Smart Playlists in iTunes

Is there a way to make a subfolder within iTunes. I'm not able to create a playlist list I want without combining two different smart playlist.
Thanks
Bill

*Is there a way to make a subfolder within iTunes.*
You can make folder to put playlists into only. It doesn't to do anything else like put the music into different folders. It just helps to keep playlist straight.
I'm not able to create a playlist list I want without combining two different smart playlist.
and?
Is there some reason you don't want to do this?

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Smart Playlist in iTunes not the same as on iPod?

Hi all,
Currently I am in the process of making my entire CD collection (> 800 CD's) available on my new iPod classic. Ripping goes fine, no problem at all. But I have a problem with the Smart Playlists. Every CD in my collection has a unique number. I put that number in the 'Comments' section of every ripped CD (select all tracks of an album, go into 'Get info' and fill the 'Comments' section with a number like 0245).
In iTunes I create a smart playlist containing every CD within a range of, say, 02. In iTunes I then see every CD starting with the number 02 (from 0200 to 0299). When i sync with my iPod, the playlists are available, but the sorting is not ok. I see a lot of tracks, but not organised by CD as in iTunes. Is there a way to change this so that on the iPod the sorting is the same as in iTunes.

Select your Smart Playlist in iTunes, arrange it in the order you want, then right-click on the Smart Playlist title in the sources panel and click on *Copy to Play Order*. Sync. Your iPod should now have the correct play order.
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How can I get my smart playlists on iTunes match to update automatically on my iPhone?

I've been trying to figure out how to have my smart playlist in iTunes update on my iPhone automatically via iTunes Match, but everytime I create a smart playlist it shows up on my iPhone but it contains every single song in my library rather than just the ones that are supposed to be in the playlist.

Experienced same situation with my iPhone4. Just started using the cloud last week for my music library.
Solution: Click "Update iTunes Match" using iTunes on my MacBook Pro. A minute or two later all of my playlissts appeared on my iPhone. Hope this is helpful

Can't create smart playlists because iTunes can't see all my playlists

I noticed that my smart playlists aren't updating properly. When I tried to edit them, I got an error message saying "This smart playlist depends on one or more playlists that cannot be found." I am using as one of my rules "Playlist is" but the dropdown list next to that rule does not show all of my playlists. It shows some of my smart playlists, none of the "regular" playlists. That means I cannot fix the smart playlist.
For example, I have a playlist called "exercise" that is a regular playlist. It contains 965 songs that I have added manually. I can see the "Exercise" playlist just fine in iTunes, and I can add/remove songs from it. But my smart playlist, "Top Exercise Rare Recent," does not work, because it depends on the rule "Playlist Is Exercise." When I try to edit the rule "Playlist is," I cannot choose "Exercise" from the dropdown list--that playlist simply does not show up. But it is there. I can see it in iTunes. I just can't see it in the dropdown list.
I don't even know what to try to fix this.
In case it matters, a few versions ago, an iTunes update "lost" my library. I had saved backup of my library files, fortunately, so I did not lose all of my ratings and playlists (at least, I didn't think I did). After I restored my library files, iTunes did not recognize my iPod classic so I had to re-sync it (removing everything that was on it and replacing it with whatever was in iTunes, i.e., exactly the same files). Then the next update broke my ability to burn playlists to cds AND it broke my system clock. I had to revert to a restore point that preceded the iTunes update, then reinstall iTunes, then "repair" the installation to get my cd burning ability back.
I am now using iTunes 11.3.1.2 on a Windows 8.1 PC (64-bit). Wishing I had never update

Thanks for the clarification. Sorry, it's working for me so I'm not sure what to suggest. Perhaps someone else will have ideas.
Regards.

I can't change the view of a smart playlist in iTunes 11. Columns display at the top will not convert to list

Hi - I just upgraded from the previous version of iTunes to iTunes 11. One of my previous playlists appeared as a smart playlist, and when it displays there is a set of columns at the top with a separation splitting the columns from the list. I am trying to get rid of the columns from the top of this screen, but have been unable to find any information on how to do this. This only happens in this playlist, and I am unable to locate a view option or display setting that will change it. The "Column Browser' is unavailable in the view menu.
Thanks

Is the App-Installation restriction in Settings/General/Restrictions on that iPod activated?
Does the problem come back after restoring "as new iPod" without using the backup?
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How do I change the name of a smart playlist in iTunes?

How do I change the name of a smart plylist in Itunes please?

Simply double click on the playlist name.
Really easy
Let me know

Can't make an unrated smart playlist in itunes

i have 1/2 star ratings enabled on my imac. when i make a smart playlist with "ratings is 0" i get a playlist of all 1/2 star rated songs and none rated 0. i have itunes 11.
i tried it on my macbook (itunes 10.7) and it works fine. but i don't have 1/2 stars enabled on that.

I didn't think that smart playlists would work with half star ratings. However, I discovered that they do recognise the half star, but don't display it in the rule. It all depends on where you click on the star-scale. For example, if you wanted a smart playlist to show all songs you have rated four and a half stars, you click on the left side of the fifth star dot. In this example, it would show a four star rating in the rule, but show four and a half star rated songs in the actual playlist.
So, in your case, Edit Smart Playlist rule screen, click and drag from a star then to the left of the scale. It should recognise that you want all songs rated with nothing, rather than songs rated with half a star. Just make sure your click ends after being dragged past the actual scale. Confusing, I know.
Here is a screenshot of a smart playlist with the same idea of displaying all unrated songs that I created less than fifteen minutes ago.

My smart playlists in iTunes match are not interpreting "date added" property correctly for some songs.

I have many smart playlists that are dependent upon the "date added" property of my songs. I use iTunes match on a PC, my iPad (4th gen), and my iPhone 5, and my music is stored on my iMac. For some reason, (on my iPhone only) a handful of songs stubbornly continue to appear in smart playlists even though their "date added" is much earlier than the playlists dictate. And they are the same handful of songs on all playlists that have this problem.
Turning off Live Updating resolves the problem, but then what's the point of a smart playlist if I have to continually update it manually? Turning off iTunes Match on my iPhone, deleting music, and turning iTunes Match back on does not resolve the problem.

I think I have figured this out, so I'll share in case anyone else has this issue. I had automatic downloads enabled for my iPhone, so any iTunes music purchases were automatically downloaded to my phone. As a result, the "date added" attribute of a song is tied to when it was downloaded to the phone rather than when I originally purchased the song and added it to my iTunes library.
I disabled iTunes Match, deleted these songs from my phone, re-enabled iTunes Match, and that seems to have done the trick.

Smart playlist in iTunes 11

Hello,
The select 'random' feature of the smart playlist does often give songs of the same album following each other, which iTunes DJ didn't.
Any way to solve this ?
Thanks,
Peter

That's a nice workaround. But why is there a completely non functional item right there in the" Controls" menu?
Right there it says "Go to Current Song L"
I type command-l and the menu flashes, and nothing happens.
What happened to the QA department?

Share Smart Playlists in iTunes?

Where do smart playlist rules live? I'd like to copy a smart playlist to another user on the same computer without having to re-type the entire list (there are over 60 items). We both use the same media folder which is on an external hard drive that we both can access.
I can export the smart playlist from my account as a regular (static) playlist and import it into the other user account, but I have to do this every time I add something to my account.
I'd really just like the same smart playlist on both accounts without having to re-type the whole thing.

Same problem here! I synced my iPod Touch with my other laptop sing iTunes 9.0.2 and everything is fine. If I sync using 9.0.3, no joy! I'd say we need 9.0.4 to fix this!

Mixed Logic Comes to Smart Playlists in iTunes 9!

Smart playlists have always been limited in that you could only use AND or OR logic, but not both in the same smart playlist. For example, if you had multiple criteria you had to choose between matching +All the criteria+ (AND), or +Any of the criteria+ (OR), but not both in the same playlist. This meant that to achieve mixed logic, e.g. "A and (B or C)", you had to use more than one playlist.
With iTunes 9 you can now combine AND and OR logic into one playlist, finally! To add indented criteria, just click the "..." button and the next line of criteria will be treated separately (think parentheses). Give it a try, its really cool!
So now, for example, let's say you wanted a playlist of top Rock and Blues songs that you haven't heard in the last month. Now in one playlist you can create the logic:
o Rating is > 3 stars, AND
o Last Played is Not In the Last 30 Days, AND
o Genre is Rock, OR
o Genre is Blues
Previously this would take three playlists (one for each genre, plus one to combine them). Very, very cool!

Agreed !!
This is one of the best feature of iTunes 9 yet no one talks about it.
Thanks Apple
Cheers
Xavier

Smart Playlists crash iTunes

I have the latest iTunes (10.x, b*** 6), and when I went into iTunes all my smart playlists were gone and when i went to create a new one, iTunes stops working and needs to be shut down. I never knew i used the 'Recently Added' Playlist sooo much...Well, actually i did.

*Is there a way to make a subfolder within iTunes.*
You can make folder to put playlists into only. It doesn't to do anything else like put the music into different folders. It just helps to keep playlist straight.
I'm not able to create a playlist list I want without combining two different smart playlist.
and?
Is there some reason you don't want to do this?

Can't i modify my smart playlists in iTunes

Suddenly I am not able to modify the settings for any of my Smart Playlists. I am able to get to the update mode (command+i) however if I modify the smart parameters it does not save or change the results of the settings.
Any help out there?

Wow- I just realized that the smartlists finally updated with the new settings. It appears it's iCloud and Music Match that has to run before the settings are finalized. It took over 5 minutes.

My smart playlist in iTunes won't sync with my iPhone 4S

Like the title says, there are 3 playlists that won't sync to my iPhone (all Smart Playlists). I have it set up to where my "entire music library" syncs to my iPhone. Can anyone help me out?

See this -> iOS: Syncing with iTunes

Make smart playlists in iTunes?

Is it possible to do this? I have a pile of unsmart PLs that I want to convert to smart ones. I've got a scpt going that basically does the job, but although I say
make user playlist with properties {smart: true, name:PLname}
they always come out unsmart.
I note that the iTunes dictionary says smart is r/o, but surely for a new PL I'm just making, I can say smart:true ?

In case anyone else wants to do what I did, here's the final form of my scpt. But it has a couple of bug workarounds, so it may not work beyond iTunes 8.1.1 (6). Good luck!
(* Make smart PLs from unsmart Composer-based *)
(* Doesn't test if unsmart PL name actually IS a composer contained in Music PL. Would take too long. *)
(* - - - - - - - >>> !!!! TURN OFF AirPort !!!!! <<<- - - - - - - else you can get killed by e.g. Software Update *)
tell application "iTunes"
delay 3 -- Delay 3secs to get a chance to click the iT window after launching the scpt.
set allPLs to (get every user playlist)
repeat with thisPL in allPLs
if name of thisPL is not "Music" then
(* extract 1st word (surname) of unsmart PL name... *)
if smart of thisPL is false then
set comp to name of thisPL
set comp to words of comp -- ludicrous - takes 4 operations to get word out of Unicode text
set comp to (comp as string)
ignoring hyphens
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " " --necessary for words
set comp to word 1 of comp -- got 1st word at last
end ignoring
tell application "System Events" to tell process "iTunes"
delay 0.5
keystroke "n" using {option down, command down} ---- <---- <---- create New smart PL
(* change Artist to Composer *)
delay 0.5
tell scroll area 1 of group 1 of window 1
delay 0.5
click pop up button 2
delay 0.5
click menu item "Composer" of menu 1 of pop up button 2 -- Change Artist to Composer
delay 0.5
keystroke comp & quote -- the quote stops iT auto-complete filling in the whole name etc. See ASCII below
(*Cursor is still in TF1 of SA1 of G1 of W1, so keystroke comp works almost regardless of where we are*)
end tell
(* Change Random to Album *)
delay 0.5
click pop up button 1 of window 1
delay 0.5
click menu item "Album" of menu 1 of pop up button 1 of window 1
(* as soon as you change above menu item, Checkbox 3 (to left of 25) gets set. Bug?
Solution: Click Checkbox 3 of w1 later (below)
It seems NOTHING can change the 25 to e.g. 999 (another bug?) *)
(* Now we can complete the Composer *)
delay 0.5
keystroke (ASCII character 8) -- rubout the quot in the PL name with a Backspace character
(* workaround the Limit to 25 checkbox bug *)
delay 0.5
click checkbox 3 of window 1 -- uncheck the "limit to 25"
(* The above WILL DO THE REVERSE OF WHAT I WANT if they ever fix the bug above *)
(* finish comp and close the New SPL window *)
delay 0.5
keystroke return
(* Now we need a Return to finish the new SPL Name in the sidebar *)
delay 1
keystroke return
end tell
end if
end if
end repeat
end tell
beep 3 -- Say we're all done
tell application "Script Editor" -- TEST
activate
end tell*)
As I said, Good luck!
David Whitford

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