Editing Playlist (section)

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{{short description|Curated list of video or audio files}}
{{for|the CBBC music entertainment TV series|The Playlist{{!}}''The Playlist''}}
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{{Refimprove|date=April 2011}}
[[File:Nulloy-player-screenshot-dark.png|thumb|A playlist in an [[Audio player (software)|audio player]]]]
A '''playlist''' is a list of [[digital video|video]] or [[digital audio|audio]] files that can be played back on a [[Media player software|media player]], either sequentially or in a [[Shuffle play|shuffled]] order.<ref>{{cite web |last=Knaster |first=Scott |date=February 15, 2005 |title=iPod shuffle Tips and Tricks |url=http://oreilly.com/pub/a/mac/2005/02/15/shuffle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209184005/http://oreilly.com/pub/a/mac/2005/02/15/shuffle.html |archive-date=February 9, 2011 |access-date=April 11, 2011 |work=Mac OS X Excerpts |publisher=O'Reilly Media}}</ref> In its most general form, an audio playlist is simply a list of songs that can be played once or in a [[loop (music)|loop]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/playlist/faq.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014120008/http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/services/the_current/playlist/faq.php|title=Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=Minnesota Public Radio|archive-date=October 14, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref> The term has several specialized meanings in the realms of [[television|television broadcasting]], [[radio broadcasting]] and [[Personal computer|personal computers]]. 

A video playlist can also be a list of recorded titles on a [[digital video disk]] (DVD). On the internet, a playlist can be a list of chapters in a movie [[Serial TV|serial]]; for example, [[Flash Gordon]] in the [[Planet Mongo]] is available on [[YouTube]] as a playlist of thirteen consecutive video chapters.