Sunday, January 11, 2009

Smart Playlists: Music Only

 Although I never select this playlist to actually play music from it is probably the most important one of my iTunes playlists. iTunes does not automatically filter out non-musical items from playlists so to make sure that a video, podcast, pdf, or anything else that isn't music doesn't show up in your playlist.

This isn't exactly a playlist that you'll use to listen to, but it will come in handy when creating more advanced playlists. Almost all of my playlists will reference this Music Only playlist.

There are some genre's of music in my library that I don't really like to hear during random play of my library. I filter these out on this playlist. Obviously your library will differ from mine. 

I have also filtered out any songs that are either really short or really long. I want these to be songs, not filler tracks. 

You will likely need to do a couple of tests to see if the playlist is correct, but be sure to get it right. Nobody likes a good playlist interrupted with chapter 8 of Malcolm Gladwell's latest audio book no matter how soothing his voice.


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