How can I easily identify songs Not in a playlist (I have about 10k tunes, so doing 'show in playlist' that many times is not practical). Any help appreciated.

I'm trying to tidy up my itunes playlists and it would be helpful to be able to separate out all the items that AREN'T in any playlist. I can do this by looking at files individually, but it would be good to be able to list them all out or sort them in bulk - does anyone have a good algorithm for a smart playlist that would do this? I have about 250 playlists at present,
thanks for thinking about this,
Andrew

Make a master playlist folder, e.g. All Playlists. Move the playlists that count inside it. Make a smart playlist outside of the master playlist matching all the rules Playlist is Music and Playlist is not All Playlists. Anything in this list isn't in any of the lists inside All Playlists. Adapt to suit...
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