Playlist builder
This page of the Airtime interface enables you to search the media archive, sort and display the search results by the criteria that you choose, and drag and drop search results into an open playlist. You can also re-arrange the currently open playlist by dragging and dropping.
The Playlist Builder page is not visible to Guest users.
The Search tab
On the right hand side of the Playlist Builder page, the Search tab lists both the media and the playlists in the Airtime archive, with ten entries shown per page by default. Click on the Show entries drop-down menu in the top right corner to select the display of 10, 25, 50 or 100 entries per page, according to your preference.
Click the column headings Title, Creator, Album, Track, Length or Type to sort the entries. In the Type column, audio files are represented by a loudspeaker icon, while playlists are represented with a document icon. At the bottom of the window, click the First, Previous, Next, Last or page number buttons to browse the media archive.
Type a search term into the box in the upper left corner, with the magnifying glass icon. Like an Internet search engine, the filtered entries shown are refined as you type - there is no need to press the Enter key.
Clicking on a file row in the Search tab opens a pop-up menu which enables you to Edit Metadata for that file, Download it to your local computer or mobile device for audition or editing, or Delete it from the Airtime storage server. The Delete option should be used with caution, because this action cannot be undone.
Creating a new playlist
Once you have found the media that you require using the Search tab, you can create a new playlist on the left hand side of the Playlist Builder page. Click the New button to begin.
Enter a Title and Description for the playlist, then click the Submit button. Setting good quality metadata here will help you find the playlist using the Search tab later, so you should be as descriptive as possible.
Next, drag and drop files from the Search tab into the new playlist.
After dragging files into the new playlist, the total playlist time is displayed in the top right corner. Durations for individual files are shown in each row of the playlist. Click the small white x icon on the right hand side of each row to remove a file from the playlist. You can also drag and drop files to re-order them.
Click on the pencil icon to the right of the name of the playlist to edit it, or click on View/edit description to open a box for entering playlist metadata.
Click the playlist Crossfade button (two horizontal white arrows crossing in a gray rectangle), to the right of the New and Delete buttons, to open a beige bar in which you can set the Fade in and Fade out times for this playlist.
Click any one of the smaller Crossfade buttons between file rows to open a beige bar which enables you to set fade in and fade out times between two adjacent files in the playlist. The crossfade buttons for adjacent files change to an orange background when you click them.
Each file in the playlist also has a button with two square brackets, which enables you to set cue in and cue out times for that particular file. Like the crossfade button, it changes to an orange background when you click it. The length of the file in the playlist is updated automatically, but the Original Length of the file is also displayed for your reference.
When your playlist is complete, click the Done Editing button. If you want to edit the playlist contents or the playlist metadata later, you can find it by Title, Creator or Type using the Search tab. Click on the playlist in the search results list, and select Edit from the pop-up context menu. A playlist that is already open for editing will show the option Close here instead. You can also Delete a playlist from this context menu.
