Playlist directories

A playlist is, at its simplest, a directory that contains a file called playlist.eno that identifies it as a playlist:

my_playlist/                  <--- Playlist directory
└─ playlist.eno                 <--- Playlist manifest

The name of the directory (which may only contain alphanumeric characters, - and _) determines the permalink for the playlist, that is, the URL/web address under which the playlist will appear publicy on the web if you publish your site online.

Naturally, an empty playlist is not much of a playlist, so in reality you will have video directories inside the playlist directory as well, but note that the presence of video directories itself does not make the directory a playlist by itself, because by default a directory containing video directories will be interpreted as a Collection. The playlist.eno manifest is thus mandatory for every playlist.

Generally speaking, a playlist is a list of videos primarily intended for sequential playback.