Sharing a playlist

In short

Share a playlist with a link of its own. You choose who can open it, when it stops working and how it plays when someone opens it. Each share gets a new link, so different people can get different rules, and stopping one link leaves the others working. The playlist and its Mark or Dynamic Link stay as they are.

Where to share from

From	Do this
The player	Open one of your playlists and tap Share next to its name. Share and Edit show only on playlists you own.
The playlist’s items screen	In Shared links, at the bottom, tap New share link. To reach the screen, tap Edit in the player, or use the more button on the Playlists screen (for a Dynamic Link, choose Items and sharing).

Who can open it

Choice	What it means
Anyone with the link	Plays in the Linxy App or any browser.
Protected viewer	Plays only in the browser that first opens it, with no download option. See How protected content opens.
Linxy App only	Opens only inside the Linxy App. A browser gets a page asking to open the App.
Only people I invite	Opens only in the Linxy App, for the people you name by email, each signed in to their own account. Forwarding the link does nothing.

Only people I invite

Choose Only people I invite.
Type an Email address and tap Add. Add as many people as you like.
Finish the other settings and tap Create share link.

Each person gets an email with the link and how to open it in the Linxy App. Someone without a Linxy account gets one under that email, and signs in without a password from the email. Anyone else who opens the link, including someone it was forwarded to, sees This playlist is only for the people it was shared with.

To add or remove people later, open the link with Change. Removing someone stops the link working for them; everyone else keeps it. In Shared links the link shows as Only people I invite with the number of people.

When the link expires

Choose Never (the starting choice), 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days or Pick a date. A link works until the end of its last day: a picked date works through that whole day, and a timed choice is rounded up to the end of the day it runs out. The last working day shows in Shared links, for example Works through Nov 10.

How it plays when someone opens it

Setting	What it does
Starts with	One at a time, Play all or Shuffle
Screen	Auto follows the way the phone is held. Portrait or Landscape holds it that way, for example for a display
Repeat at the end	Starts over after the last item
Show the item list	Viewers can see and pick items
Viewers can change these	Off: it always plays your way
Pause between items	From None to 15 sec, in Play all and Shuffle

These settings belong to the share link only. The playlist’s own Playback for viewers settings, and anyone scanning its Mark, are not affected.

Sending the link

Tap Create share link. Your share link is ready shows the link and a summary of its rules. Tap Send… to share it with any app on your phone, or Copy link to paste it yourself.

What happens when someone taps the link

On their phone	What happens
The Linxy App is installed	The link opens straight in the App and the playlist plays, with the rules you set.
No Linxy App	Anyone with the link and Protected viewer play in the browser. Linxy App only and Only people I invite show Open in the Linxy App, with an Open the Linxy App button and buttons to get the free App.

In the player, people tap the screen to show Pause, Next, Previous and Close. See the on-screen controls.

Changing or stopping a share link

Open the playlist’s items screen. Shared links lists each link with who can open it, its expiry and how many times it has been opened.

Change opens the same settings. Tap Save changes. The link keeps its expiry unless you choose a new one.
Stop sharing this link (inside Change) turns that link off. Anyone who opens it no longer sees the playlist. Your other share links keep working.

A share link plays the playlist’s items. When you add, remove or reorder items in the App, your share links follow.

Symptoms, causes and fixes

What you see	Likely cause	What to do
No Share button in the player	You don’t own the playlist, you are signed out, or your App is older than this feature	Sign in with the account that owns it; update the App
Someone says the link no longer works	It expired or was stopped	Make a new share link
It opens in a browser but won’t play	The link is Linxy App only, or Protected viewer and was first opened in another browser	Open it in the Linxy App, or make a link for Anyone with the link
An invited person sees This playlist is only for the people it was shared with.	They are signed in to a different account than the email you invited, or were removed	Ask them to sign in with the email you invited, or add the email they use
Check the email address … when saving	An address you added is mistyped	Fix or remove it, then save again
Add at least one email to invite.	Only people I invite is chosen with nobody added	Add an email, or choose another option
The link opens a page instead of the App	The App is not installed or is older than this feature	Install or update the Linxy App, then tap Open the Linxy App
Pick a date says to pick today or later	The date is in the past	Choose today or a later date