There's a common misconception that the default tablet Media Player does not support playlists, so I figured that I would correct that and show you how to create and use them.

Media Player has two views, Library and Now Playing. Now Playing *IS* your playlist. Let me say that again. Now Playing *IS* your playlist.

I know, it should have simply been called "Playlist", but what can you do, eh?

So, how do we use it?

If you are in your library and simply hit play on a song, it imports the entire list of songs over to Now Playing, assuming you want the entire list in your playlist. That's not a bad assumption to make in general. (This also works in any list. If you are looking at an album and just click play, the playlist will consist of the entire album.)

So, how do I make my own playlist?

From your library, click and drag to select songs that you want to have in your playlist and then hit play. Say we've selected 20 songs and hit play. Now Playing will report "Now playing 1 of 20". Clicking on the Now Playing list button should show your created playlist.

What if your songs aren't all next to each other in the library? Well, start off selecting ones that are and hitting play... then return to the Library view and then select the others that you want and choose from the Media Player menu Clip -> Add to 'Now Playing' list. You should then see your songs added to the playlist.

How do I save my created playlist?

At any time, you can save your playlist by choosing Clip -> Save 'Now Playing' list as... in the Media Player menu.

How do I reload a saved playlist?

If you have already saved a playlist, you can find it in two places. First, you can use the Media Player menu and choose Open and find the physical file that you saved the playlist to.

You can also go into your Library and find the newly added Playlists list under Library > Music > Playlists.

It might be possible to do the same thing with videos, but as I haven't tried it yet, I can't say for sure.

(Also note that you have dynamically created playlists here for recently added songs, recently played songs and songs you've never played before.)

Anyways, I hope this helps you use the Media Player a little better.
(I'll be adding screenshots to this sometime tonight in case my explanations aren't good enough. There's also a chance this will not work in OS2007... as I no longer have it, I can't tell.)

I suppose my quest to get more people to use the default software better and make it more useful continues.