What exactly is play count?
|
||
Become a member of the iLounge Forums. Register Now!
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the Forum FAQ and Forum Policy.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the Forum FAQ and Forum Policy.
Topic: What exactly is play count?
06-28-2012, 03:58 PM
|
#1
|
||
|
Junior Lounger
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 69
|
I mean what is its importance? Since i've been told by experts time and time again that MP3s and music files don't wear out, then why is play count important? just a question.
|
||
|
    
|
Join the iLounge Community and the ad above will disappear.
|
06-28-2012, 04:28 PM
|
#2
|
||
 Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 11,566
|
It can be used for organizing playlists. You can setup a smart playlist (which means iTunes automatically generates and updates it for you based on criteria that you establish) of songs that have never been played so you aren't listening to the same music over and over again. You can also setup a smart playlist of songs that have been played a lot. It all depends on what you want to listen to.
__________________
64GB iPhone 5 | 64GB iPad mini | AppleTV 2 (2012) | AppleTV 2 (2010) | 2012 15" MacBook Pro, 1TB SSHD, 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz, OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion | Apple Lossless | iTunes AAC 192kbps VBR | iTunes 11.0.2| Library size = 1.04TB | Legacy iPods: 3G 40GB, 4G 40GB, 5G 60GB, 160GB iPod classic (2009) |
||
|
|
|
|
06-28-2012, 07:52 PM
|
#3
|
||
|
Veteran Lounger
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 5,625
|
Playcounts are also handy for podcasts which, in iTunes and the iPod, can be used to managed episodes deleting the ones you have played. For large video collections it can tell you what movies you haven't watched or what episode in a TV series you have yet to watch.
__________________
64GB iPad 3, 32GB iPhone 4, 1G 16GB touch, 4G & 6G Silver 16GB nano, 5G 60GB iPod, 1G AppleTV, 2G ATV, 2.5GHz 17" MacBook Pro |
||
|
|
|
|
06-29-2012, 08:09 AM
|
#4
|
||
|
Junior Lounger
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 69
|
yes, i did discover those "automatic playlists" I dont bother with them though, i make my own playlists. Its just funny when i think of it now when i first discovered the playcount, i just thought it was counting down how many plays i had left before they "wear out" haha.
|
||
|
|
|
Topic: What exactly is play count?
|
What exactly is play count?
|
||
Become a member of the iLounge Forums. Register Now!
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the Forum FAQ and Forum Policy.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the Forum FAQ and Forum Policy.
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
Linear Mode
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| What does apple do with the play count?? | mytfastss1 | Music & Audio | 1 | 09-21-2006 02:53 AM |
| Play Count Not Updating | DVDerek | iPod classic & Legacy iPods | 7 | 10-17-2005 04:33 PM |
| play count redux | onealjn | iPod shuffle | 7 | 05-13-2005 09:43 AM |
| iPod mini does not update iTunes play count | pedant | iPod classic & Legacy iPods | 11 | 03-14-2005 07:20 PM |
| Play Count, Artist Count, Album Count ?? | Zeppelin | iTunes + Related Mac/PC Applications | 9 | 06-21-2004 10:28 PM |
View iLounge History. Read our old Forums Archive (2001-2003)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:09 AM.
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:09 AM.
