Playlists Source

Playlists are sources which are created from the tracks available in the Library source. They enable you to gather tracks following a particular 'genre', a specific group of artists, or even tracks that are of a particular 'mood', or whatever you want.

Rhythmbox Music Player has 2 kinds of playlists:

  • Static Playlists
  • Smart Playlists

Rhythmbox lets you burn the tracks of your playlists to an Audio CD.

9.1. Static Playlists

Static playlists are playlists built from tracks dropped from the Library.

9.1.1. Create a static playlist

To create a new playlist, right-click on an item in the library. Select Add to Playlist ▸ Add to New Playlist . An empty playlist without name appears in the side pane. Enter a name for the playlist and press Enter.

9.1.2. Add tracks to a playlist

To add tracks to a playlist, select tracks from the track list from the library and drag and drop your selection over the playlist icon in the side pane.

You can also drop over a playlist a genre, an artist, or an album name from the browser, and all the tracks that belongs to the chosen category will be added to the playlist.

You can create a playlist with tracks in one action. Select tracks from the Tracks List, or directly one or more categories from the browser (Genre, Artist or Album) and drop the selection over the Side pane. It will automatically create a named playlist.

9.1.3. Remove tracks from a playlist

To remove tracks from a playlist, first select the tracks to remove. Then, right-click over the selection and choose Delete. This operation deletes the track only from playlist and not from the Library.

9.2. Smart Playlists

Smart Playlists are playlists built from criteria, so tracks are added to it dynamically; all of the tracks matching the criteria will be added to the playlist.

By default, the playlists My Top Rated, Recently Added, and Recently played are available.