iTunes 4 Smart Playlist Solution (kind of)

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on 4/29/2003
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iTunes 4 Smart Playlist Solution (kind of) - Updated: 4/13/04; 9:50:36 PM.

In iTunes 4, Apple has made the change I mentioned in a previous story. As you can see in the screenshot below, there is now a checkbox in the Smart Playlist Dialog for matching only checked songs. smart playlist

This is great, now I’m feeling the power of Smart Playlists. I have 12 different Smart Playlists running on my desktop and my iPod right now. What could be better? Well, how about if when you choose “selected by random” you had the ability to re-randomize the Smart Playlist?

The Smart Playlist above shows that I’d like to include 25 songs selected at random with year ID3 Tag in the range of 1980 to 1989. And it does that. I’ve also checked “Live Updating” so if I add or remove tracks from my iTunes Library, the Smart playlist will adjust itself accordingly. It does that too. But, if I don’t add or remove tracks from the iTunes Library, those 25 “randomly” selected songs are not going to change at all, and I’m probably going to get tired of them real quick.

Apple could add a checkbox or pulldown menu field like “Regenerate Smart Playlist every XXX House/Days/Weeks/Months etc.” or had a button or menu item in advanced to click that could selectively Regenerate Smart Playlists.

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![smart playlist][2] This is great, now I'm feeling the power of Smart Playlists. I have 12 different Smart Playlists running on my desktop and my iPod right now. What could be better? Well, how about if when you choose "selected by random" you had the ability to re-randomize the Smart Playlist? The Smart Playlist above shows that I'd like to include 25 songs selected at random with year ID3 Tag in the range of 1980 to 1989. And it does that. I've also checked "Live Updating" so if I add or remove tracks from my iTunes Library, the Smart playlist will adjust itself accordingly. It does that too. But, if I don't add or remove tracks from the iTunes Library, those 25 "randomly" selected songs are not going to change at all, and I'm probably going to get tired of them real quick. Apple could add a checkbox or pulldown menu field like "Regenerate Smart Playlist every XXX House/Days/Weeks/Months etc." or had a button or menu item in advanced to click that could selectively Regenerate Smart Playlists. [1]: http://jumpserve.com/blanco/archives/2002/08/21/ipod-v12-itunes-3-problem/ [2]: http://jumpserve.com/blanco/images/itunes4_smart_playlist.jpg [post_title] => iTunes 4 Smart Playlist Solution (kind of) [post_category] => 0 [post_excerpt] => [post_lat] => 40.5897 [post_lon] => -73.7411 [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => itunes-4-smart-playlist-solution-kind-of [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2004-09-28 18:44:23 [post_modified_gmt] => 2004-09-28 23:44:23 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://jumpserve.com/blanco/archives/2003/04/29/itunes-4-smart-playlist-solution-kind-of/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [ancestors] => Array ( ) ) [comments] => Array ( ) [comment_count] => 0 [current_comment] => -1 [comment] => [found_posts] => 0 [max_num_pages] => 0 [max_num_comment_pages] => 0 [is_single] => 1 [is_preview] => [is_page] => [is_archive] => [is_date] => [is_year] => [is_month] => [is_day] => [is_time] => [is_author] => [is_category] => [is_tag] => [is_tax] => [is_search] => [is_feed] => [is_comment_feed] => [is_trackback] => [is_home] => [is_404] => [is_comments_popup] => [is_admin] => [is_attachment] => [is_singular] => 1 [is_robots] => [is_posts_page] => [is_paged] => [query] => Array ( [year] => 2003 [monthnum] => 04 [day] => 29 [name] => itunes-4-smart-playlist-solution-kind-of ) [posts] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [ID] => 601 [post_author] => 2 [post_date] => 2003-04-29 15:29:49 [post_date_gmt] => 2003-04-29 20:29:49 [post_content] => iTunes 4 Smart Playlist Solution (kind of) - Updated: 4/13/04; 9:50:36 PM. In iTunes 4, Apple has made the change I mentioned in a previous [story][1]. As you can see in the screenshot below, there is now a checkbox in the Smart Playlist Dialog for matching only checked songs. ![smart playlist][2] This is great, now I'm feeling the power of Smart Playlists. I have 12 different Smart Playlists running on my desktop and my iPod right now. What could be better? Well, how about if when you choose "selected by random" you had the ability to re-randomize the Smart Playlist? The Smart Playlist above shows that I'd like to include 25 songs selected at random with year ID3 Tag in the range of 1980 to 1989. And it does that. I've also checked "Live Updating" so if I add or remove tracks from my iTunes Library, the Smart playlist will adjust itself accordingly. It does that too. But, if I don't add or remove tracks from the iTunes Library, those 25 "randomly" selected songs are not going to change at all, and I'm probably going to get tired of them real quick. Apple could add a checkbox or pulldown menu field like "Regenerate Smart Playlist every XXX House/Days/Weeks/Months etc." or had a button or menu item in advanced to click that could selectively Regenerate Smart Playlists. [1]: http://jumpserve.com/blanco/archives/2002/08/21/ipod-v12-itunes-3-problem/ [2]: http://jumpserve.com/blanco/images/itunes4_smart_playlist.jpg [post_title] => iTunes 4 Smart Playlist Solution (kind of) [post_category] => 0 [post_excerpt] => [post_lat] => 40.5897 [post_lon] => -73.7411 [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => itunes-4-smart-playlist-solution-kind-of [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2004-09-28 18:44:23 [post_modified_gmt] => 2004-09-28 23:44:23 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://jumpserve.com/blanco/archives/2003/04/29/itunes-4-smart-playlist-solution-kind-of/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [ancestors] => Array ( ) ) ) [comments_by_type] => Array ( [comment] => Array ( ) [trackback] => Array ( ) [pingback] => Array ( ) [pings] => Array ( ) ) )

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