Create a Manual playlist
A manual playlist allows you to create and manually order a static list of videos. Until the playlist is updated, neither the list of media nor the media order changes after the playlist has been created.
If you are a developer or have developer resources, you can use the Management API to create a manual playlist.
Create a playlist
When updates are made to playlists, there may be up to 3 minutes of caching in JWP's systems before the changes are reflected. Web browsers also cache playlist content and can be cleared.
Use the following steps to create a manual playlist:
- From the Playlists page, click Create Playlist. A popup window appears.
- Click the Manual title. The playlist settings page appears.
- Click the default name (Untitled Manual Playlist) to rename the playlist. Though not required, giving a playlist a unique name allows it to be quickly distinguished from other playlists.
- Click Add Media. The Add Media panel opens.
- In the search box, search for media by title, description, or media ID. The list of media appears below the search box.
- Sort the results by Publish Date or Title.
- Add media to the playlist:
Adding a Single Media Item
- Hover over the row of the media item.
- Click Add to Top or Add to Bottom. The panel closes and the item appears in the playlist preview window.
Adding Multiple Media Items
- Hover over the row of each media item.
- Click the checkbox at the beginning of the row.
- Click Add to Top or Add to Bottom. The panel closes and the item appears in the playlist preview window.
Adding all Media Items in the List
- Click the Select All checkbox at the top of the list.
- Click Add to Top or Add to Bottom. The panel closes and the item appears in the playlist preview window.
- Drag and drop a media within the playlist preview window to re-order it in the list.
Drag and drop is only possible within the preview window.
- (Optional) On the Playlist Metadata tab, add metadata for the playlist.
Playlist Metadata Setting | Description |
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Description | Used for SEO and are searchable via the JWP dashboard and Platform API. |
Custom Parameters | Key-value pairs are used to track custom parameters for this playlist 1. In the Key textbox, enter the key. 2. In the Value textbox, enter the value of the key-value pair. |
Playlist Page Permalink | If defined, used as the sharing link instead of the content server URL. |
- Click Save.
Once a manual playlist is created, you can click Embed to select a player and generate the embed code.
Updated about 1 year ago