Playlist Playback Questi

I have two questions about playing music from playlists:
) There seems to be a 00 track limit to populating the Now Playing list when I right-click on the playlist in the Sources pane and select Play Now. If I want all of the tracks in a 00+ playlist to move to Play Now I have to highlight all the tracks in the second panel (not sure what it's called), right-click, and then select Play Now. Is there a way to have all the tracks from a large playlist automatically transfer into the Now Playing list?
2) With WMP I can double-click any track in a playlist and the player plays that track and then continues on with the playlist from that point. With MediaSource Organizer (v 3.30.2), the player will play the track in the playlist that I have double-clicked but it then stops and I have to start all over from the beginning of the playlist. Is there a work-around for this?
Many thanks!

addi wrote:
You were absolutely correct about my first issue ... I've increased the setting to accommodate my largest playlist (400 tracks).
From your response to my second issue I take it there is no way to start continuous playback from any point in a playlist ... is that correct? If I drag the playlist into Now Playing as you suggested doesn't it just start at the first song again?
Thanks again.
Well, you can drag the playlist into Now Playing and then double click your desired "starting" song in the Now Playing. It will start playing and then continue to the next track in the Now Playing. Will this meet your needs?

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