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Using Now Playing

Introducing Now Playing Adding Music to Now Playing Organizing Now Playing Listening to Now Playing Saving Now Playing to a Playlist

Saving Now Playing to a Playlist

You can save the whole Now Playing scratchlist to a more permanent playlist, as well as selecting specific tracks from Now Playing to save.

 

Here’s How

  1. Add songs to Now Playing and arrange them as you'd like them to appear in the permanent playlist.

    Note: Some songs that appear in Now Playing because you've streamed them from LAUNCHcast Radio may not be available to save in a playlist for later use. In some cases, the rights to play the song are granted for radio play, but not for individual users to save the song file.

  2. Once the selections in Now Playing are set, click the Save to Playlist button to begin saving the entire list to a playlist.

    Click the Save to Playlist button

    Tip: Selecting Save from the Actions menu is the same as clicking the Save to Playlist button.

    Select Save from the Actions menu.

  3. In the Select a Playlist window that appears, choose a playlist to save the Now Playing scratchlist to.

    • To save the songs in Now Playing to a new playlist, select New Playlist, then click OK.

      Select New Playlist, then click OK.

      Provide a name for the new playlist in the Create New Playlist window, then click OK.

      Provide a name for the new playlist.

    • To replace the all songs in an existing playlist with the songs in Now Playing, select one of the playlists in the window, then click OK.

      Select one of the playlists.

      Tip: If you want to add to the contents of an existing playlist, rather than replace them, select Add To > A Playlist from the Actions menu, instead of clicking the Save to Playlist button. Then select the playlist to copy the scratch playlist to, as above.

      Select Add To > A Playlist from the Actions menu.

  4. To save just some of the Now Playing songs to a playlist, first select the track or tracks that you want to save.

  5. Right-click a highlighted song, then select Add To > A Playlist from the menu.

    Select Add To > A Playlist from the right-click menu.

    Now you can choose the playlist to add the selected songs to, as shown above.

 

What’s Next

The music that you've chosen from Now Playing—or even the entire Now Playing list—is now captured in a permanent playlist. Listen to the program any time you want!


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Words to Know

  • LAUNCHcast Radio: a streaming music service that allows you to create your own customized station tailored to your tastes and provides an extensive collection of other music stations that offer a wide variety of genres and themes
  • Playlist: a list of songs that you assemble and organize. Use playlists to program your listening, as well as to copy files to portable devices or to burn your own CDs.