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To display the bin, roll the mouse pointer to the (nearest) side of the screen in a
tabbed Media Player or the Audio tab (for Sound and Audio, MEM slots are presented
on the left only).
When you change playlists by selecting another MEM slot, it’s almost as though you
are accessing another Media Player. Use MEM slots for quick access to different
categories of content for use during a live presentation, playlists prepared for
different clients, or for completely different programs you produce.
MEM slots can be named, and also display a small
representative image (taken from the first entry in the
playlist). As you move the mouse over a MEM slot icon
it expands, providing an enlarged view of that playlist
item’s first frame. To populate a new MEM slot,
simply click a blank icon.
To name a MEM slot, right-click it to open a context
menu, and select Rename. Other menu options include Delete, Export and Import
(the file will be saved with the extension ‘.pst’).
PREVIEWING MEM SLOTS
At times you may wish to preview the contents of a different Media Player MEM slot
without disrupting playback of the current playlist.
When a clip is playing, a small white ‘play indicator’ is shown over the icon for the
currently selected entry in the flyout MEM slot bin. If you select a different MEM slot
while the current clip continues to play, the playlist bin view updates, but the
original item continues to play. The transport controls (Play, Stop, etc.) at the
bottom of the tab remain *dedicated to the active playlist – that is, the one actually
playing, rather than the one currently being previewed in the tab.
To change to the previewed MEM slot immediately – ending playback and display of
the current item – you can do so by any of the following means:
 Double-click an icon in the previewed playlist.
 Or press *Stop twice, and then Play (playback of the active item ends with
the first Stop command; the second sets the playhead to the start of the
current item in the new playlist).
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