Playback controls
Every playlist, station and genre opens on a page with two big buttons at the top.
Play all
Plays the list from the top, in order. When it reaches the end it starts again, so the music never stops.
Shuffle
Plays the list in a random order, so customers do not hear the same sequence every day. The order changes each time the list starts again.
Repeat
App only: the loop-arrows icon below the buttons and in the full player. It is on by default. Turn it off if you want the list to stop at the end. The web player always loops.
Sort pills under the buttons change the order of the list: the curated default, most popular, newest, or A to Z.
Create a playlist
Each playlist holds up to 2,000 tracks. There are three ways to start one.
From the Playlists page
Tap New playlist, give it a name and it is ready to fill.
From a track
Add any track to a playlist and choose Create new playlist in the list that opens.
From another list
Open a station, genre or playlist, choose Add all to playlist, and create the new playlist there.
Add tracks to a playlist
One track, in the app
Tap the + next to the track and choose the playlist.
One track, on the web
Click the three dots on the track row, choose Add to playlist, then the playlist. The + in the full player does the same for the track playing now.
A whole list
On any station, genre or playlist page, choose Add all to playlist. In the app it is in the three-dots menu; on the web it is a button under the title.
Several tracks from Browse
Tick the tracks you want (or Select all), then tap Add to playlist in the bar that appears. See the Browse guide.
Duplicate tracks are allowed. If you add a track that is already in the playlist, Melodial asks whether to add it again, so it comes around more often.
Reorder tracks
Open one of your own playlists and choose Reorder: in the app it is in the three-dots menu, on the web it is a button under the title. Each track gets a drag handle. Press and hold to move a track, then tap the tick (app) or Done (web) to save. In the app, the cross discards your changes.
Manage a playlist
Rename
App: press and hold the playlist on the Playlists page, or choose Rename playlist in its three-dots menu. Web: hover the playlist card and click the pencil.
Remove a track
App: swipe the track to the left and tap the bin. Web: click the three dots on the row and choose Remove from this playlist.
Delete a playlist
App: Delete playlist in the three-dots menu, or press and hold the playlist. Web: the bin icon on the card, or Delete under the title.
Favourites
Tap the heart on any track to add it to your favourites. Favourites is a playlist of its own: open it from the person icon in the app, or under Recently played in the web player’s menu. You can play it, shuffle it and download it like any other list.
Offline playback
In the app
Open a playlist or station, tap the three dots and choose Download all for offline. Press and hold a single track to download just that one. Downloaded tracks show a green tick. Your downloads live under the person icon, then Downloads.
Storage limit
The app keeps downloads within the limit you set in Settings: 1GB, 2GB or 5GB. It warns you before a download would go past it.
In the web player
Every playlist, station and genre page has a Download button under the title. Click it once to download the whole list; click again to remove the download.
Downloaded tracks play exactly like streamed ones, with every control working normally. If your connection drops, the player switches to your downloads and tells you.
Tips for best results
All tracks are volume-levelled, so you will not get jarring loud-quiet jumps between songs.