Trouble creating play lists

[doane2u]

I'm not sure how you do this. If I create a new play list it's In the tree structure on the left and I can drag music over to the play list there and add it, but I would like to have the play list on the right side, the play now window, so I can see all the files added to it and be able to drag pieces over to it from the main window after playing them first. Every time I try to play one first it automatically is added to the the play now window. I'm confused about how you do this.

In the options for music I have the "play selected files only" checked and I checked the "ignore auto DJ"

Thanks,

[MMFrLife]

1. By default (if I remember correctly), the Now Playing Window is on the right side and
the Tree, which contains the playlists, is on the left.You should be able to move the Tree
to the right side after moving Now Playing somewhere else first. After the tree is moved,
you can move Now Playing to the left or elsewhere if desired.

2. All tracks when played show in Now Playing, as that's what it literally means, tracks that
are "now playing". You don't need to worry about the Now Playing area. If you want a track
on a playlist after you preview it first, just drag it over to the playlist in the tree you
want it on and move on to playing the next one. When you are done, just clear Now Playing.

3. If you want to create a playlist from the Now Playing playlist, preview a bunch of tracks and
go back when done to edit/remove (right-click menu on track) the one's you
don't want > select all > right click > follow playlist menu.

- The Now Playing area temporarily playlists only what you've played. If you want it to exist as a
saved playlist in the tree, you have to take further action. But you can't make it not show up in Now Playing
when you click to preview it.

[Lowlander]

The Now Playing (window/node) is not a Playlist in that sense. It is a list of files the Player will play.

You can use it as a staging area, but will need to save it at some point to a Playlist if you want to keep it as Playlist. The Play Now Action under Tools > Options > Playback Rules controls which files get added to the Now Playing.

[doane2u]

Thanks everyone, The problem I was having was hearing a selection before adding it to a playlist that I had loaded over on the play now side because I want to see the list as I add music to it. If I tried to listen to one first it would automatically add it to the list and I then would have to go over and remove it if I decided I didn't want it in the playlist.

Anyway, I found the solution in one of the addons for MM called Multi-Previewer 1.4. It's a really neat little window that you can pop up when you select several songs you want to preview. You can configure it for what part of the songs you want to hear, for how long, and then you listen to each one in your preview list, then click a button at the bottom to select where you want to add it to your play list, or click a button to skip it and listen to the next one. Very nice little addition to MM that adds a lot of convenience. Thanks to Andreas Weichert

Thanks again for trying to help.