Playlists

Playlists are ordered collections of tracks. br\u016bhi supports both regular (manually ordered) playlists and smart playlists (rule-based). This page covers regular playlists. For smart playlists, see Smart Playlists.

Creating a Playlist

1. Open the Playlists workspace tab.
2. Click New Playlist (the + button).
3. Enter a name and press Enter.

The new playlist appears in the left-hand list. Click it to open the track list on the right.

Managing Playlists

Action	How
Rename	Double-click the playlist name in the list
Duplicate	Right-click → Duplicate
Delete	Right-click → Delete (confirmation required)

Adding & Loading Tracks Options Dropdown

In addition to drag-and-drop:

• Add Tracks Dropdown: The playlist toolbar provides a unified Add Tracks dropdown button with quick selection for:
  • Local Files: Open local OS file picker to insert media files.
  • Library Items: Browse and filter from your indexed content library.
  • Existing Playlists: Append tracks from another regular or smart playlist.

Standby State Toggle

Playlists support a Standby state toggle:

• Pause without Deleting: Toggle a playlist into Standby mode to temporarily disable it from automated playout queues and scheduler triggers.
• Visual Indicator: Standby playlists display a distinct visual status badge in the left-hand navigation list.

UI Controls

Playlist headers, selectors, and dropdowns use custom Select components with full dark mode support for consistent styling across studio workspaces.

Loop Modes

The loop mode determines what happens when the last track in the playlist finishes:

Mode	Behaviour
None	Playback stops when the playlist ends
Playlist	Restarts from the first track
Single	Repeats the current track indefinitely

Set the loop mode with the loop button in the playlist toolbar.

Shuffle

Click the shuffle button to randomise the track order. br\u016bhi uses a Fisher-Yates shuffle with skip protection — previously played tracks are not repeated until the entire playlist has been played through.

Shuffle state is preserved across restarts.

Gapless Playback and Crossfade

You can configure how one track transitions into the next:

Setting	Description
Crossfade duration	How many seconds the two tracks overlap. Set to 0 for a hard cut.
Overlap	How far before the end of the current track the next track starts fading in

These settings can be configured:

• Per playlist — applies a default crossfade to all transitions in the playlist.
• Per track — override the crossfade for a specific track within the playlist.

To set a per-track override, open the track context menu → Edit Transition.

Tip

For music shows, a 3–5 second crossfade with a short pre-roll creates professional-sounding transitions. For spoken-word content, use 0 crossfade (hard cut) to preserve sentence boundaries.

Loading a Playlist to a Deck

To play a playlist:

1. Select the playlist in the Playlists workspace.
2. Click Load to Deck A (or Deck B).

The playlist is now the source for that deck. The deck’s queue is replaced by the playlist tracks in order. Playback starts from the first unplayed track.

You can also load a playlist via the Schedule or Automation systems.

Persistence

Playlists and their track ordering are stored in the SQLite database:

• Desktop: {app_data}/bruhi/bruhi.db, tables playlists and playlist_tracks
• Cloud: Per-station SQLite database inside the container

Playlists survive app restarts with no action required.