like to add it to, even if that list is not open in the List pane.
You can also drag and drop a song into the Play list to add it. Alternately, you can drag and drop a song directly into an existing saved playlist on the left and it will be automatically added.
Once you have songs in your playlist, you can move them about and edit them by right-clicking them and choosing 'Remove from list' or 'Move up' or 'Move down'. You can also reorder them by dragging and dropping them within the list.
For more options, click the button in the top-right corner of the Lists pane.
Here, you can sort your list according to attributes such as artist name, song name and length. This is similar to sorting songs by columns. Clicking 'Shuffle list' rearranges the items in your playlist in a random order.
You can also change the way that Windows Media Player 12 treats skipped items. For example, if you have a large playlist, you can pare it down by having Windows Media Player 12 automatically remove anything you skipped the next time you save it. If you'd like to skip it without removing it, you can choose the 'Skip during playback' option.
In the next screen shot, you can see the skipped song grayed out. Now, when you click save, the window to the right appears, asking you what you'd like to do with the skipped songs, if you've checked the 'Prompt me to remove upon save' option.
Creating Auto Playlists
For iTunes users, you may already be familiar with the concept of auto playlists (which are called "smart playlists" in iTunes). These are dynamic playlists that choose songs according to rules you set, rather than specific songs you've chosen. It's a bit like creating a radio stations for yourself, filled with only songs from your Library and containing only songs you love, only songs shorter than 2 minutes, only songs recorded in the 1960s or other criteria. The possibilities are nearly endless. Here's how you get you started:
Click 'Create playlist' and choose 'Create auto playlist'. If you don't see this option, try maximizing your Windows Media Player 12 window.
This brings up the 'New Auto Playlist' window. Type in the text box to name your playlist. Click on the various plus signs below to add criteria.
For this example, let's make an auto playlist that contains only songs that have never been played and are less than 3 minutes long. To do this, we want to populate our list with songs with a 0 total overall play count and a length not more than 3 minutes. However, you'll notice that "length" doesn't show up in the initial list of criteria when you click the plus sign. No worries - just scroll all the way down and choose 'More'.
The full list is much longer. You'll find length about halfway down. Choose it and click OK.
Repeat this process to add the 'Play Count: Total Overall' criteria. You'll see them added in the main window.
To change the parameters of the criteria, click the underlined text.
You'll either be prompted to choose a parameter from the list or type in a value.
If you want to, you can also include media from your other libraries. To do so, click the plus sign beneath the 'And also include'. section. Here, you can see that the Pictures library has been added.
However, we don't want to include pictures in this playlist. To remove a criteria or other item, choose it and click Remove.
Now, if you're anything like me, you probably have thousands of songs under three minutes in your Library. But let's say you wanted a playlist that was small enough to fit on your 1 GB digital media player. Click the plus sign below the 'And apply the following restrictions' to show your available restrictions. For this example, we'll choose 'Limit total size' so we can specify the total disk space that this auto playlist will take up.
In this example, the parameters are set to one gigabyte. (Also, I've gone ahead and corrected my shoddy math and put the length to 180 seconds, rather than 360 seconds.)
Okay, it's ready to go. Click OK and choose your auto playlist from the Navigation pane to see it.
Notice that all the songs are under 3 minutes in length and have never been played. Now, let's see the auto playlist in action. I'm going to play through the first two songs on the list entitled "Maid with the Flaxen Hair" and "Hello From Eau Claire."
The next time I load my auto playlist, these two songs have been removed, since they no longer meet the criteria of 'Play count: Total overall = 0'. Instead, the next two songs in the list have been bumped to the top.
If you'd like to make changes your auto playlist, simply click Edit while viewing it in the Player Library.
That about wraps up playlists. But before you go, here are some additional tips:
- You can save an auto playlist as a regular playlist. This won't overwrite the original auto playlist, rather, it will save all the songs that meet the criteria at the time that it was saved. So, for example, you could save a version of your auto playlist once every six months and then go back and see what your favorite songs were in the past.
- Windows Media Player 12 orders auto playlists with little rhyme or reason. Once you add them to the Play list in the Lists pane, you can shuffle the songs or reorder them as you see fit. It's a good idea to do so, unless you'd rather listen to your songs in alphabetical order.
- Missing the 'Recently added' list from Windows Media Player 11? Create an auto playlist with the criteria 'Date Added to Library is after last 30 days'. Voila, it's back.
Conclusion
This short tutorial showed you how to get up and running with regular playlists and auto playlists but only scratched the surface of the potential of the latter. Take time to fiddle around and use your imagination to create cool mixes. And stay tuned for more tips on Windows Media Player 12.
