Concept of a Playlist

I have a Creative Labs Zen Xtra, and the concept of a playlist there seems to be a list of pointers to songs stored on the device, played in a specific order. On my iPod (80Gb) it seems to be an additional copy of the songs themselves. Can anyone confirm this for me?
I like the idea of having my whole audio library on the device and being to create special groups of songs that I would like to hear, for instance a defined group of Eagles' songs. It makes sense to me to just create the list of pointers to the songs I want to hear...not to create duplicate copies of the selected songs.

Creating a playlist and adding songs to it does not create a duplicate.
It is the same that you stated in your post. It is a "list of pointers to songs stored on the device, played in a specific order."

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The 10.4 upgrade smart playlist editing has removed the ellipse as the 3rd button option along side the adding or removing a parameter. Why? And can we get it back?

I just did the iTunes update to 10.4 (80) from 10.3 on a MacPro OS X 10.6.8 . I am extremely nervous and saddened by a subtle change to the smart playlist editing features. I have 178.26gb of music, and a very extensive array of playlists and smart playlists taking full advantage of all the wonderful features and complexity someone has taken the time to develop. I have taken years of time developing my library, and this one little change will set me back substantially. The change? Removing the ellipse as the 3rd button option along side the adding or removing a parameter. The button allowed one to create levels or groups of parameters within the dialogue window that could act independently within one smart playlist. For example, songs from artist "A" needs at least 2 stars to be included, while songs from artist "B" need three stars, and they both can be in the same smart playlist which has its first level of complexity. I have lists that go dozens of layers beyond. And dozens more that cross reference. Is there any way we can get the hierarchy back, ie. Reintroduce the ellipse button? Or is there something new I do not know about? Thanks!

I would like to second this.
This subtle yet life-changing removal is a total loss for advanced users that (used to) take full advantage of "logical and hierarchical" playlists. It tremendously impairs the "smartness" of the feature, effectively removing the possibility of mixing "and" & "if" parameters—which was the real beauty of the whole concept of "smart playlists" à la iTunes.
Here's a simple example. I would like to create a playlist combining two genres (rock and electronic) with only songs that have a rating higher than 3. I cannot do that anymore. I need to create two playlists:
a first playlist (A) that displays [Rock] OR [Electronic] (note that this playlist will never be played, it's an intermediary step required for B)
then a second playlist (B) that displays [songs from playlist "A"] AND [with a rating higher than 3].
It's a pain. And it clutters up browsing lists on my iPad/iPhone a lot.
Smart playlists should get the ellipse button back!
Moreover, the possibility of creating / editing smart playlists on iOS via a nice menu would be just… awesome. I would have thought Apple was going in that "smart" direction with iTunes. In hoping it's just a delay… until iOS 5 maybe?

Playlists as Podcast items

Here is my ill-conceived podcast RSS:
http://uncommonground.com/podcast_hifi.rss?whatdate=11/7/2006
As you can see, hopefully, I was confusing the concept of a "playlist" with a "podcast"
Each <item> in that podcast is a single song from our extensive archive of recorded live material.
The order of the <item>s is what I thought would make the playlist, and if you change the 'whatdate' argument you can get tomorrow's or yesterday's "podcast" (playlist).
I realize, of course, after re-reading the Tech Specs for the tenth time, that I missed the fundamental premise that each <item> IS a podcast.
And that iTunes is treating each song as a "podcast" and re-ordering it by pubDate.
This makes perfect sense, once I have re-read (X 10) the Tech Specs...
Now, however, I have the problem that what I really (still) want is a daily podcast of a playlist of 30 songs.
The supported types in the Tech Specs do not include a "playlist" as far as I can see:
[quote]
Supported extensions include "m4a", "mp3", "mov", "mp4", "m4v", and "pdf".
[/quote]
However, the wording below that list just above the table seems to me to mean that the list is a representative common sample, rather than an exhaustive list of all supported types.
But I'm unable, so far, to find an exhaustive list of supported MIME types, nor a declaration of intent by Apple to support playlists, which seems like a rather obvious and reasonable type to support, to this naive user...
So I'm considering several options, with some obvious pros and cons, but would like your feedback on the not-so-obvious implications:
One option would be to smush 30 songs into one giant MP3, and put the URL to that in the <item> for each day.
This would almost-for-sure render the individual artwork associated with each MP3 useless, no? I can strip it out no problem, as it's an ID3 tag generated on-the-fly anyway, but I'd like to keep the artist headshots with the audio.
It also seems like it would make for a rather large and unwieldy podcast.
As opposed to the 30 songs per podcast as playlist model gives the user a great deal more control and flexibility, which I vastly prefer, and I'm pretty sure Apple's basic human interface philosophy agrees with me.
A second option would be to use a playlist .m3u MIME type for the type attribute of an enclosure, and pray that it works, and if it does work, pray that Apple will really support it.
That relies on un-docmented behaviour, which is just obviously wrong.
My third option is to just not bother with the podcast, as I already have the content available as a daily playlist anyway, and the podcast brings little added value.
Obviously, though I was rather hoping to get listed in Apple's iTunes site, once I work out these kinks and have finished my QA.
My fourth option, and the best one, is that somebody here will point me to some Apple/iTunes documentation I've missed that shows that "audio/mpeg-url" is a perfectly valid supported type.
I have searched for this, but so far failed to find it.
I realize that this is a rather open-ended question as I have couched it, but am hoping that elicits good feedback at a higher level, if the playlist is not supported.
If, obviously, I've just plain missed the docos that show clear support for a playlist as an enclosure, then I apologize profusely in advance for wasting your time reading all this when the answer is a simple link.

Fascinating. I think I replied to you a few minutes
ago in a different thread asking what content you
might have for 20,000 items. That's a pretty cool
site/project.
Thanks.
Suggestion #1: Create a daily MP3 with 30 second
samples of each of the 30 songs.
Right now, our resources are being maximized to produce the audio content as-is, live, direct to hard drive, from a second mix that the engineer does while doing the live sound.
What you are suggesting would require at least a couple/three hours per day of post-production.
Not gonna happen.
Be nice if we could, but not gonna happen.
This is all coming out of my pocket on dumpster hardware (literally) and F/OSS software, as I'm a big OpenSource kind of person. (Reference: Search php-general mailing list archives for my name)
You could even have
someone be the DJ talking about each of the artists
songs, and your coffeeshop's schedule. Then in your
podcast file, put that one MP3 file. The item would
link to the daily page (a page that doesn't seem to
exist on your site yet), e.g. a page
http://www.uncommonground.com/show.htm?date=11/1/2006
and that page would have all 30 full mp3s, with
artist info. This would let people sample all the
music you're sharing, plus drive traffic to your web
site.
I've got plenty of traffic to the website.
Every month the owner of the place is like, "Dude, we got 700,000 hits this month!"
Suggestion #2. I assume you have the appropriate
copyright clearances for the music.
Yes.
The artists sign a release form.
And they login and choose, track-by-track, which ones they want us to provide as streaming (and now podcast), download, in hifi or lofi, and which ones we can play over the speakers in the Cafe and...
So, pretty much, by the time the MP3 hits the public 'net, the artist has signed a piece of paper AND approved our usage by previewing and clicking a "Yes, this one" checkbox.
Set up an
Internet Radio station at Live365.com. You can get a
basic broadcast set for as low as $25/month. For
starting at $2,000/year you can get a professional
package (the X5000). If you look through Live365 from
this link
http://www.dpbolvw.net/email-2190521-10375019 , I'll
get a few bucks as a referral. I've been with Live365
for two years now, it's a lot of fun.
Errr. No, I don't really want to drive traffic to live365 or elsewhere.
I already pay a webhost good money [*] and have no problem generating a playlist, serving up MP3s from a hodge-podge of hard drives and 3rd-tier sites, and caching the popular ones in a front-end controller, while also providing dynamic on-the-fly ID3 tags from the online DB populated by the Artist Profile info which is edited by the artists whenever they want to update their headshot, website, email, etc.
Actually, it's two webhosts and a T-1 to the coffeehouse, if you really want to delve into 5-tier architecture of audio generation, archival, caching, delivery, and fail-safe roll-over...

Problems with Speakers playing in T7800

I recently ordered a T7800 7.1 system for all my sound needs. While I'm waiting for my Audigy 4, I figured I'd set it up anyway and plug it in to the original sound card that came with my computer. All the cables are plugged in, and I set the sound settings under control panel to a 7.1 system. However, only the two main speakers and the subwoofer are playing. Why wouldn't it work? I'm quite stumped, and I really hope that this doesn't happen when I get my Audigy 4 (which should be here in 2-4 days).

clskiller: As Joeagain implies, the MuVo has no concept of a playlist so when you transfer the tracks over they'll be simply copied to the device and then the MuVo will always sorts files within a folder by filename.
If you want to change the order you need to use a program like?ReOrganize to change on the player, or rename the filename on the PC (or use folders, as Joeagain suggested).

IPhone Doesn't Play Podcast Videos

My iPhone doesn't play podcast videos - it shows a static picture then plays the corresponding audio, is this a configuration issue in iTunes or iPhone - or is this a disappointing defect? Thanks ...

Not so much a bug, but a difference in behavior from the iPods.
In the iPod, you can make a playlist under Music->Playlist and it can contain both audio and video files. It will play the audio files fine, then the audio-only of the video files in the list. Having videos in a music playlist seems like a bug, but this "feature" allows you to just hear audio of video files if you desire (like listening to a movie without running the video screen).
If you go in to Video->Playlists instead, you play audio, then switch to video when it hits a video item in the list.
On the iPhone, the concept of Video Playlist is unavailable, only a playlist via TV Shows. So, I can't do it like I've been doing it for the past year or so on my iPod with Video.
I'm working on workarounds right now. I tried toggling all the vidcasts to "TV Show" video type, so they can be added to a TV Show playlist, and that sorta-works but isn't graceful (if I can make it work, I'll provide an iTunes script to do this for us).
I also found out by downloading the podcasts (check them off specifically) they can be made to show up in the video section, but just having them in an Audio Playlist isn't enough.
More research...

Itunes of any use for a working musician?

I there anyway I can share playlists of my own homemade music with the world through itunes?
Are there anyway to share you music with friends through itunes, without actually burning cd´s and mailing them, or to make use of playlists on your homesite, with the information contained there in addition to the music like pictures to songs and then publish on the net. I would be very practical for a musician. But then on the other hand, I have this sneaking feeling itunes seems mainly to be made with the object of making money from consumers, in priority over providing services.
When I´ve written music, recorded the songs, put them in a playlist and provided picture material, I find the only one that can listen to it is myself on my iphone, which seems a bit silly and narcissistic.
If Itunes can´t provide more service than this it seems like phony application and make me wonder if there is time to switch back PC handling of my own recorded music?
I´d be very happy if someone has a solution for this. /yours fransmo

It would be nice though to be able to share music through the playlist concept.
A playlist is a very personal thing : it is one person's idea of how to do the digital equivalent of a "mix tape". Of course, the whole mix tape concept WAS designed to be shared, but only with the one person you created the audio cassette for.
So there seems to be no way of getting stuff out except doing it the old way of putting it out on your website
Or by using MySpace as mentioned above, which is a very popular way for musicians to get their music "in front" of other people. And MySpace is actually now being superseded by YouTube, and if you're outside the UK, music videos shouldn't be any problem.
forcing people to download it song by song
No, you don't need to do that. Upload your music (in a folder, including the artwork if you want) as a .zip or .tar file to a site such as RapidShare or MegaUpload, then post the link to it on your website, and people can then download the entire "playlist" in one go, not song by song.

How come playlists and total songs don't match up when syncing in iTunes?

Hello,
I own an iPod Touch 5G and sync it regularly via usb cable to my MacBook Pro 17", using iTunes 11. I seem to have a terrible time understanding the concept of syncing music/movies via the "selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres" option. That doesn't mean that I'm choosing to sync manually, just means that I'm syncing only certain playlists/content, even if done "automatically" whenever I connect device with iTunes, correct?
For some time now, well before iTunes 11 came out, I haven't been able to accurately sync the music and videos I'd like to "push" to the iPod Touch. No matter how many times I sync or think I'm removing content from the iPod touch by way of iTunes, I always end up with more on the iPod than I ever wanted. It seems like that capacity bar at the bottom of iTunes screen telling me what's on the Touch is a big joke, as it never seems to accurately show what's on there.
For example, I have a lot more songs and videos in iTunes than what my Touch has space for, so I can never have all my content syncing to the Touch. I have created numerous playlists inside iTunes, in fact, this is how I organize my music for listening. I was under the assumption that whatever playlists I check while inside of iPod touch area of iTunes when the devices is connected, those are the ONLY playlists and songs that will be on the iPod touch. This is never the case. After checking the desired playlists and syncing, I have the correct number of desired playlists on the iPod (let's say it's currently 10 playlists), but in actuality, when I go to the iPod touch after disconnecting from iTunes, there's a LOT more songs on iPod than just the ones within those 10 playlists. It's like when I got rid of some of the playlists on the iPod touch, the songs never got erased, only the playlists they were place in.
So, my question is, in short, how do I have ONLY the songs within my 10 playlists and no more after syncing with iTunes? Similar issue pertains to my synced videos/home movies. They are never erased from Touch, even though certain ones are unchecked within iTunes. If somebody could shed light on this issue, I'd greatly appreciate it! I feel like something designed to be so easy and logical has been anything but that.

when you play the CD in your laptop on your home screen a Cd should pop up under the name of the album. Than when you open itunes it will probly say something like "let this CD download" or something like that. If it doesn't than automaticlly while the CD is importing to your itunes a page will pop up with a progess of the CD download.
Hope that helped.

Can I transfer iTunes playlist on XP Pro to XP machine?

I need to get rid of my XP Pro computer and that's where my iTunes resides. Currently, I have a bunch of playlists (about 25 or so) and would really like to move them to the XP machine that will be my iTunes home. Can someone tell me how to do that or will my playlists be lost and need to be recreated?
I'm assuming that iTunes creates some playlist file. If so, then I suppose that all I need to know is the location of the file because it can be moved by copying it and replacing the same file on the new machine.
My iTunes library (almost 10 gigs of owned CDs) is on an external 230 Gig drive, but I didn't install iTunes on the external drive because I know it makes changes to the registry and it didn't seem to make sense to put it on an external drive. Why waste the space? (Guess the answer to that could be, because your playlist file is then on your external drive, dummy!) Importing into iTunes took a lot of time and it will take a lot more to finish my music library; the entire library's divided into playlists--some songs in multiple playlists. Grrrr....
PC Windows XP Pro

You can 'clone' the current iTunes Library from the XP Pro PC to the XP PC. This will keep all the Playlists and the metadata stored in the Library (Ratings, Play Counts, Last Played).
As your music files are stored on the ExHD, just make sure that you install the ExHD on the new PC with the music files as the same drive letter and path that they currently are in the old PC.
Then, copy the old PC's 'iTunes Library.itl' database file into the new PC's 'iTunes' folder. You will replace the newly created 'iTunes Library.itl' file that is there, with the one from the old PC. Open iTunes, and your Library will be exactly the same as before (providing you set it up correctly).
The iTunes music information (meta-data) is stored in two places: the actual individual song files themselves, and the iTunes Library database file (‘iTunes Library.itl’). There is a corresponding XML file that is created by iTunes, but not directly used. See: What are the iTunes Library files?.
Song attributes stored directly in each music file are as follows: Artist, Album, Song Title, Year, Comments, Compilation tag, Lyrics, Genre , Grouping, Composer, BPM, Album Artwork, Bit Rate & Kind (Both not tags - inherent to the file itself).
Song attributes stored in the iTunes Library database file only are: Playlists, Ratings, Play Count, Last Played, Date Added, Date Modified, Equalizer, Volume Adjustment.
Shouldn't be too difficult. You seem to have a start on the concept already.
While you're at it, make legacy copies of the ITL file for archiving and backup. This will come in handy (along with the backup music files) when you need to recreate your Library.
Post back if you have questions.

How can I remove Genius from my ipod playlists menu?

After my 120GB Classic iPod died, I purchased a new 160GB Classic last week. Now I can't seem to get rid of the Genius playlist which appears at the top of my normal playlists on my new iPod. I don't use Genius and have it disabled in iTunes (via iTunes > Prefs > General > uncheck Genius AND Store > Turn off Genius). I don't understand why it appears in my new iPod. It never did on my old one. It is a bit of an annoyance because I used to click right through to my first playlist to play the music I like, and now I have to scroll 1 down, which is not always easy for me because I have a small handicap.
old situation:
click music > click playlists > click play = first playlist starts playing
new situation
click music > click playlists > Scroll 1 down (which is a hassle) > click play = first playlist starts playing
I hope there is a way to remove Genius from my playlists in my iPod but I can't see how. If it is not possible it seems to me that this is an issue that needs to be fixed. Maybe a software update can give a solution.
Apple, please consider this.
Thanks,
Martin

turingtest2 wrote:
Genius Mixes are generated from random selections of your library.
The Genius Playlist lets you select a specific song to be used as the basis for selecting "similar" songs that are supposed to play well together.
If you don't want to use the feature, don't use it. Anything as complicated as an iPod is bound to have at least one feature you don't need or doesn't work the way you would want it to. Personally I'd fix grouping on Album Artist or the behavior of iTunes U before worrying about an item I don't need in the menus.
tt2
I know darn well what Genius Mixes are, and I've chosen to turn them off because I don't like the concept or in this specific case the execution. There are plenty of other features in the iPod I don't use, but none of them get in the way.
Personally, this is my 9th or 10th iPod purchase, going all the way back to a gen2 (before the iTunes store when I had to rip my 1,000 CDs to have any music in iTunes) that saw three battery replacements (yes, I've been inside the case). Five of the iPods before this one are still working.   I know how to use iTunes and the iPods.
The issue here is simply that the setting to turn off Genius Mixes does not turn off Genius.   It still appears in the Playlist queue -- and most annoyingly in the first Playlist slot. Genius is turned off on all my iTunes instances, and all my iPods.
When you turn off a feature, the feature should be turned off.   If that isn't the result, that is a bug. Quite simple.

HT2455 how do I change the order of the songs on my playlist?

I have 68 songs on my playlist. Somehow the songs are all in alphabetical order, making my duplicates all play in a row. How do I change the play order?

Paul Brook wrote:
… Perhaps it would help if the OP tells us what file types they are wanting to convert. …
indeed, that should be step #1.-
but …
Problem with 'types' or 'formats' is: people do mix containers (or media wrappers) with codecs,
You mentioned avi - that's no format, just a wrapper. could contain, e.g. a dv-encoded video = all easy; could contain some propitaire CanopusDV = absolutely NoGo on Mac; could contain h264/30fps - go; could contain h264/60fps - nogo.
etc etc-
therefore .........
Apple likes it convenient. Or, say, simple.
so, iMovie is meant BY CONCEPT for camcorders.
... and most/all camcorder 'formats' are supported; connect a camera, and some smart import/conversion routines are automatically triggered.
the same mts 'orphanized' as a 'file' is impossible to be read by iMovie, but fully compatible, if from an intact AVCHD structure.
…I bow to your superior technical knowledge
… just bitter sweet experience
not needed, if iM used as intended.
needed, when abusing the app .....
iMovie is no 'edits all moving images app'.-
happy movie making!

Issues with Playlists in Encore 2.0 - Wisdom required!

Hi Guys,
I'm seeking some wisdom with regards getting playlists to work in Adobe Encore 2.0
I'm producing a gymnastics training DVD and it's virtually complete.The DVD is essentially 72 exercises in 5 categories with "play all" functions within each category. There are also several other timelines with information/safety .etc.
In the testing phase I noticed that on some players my timelines were starting too quickly (cutting off some of the initial dialouge), despite being fairly generous with the edited starts anyway.
To counter this I created 2 seconds of black footage and dropped it at the start and end of each timeline - thus apparently fixing the problem without having to re-edit all of the clips. This did however lead to a new problem. Now when I played the "play all" playlist it has millions of 2 second pauses in it - very frustrating to try and watch through.
So. I figured what I'll do is create a playlist for each exercise, all the exercise timelines now having had the "black clips" removed. Now each exercise button on the menu links to a playlist of "BLACK TIMELINE, EXERCISE TIMELINE, BLACK TIMELINE". This enables me to create the "play all" playlist to hit all of the exercises without all the "black clips" inbetween (just at the start and end). Brilliant.
This all works perfectly in the preview window.
When I burn this onto disc and play it I start to encounter problems. Each playlist (individual exercise or "play all") simply plays the first "BLACK TIMELINE" and then goes to the last menu. This seemingly makes no sense as I believe I've set my playlists correctly. I have also endeavoured to not use any overrides as I've read about the issues there.
I'm burning onto high quality Taiyo Yuden discs on the lowest possible speed I can (6x). I'm using Encore 2.0 and would be prepared to upgrade if that would solve the problem. That said, I'd really want to drop my project into a new version (not rebuild) and I suspect that is fairyland stuff.
I'm really keen to fix this and any thoughts or advice would be extremely gratefully received.
Many thanks for reading! There are some screenshots of a few aspects of my project below.
Andy Wilton
^ Screengrab of a "play all" playlist. If we were to scroll down the "Timelines" we'd see more exercises and finally a repeat of the "Black Matte".
^ This is a screengrab of an exercise Playlist. All of the exercise playlists are the same.
^ This is a screengrab of an exercise timeline - they are all the same.
^ This is a screengrab of the "Black Matte" timeline (2 seconds of Black filler).

Hi Andy,
Making a training or trivia DVD is much like writing a software program, yet the authoring applications (not just Encore, but even the $50k ones) don't have a debugger. As a software engineer, this seems crazy to me. The DVD navigation commands are like a simple assembler, once you get down to what is underneath the "abstraction layer" created by a program like Encore or DVD Studio Pro.
We have a free demo of DVDAfterEdit which includes "Tracer", which is a debugger that we created.
http://www.dvdafteredit.com/node/1262
Our software is Macintosh only, it will run on any older Macintosh that can run OS X.
The concept behind DVDAfterEdit is that you can create all your assets with Encore or similar programs, then modify and expand on the navigation using the tools built-in to DVDAE. Others have used this to created titles such as "Scene It", and I created the navigation for "The Quick and Dirty Guide to Pilates" by Digifilm, available on Amazon. This title lets you create a playlist "on the fly", though unfortunately all DVD players discard such information when you eject a disc.
If you are willing to invest the time to learn what is going on underneath the drag and drop interface of Encore, DVDAE can be a very powerful tool. If you are interested, please take a look and try it out, and I will try to answer any questions you might have.
Regards.
Larry

Playlists and play count disappeared

Hi all,
I have just completed a reinstall of my OS following an error on my HDD.
I have used a Time machine backup to import all into the new operating system, yet all playlists and playcounts have disappeared.
Some questions:
- Would syncing with my Ipad provide some relief (ie could the iPad overwrite the information on the Mac?)
- Would the AppleTV (not the brand new one....) be able to attach new info to the Library?
- Would a normal iPod do the trick?
Lastly, Airtunes sees the remote speakers of my two AppleTVs, but iTunes does not allow me to see them into the sidebar....
Thanks for your help on my (many) questions.
ciao
ale

See this Article for some background information: What are the iTunes Library files?. It is important to note that there is a new naming convention for the iTunes .ITL database file when moving from version 4.8 or below to 4.9 or higher. The file names are consistent from 4.9 to 5.0 and 6.0.
This Article is useful: No music shows up in iTunes after upgrading
As may be the concepts in this one: All of my music is missing after downgrading from iTunes 4.9

Help setting up sharing for music playlists family sharing vs home sharing

how do I set up sharing for music playlists for my iPad ios8 and sister new iPad.
previous set up was home share between our macs. Now want to share with iPads added to the mix
does family share offer playlist sharing
how does (or not) match come into the set up
please clarify home sharing. Family sharing and the use of match
what is the best set up for me. If I use family share do I sign out of home share

You are comparing two quite different concepts, you may want to look at the following articles.
Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids
Understanding Home Sharing
iTunes Match

Video Playlist on Apple TV

I can't see my Video Playlist on my Apple TV. I can see them on my computer and on my Ipod, but not my ATV. Is there a reason for this? Do I need to adjust something?

And why doesn't apple have this feature? We have audio playlists because we like to listen to more at a time. That is why we have multiple songs on compact discs. That is why radio stations do not play one song and sign off. That is why we stacked 45s on each other (yes I am that old) to have them play one after another. I therefore cannot take any credit for having this great idea for consecutive videos. But given this historical background, I and others can certainly question why apple does not have this feature on apple tv. The concept is not groundbreaking and the technology cannot be that hard. I hope that the response that "we do not have this feature" or "this question has been asked many times before" is not the official answer of apple because that is pompous and disconnected from the people - apple customers - who make sure that apple employees go home with a paycheck each week.

Sorry, but I can't find playlist answer in discusssions

I want to create Movie playlist in Apple TV.
Example: I have ripped my Fantasia 2000 DVD and seperated all the animation sections into seperate movies. I have placed them in order in a playlist named Fantasia 2000 in iTunes. I synced them to my video iPod. The playlist is listed on the iPod and play in order, just as they are in iTunes Perfect. Can't the Apple TV do this. If so, I can't figure out how to do it. Any solutions? Apple TV does it with music, podcasts, photos and TV shows. Why not movies?

I want to create Movie playlist in Apple TV.
Example: I have ripped my Fantasia 2000 DVD and
seperated all the animation sections into seperate
movies. I have placed them in order in a playlist
named Fantasia 2000 in iTunes. I synced them to my
video iPod. The playlist is listed on the iPod and
play in order, just as they are in iTunes Perfect.
Can't the Apple TV do this. If so, I can't figure out
how to do it. Any solutions? Apple TV does it with
music, podcasts, photos and TV shows. Why not movies?
This may not be all that helpful, but (using your example above) I am not sure you would even want to do this. I mean if you are trying to replicate the concept of chapters from a DVD from within iTunes, there are much better ways of doing so.
Specifically, there is an app called MetaData Hootenanny (see specific technique on MacOSXHints.com) that will scan your original disc an apply the same chapter markers to you single ripped file. When the modded file is saved out and then resynched to iTunes and AppleTV, it has all the same chapter markers as your DVD embedded within the single file. This is actually the approach I am taking with my video content.
Now, as far as making a genre specific playlist for movies, etc from within iTunes...that simply is not possible with the most current release.

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