I'm trying to create a playlist that draws in songs from other playlists, without duplicating the songs when they get copied to my phone.
Imagine I rate an average song as 3 stars, a good one as 4 stars, and a superb one as 5 stars.
I have smart playlists that favour my 4 and 5 star songs onto my phone. In other words, I have maybe 40% 3 stars, 30% 4 stars, 30% 5 stars. That way, most of my songs on my iPhone are ones I know I really like, but there's enough variety in there so that I can find myself listening to other "ordinary" ones as well.
Now imagine I fancy just listening to my favourites, in other words my 4 and 5 star songs. No problem, on iTunes, I just create a smart playlist which is composed of my playlists for 4 stars and 5 stars.
But when I copy that "favourites" playlist to my iPhone, the songs get copied twice: once when they were copied across as a member of the 4 star or 5 star playlist, then once more when they get copied across as a member of the favourites playlist (which just draws from the 4 star and the 5 star playlists).
This fills up memory space, and annoys my slightly obsessive mind.
Is there a way to teach iTunes not to copy the song across twice, but instead to allow my iPhone to play the "favourites" playlist without that duplication?
Imagine I rate an average song as 3 stars, a good one as 4 stars, and a superb one as 5 stars.
I have smart playlists that favour my 4 and 5 star songs onto my phone. In other words, I have maybe 40% 3 stars, 30% 4 stars, 30% 5 stars. That way, most of my songs on my iPhone are ones I know I really like, but there's enough variety in there so that I can find myself listening to other "ordinary" ones as well.
Now imagine I fancy just listening to my favourites, in other words my 4 and 5 star songs. No problem, on iTunes, I just create a smart playlist which is composed of my playlists for 4 stars and 5 stars.
But when I copy that "favourites" playlist to my iPhone, the songs get copied twice: once when they were copied across as a member of the 4 star or 5 star playlist, then once more when they get copied across as a member of the favourites playlist (which just draws from the 4 star and the 5 star playlists).
This fills up memory space, and annoys my slightly obsessive mind.
Is there a way to teach iTunes not to copy the song across twice, but instead to allow my iPhone to play the "favourites" playlist without that duplication?