MediaggMixes
The Mix row, how it is offered, in what order, and what each tile plays.
A mix is something to play built from a server's own suggestions. The Mix row is the first thing on the Activity chip of the Media servers screen, and it appears on Home too.
Tapping a tile builds the mix and starts it — the tile says Starting… while it does.
How the row is offered
How the row is offered, under Mix in Settings, has two answers:
| Choice | What it does |
|---|---|
All servers combined | A tile for each kind of mix, played from whichever server can |
One tile per server | A tile for each server, playing what the setting below says |
The first is the default. It asks "what would you like?" — the second asks "from where?".
The kinds of mix
Under All servers combined, there is a tile per kind: Audiobook mix, Track mix, Artist mix, Album mix, Movie mix and Show mix.
The order of the row lets you drag them into the order you want. There are no checkboxes, because A kind is hidden anyway when no server can build it — a music server contributes no film mix, so no film tile appears, and nothing needs switching off.
Audiobook mix leads by default, and it is the only kind that resumes rather than starting fresh.
What a server's mix plays
Under One tile per server, the tile is the choice of where, so a second question appears — What a server's mix plays:
| Choice | What it does |
|---|---|
Tracks | Whatever the server suggests right now, played as it came |
An artist | One artist, and what the server says goes with them |
An album | One record, played through in its own order |
This row is hidden under All servers combined, where the tile already says what it plays.
Elsewhere
An artist's own page has a Radio button, whatever these settings say: the artist, and artists like them.
Your device's own music has a mix row of its own, Local Media Mix — see Mixes from your device.
Which servers a mix may reach is the same choice as the merged library. A mix draws only from the servers you have ticked under Show servers — see One library, several servers.