How to start your playlist automatically when the PC boots up
Introduction
In this guide, we will demonstrate how to set up MAWi to start playing your Playlist after the PC restarts.
Set a playlist to start automatically after a PC restart
1. Go to the main Dashboard and select the screen's thumbnail that you want to set the auto-start the playlist after the PC reboots:
2. Assign a playlist to this screen by dragging and dropping it from the Playlist Library:
3. Right-click on the screen's thumbnail and select the option "Start Options" click the arrow to display the options in the list:
Default - this option will start playing the playlists that are scheduled in the calendar settings after the PC reboots.
Playlist - this option will start playing the currently assigned playlist.
In this guide we will focus on the 2nd start option - Playlist:
4. To start playing the Playlist at the selected screen, Right-click on the screen's thumbnail and press on the Play, or you can use the green Start button at the bottom, this will auto-start the playlist that was assigned during startup.
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