how to make this smart playlist

[St.Kilda FC!]

would it be possible to have a smartplaylist that would play the songs of a particular artist, but not play 2 songs from the same album in a row, and constantly updated so that each time i chose the playlist it would be refreshed from last time, until it had gone through every song from that artist? any thoughts you clever folk?

[AndyH]

Originally posted by St.Kilda FC!
would it be possible to have a smartplaylist that would play the songs of a particular artist, but not play 2 songs from the same album in a row, and constantly updated so that each time i chose the playlist it would be refreshed from last time, until it had gone through every song from that artist? any thoughts you clever folk?
The part that I don't think anyone can guarantee is the "but not play 2 songs from the same album in a row" statement. Although you can "randomize" the order of a Smart Playlist, you may get two songs in a row from the same album...especially if you're limiting the Smart Playlist to just one artist. But otherwise, the Smart Playlist is do-able.

[St.Kilda FC!]

thanks AndyH, now i know this may seem silly to you, but how do i do it? thanks again for your reply.

[honeybee1236]

Here's a suggestion to consider: What I do when I want to hear a list of songs in a particular order, I make a standard playlist and arrange the songs manually. I can move the individual songs around to put them in the order that I want them in. Doing it this way you can still achieve your idea.

[AndyH]

Originally posted by St.Kilda FC!
thanks AndyH, now i know this may seem silly to you, but how do i do it? thanks again for your reply.
Something like this should work:

[x] Match all of the following conditions:
Artist contains Primus
My Rating is greater than **
Last Played is not in the last 1 weeks
[x] Limit to 1000 songs selected by random
[x] Match only checked songs
[x] Live updating

Change it around to suit your Library setup and ratings scheme.

[grimmet]

hey, a nice thread. is this smart playlist possible ?
i'll call it colors.
the song name should contain blue or red or grenn etc...
but the genre should not be audiobook.

so, if i now check "match all conditions", itunes is looking for a song named "blueredgreen" which is not an audiobook.
but i'd like to have all songs in my playlist which got a color in theyr name....

i hope you guys understand my problem.

[AndyH]

Originally posted by grimmet
hey, a nice thread. is this smart playlist possible ?
i'll call it colors.
the song name should contain blue or red or grenn etc...
but the genre should not be audiobook.

so, if i now check "match all conditions", itunes is looking for a song named "blueredgreen" which is not an audiobook.
but i'd like to have all songs in my playlist which got a color in theyr name....

i hope you guys understand my problem.
Sounds do-able to me!

[MOCKBA]

You can't do such list because iTunes can use all OR or all AND. However if you consider some other software, then you can, but not live.

[EvilDude]

Actually it's possible using the latest itunes, suporting multiple playlists. so have lots of playlists, but will work in the end ;)

[MOCKBA]

You mean you can create a play list of playlists? Cool. I didn't use it yet.

[EvilDude]

Yeah latest version, 4.5 added it. It basically allows OR and AND statements in one playlist, but using other playlists as an intermediate step.

[MOCKBA]

The latest version of iTunes is 4.6.

[EvilDude]

oh yeah ;) well 4.5 added it and i hope 4.6 still has it lol.