Making Audio Discs : Working With Playlists
Working With Playlists
Each group of audio files you add into the Content Area appears as a playlist. Each playlist will have a button in the DVD menu that you can choose to play the music. Playlists can contain up to 99 tracks. You can rearrange, duplicate, remove, or edit playlists.
* To rearrange playlists
1 Select the playlist you want to rearrange.
2 Drag the playlist to a new position in the Content Area.
A black bar between playlists indicates where the playlist will be placed.
* To duplicate a playlist
Select a playlist and choose Edit > Duplicate.
* To remove a playlist
1 Select the playlist you want to remove.
2 Remove the selected playlists in any of these ways:
Click the Remove files button.
Press Delete.
Choose Edit > Clear.
The playlists and the tracks within the playlist are removed from the Content Area, but the originals are not deleted from your hard disk or your iTunes library.
* To edit the DVD menu button text or graphic for a playlist
1 Select a playlist and click Edit, or double-click on any playlist.
2 Click the Text tab and edit the text.
3 Click the Playlist tab to edit the button graphic.
4 Drag-and-drop an image file from your hard disk or from a web page to the area of any track in the playlist that says “Drag Album Artwork Here.”
Note: You can also drag images from Toast’s Media Browser, but the browser must be undocked. To undock the browser, click the small button in the top-right corner of Toast’s main window.
5 Select the playlist (not the album artwork), and click Set Button Picture.
The selected graphic will appear on the TV screen while a track in the playlist is playing if that track has no album artwork. If no graphic is selected for the button, the default button graphic Toast provides will appear.
6 Click Done.
* To add tracks to a playlist
Drag tracks onto a playlist from the Media Browser or your hard disk.
A black rectangle around the playlist indicates that the tracks will be added.
* To remove, reorder, rename or add album art to tracks in a playlist:
1 Select a playlist and click Edit, or double-click on any playlist.
2 Click the Playlist tab and do one of the following:
To remove tracks, select a track and click Remove. The tracks are removed from the playlist, but the originals are not deleted from your hard disk or your iTunes library.
To reorder tracks, drag the track to a new position in the track list. A black bar between tracks indicates where the track will be placed. At the top of the track list are buttons to toggle between large and small track rows for easier navigation.
To rename tracks, click the information in the track that you want to rename. After a moment, the name will become highlighted and editable. Type a new name and click in the next track to accept the change. This information appears on the TV screen while a track is playing.
To add album artwork, drag-and-drop an image file from your hard disk or from a web page, to the area that says “Drag Album Artwork Here.” This artwork appears on the TV screen while the track is playing.
If the track already has album artwork in iTunes it will appear here. There are several utilities that can automatically add album artwork to tracks in your iTunes library. Search for “iTunes art” at download.cnet.com for options.
You do not need to add album artwork to each track. If the track has no album artwork, the button graphic from the DVD menu will be displayed instead during playback.
3 Click Done.