Screen Saver of itunes album covers.. choosing album covers from playlist??

Is it possible to have a screen saver, like the one in preferences which combines all your album covers from itunes, but instead choosing the album covers from a playlist?

I don't have an answer for you, but I do have a few questions.
How would the screen saver know which playlist to display album covers from? If it is selecting covers from all of your playlists, how is it different from a screen saver which shows you all of your album covers?

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I like sharing my photos as a screen saver on Apple TV Generation 2. but I do NOT want album cover artwork.
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I understand, under Advanced, I can choose Albums to share. Then I check Share Photos From: iPhoto.
Then Select Blbums and Events.
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If you take the time to assign Places then you cn see all the photos in your Library based on where they were taken. (Of course, that's of limited use if they're all taken in your backyard ) Faces means you can sort the Library based on who's in the Photos.
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