The Media Player application allows NAS users to play digital audio or video files that are located on your NAS. The figure below gives a brief overview of the Media Player application.

The PLAYLISTS panel is located on the left side of the main Media Player window. this panel shows all of the playlists created by the user and a Recent playlist, showing items that were recently played with the Media Player.

Click an item from the PLAYLIST and all of the audio files will be displayed in the content window.

The playlists are displayed in a tree structure view. Click on the triangle icon to expand or compress a playlist.

To select multiple items from the content pane, you can:

• Ctrl-Click: Press and hold the Ctrl button and click the items that you want to select.
• Shift-Click: If the items are in a sequence, press and hold the Shift button, click the first item and then the last item.
• Select All: If you want to select all of the items, right click on an item and click Select All from the context menu.

The tool bar is located at the top of the window and it provides 10 quick access buttons. You can manage your media files by clicking on them.

The buttons and their functions are shown in the table below:

Button	Function	Description
	Refresh	Refreshes the content window
	Show Player	Show the main page of Media Player
	Previous	Go to previous item
	Play	Plays the selected item in the playlist
	Next	Go to the next item
	Add list	Adds a new playlist
	Rename list	Renames a playlist
	Delete list	Deletes a playlist
	Add items	Adds items to a playlist
	Copy	Copies the selected items
	Cut	Moves an item to another playlist
	Paste	Pastes copied or cut items to the selected playlist
	Delete	Deletes the selected items

The tracks list displays all of the media files in the playlist. The tracks list presents basic information about each item. Double click on any item to play it in the Media Player application.

The following table describes all of the fields shown on the tracks list.

The context menu pops up when the user right-clicks on an item. Here is an example:

The following table describes all of the commands contained in the context menu.

To create a playlist, please follow these steps:

1. Click the Add List button on the toolbar.
2. Input a name for the new list.
3. Click OK. It will appear in the PLAYLISTS section.

To rename a playlist, please follow these steps:

1. Select the playlist you wish to rename from the PLAYLISTS.
2. Click the quick access Rename List button on the toolbar.
3. Type in the new name.
4. Click OK.

To delete a playlist, please follow these steps:

1. Select the playlist you wish to delete.
2. Click the quick access Delete List button on the toolbar.
3. Click OK.

To add media files to a playlist, please follow these steps:

1. Click the quick access Add Items button on the toolbar and a new window will appear.
2. Select the items that you wish to add to the playlist.
3. Click Open. The files will be displayed in the playlist.

To copy an item or items, you can:

1. Select an item (or items) you wish to copy.
2. Click the quick access Copy button or right click and select Copy from the context menu.
3. Go to the playlist you want to copy items to.
4. Click the quick access Paste button or right click and select Paste from the context menu.

To cut an item, you can:

1. Select an item (or items) you wish to cut.
2. Click the quick access Cut button or right click and select Cut from the context menu.
3. Go to the playlist you want to move items to.
4. Click the quick access Paste button or right click and select Paste from the context menu.

By default, items in a playlist are played in the order they appear on the list. You can change the order of the items by dragging and dropping them within the list.

To delete media files from a playlist, please follow these steps:

1. Select the items you wish to delete.
2. Click the quick button Delete button on the toolbar.
3. Click OK.