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Defining Group Behaviors within Music Playlist Containers

For each group within your Music Playlist Container, you can decide between two playback modes and two playback types. The playback type determines whether the group will be played back in a random or sequential order. The playback mode determines how many of the segments in the group will be played back each time the group is played.

[Note]Note

The behavior options that will be available for each group will depend on which playback mode and type you have selected for your group.

To define a Random Group within a Music Playlist Container:

  1. Load a Music Playlist Container into the Property Editor.

    A top-level group is automatically created in the Music Playlist Editor.

  2. From the Group/Segment list select one of the following options to define the playback behavior of the top-level group:

    • Random Continuous - Plays all music objects in the group one after the other in random order each time the group is played.

    • Random Step - Plays only one music object in the group each time the group is played.

  3. From the Random Type list, select one of the following options:

    • Standard to keep the pool of objects intact. After a music object is played, it is not removed from the possible list of objects that can be played and can therefore be repeated.

    • Shuffle to remove music objects from the pool after they have been played. This option avoids repetition of music objects until all objects within the group have been played.

  4. In the Avoid Repeat text box, type the number of music objects that must be played before an object within the group can be repeated.

  5. In the Loop Count text box, specify the number of times the entire group will be played or the number of steps that will be played.

    [Note]Note

    When you loop a step group, you define the number of objects within the group that will play each time the group is played.

To define a Sequence Group within a Music Playlist Container:

  1. Load a Music Playlist Container into the Property Editor.

    A top-level group is automatically created in the Music Playlist Editor.

  2. From the Group/Segment list select one of the following options to define the playback behavior of the top-level group:

    Sequence Continuous - Plays all music objects in the group in sequential order each time the group is played.

    Sequence Step - Plays only one music object in the group each time the group is played. The next time the group is played, the next music object in the group is played.

  3. In the Loop Count text box, specify the number of times the entire group will be played or the number of steps that will be played.

    [Note]Note

    When you loop a step group, you define the number of objects within the group that will play each time the group is played. For example, a Sequence Step group with six segments and a loop count of 2 will play segments 1 and 2 the first time the group is played, segments 3 and 4 the second time the group is played, and so on.


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