Smart Playlists -- do you use them?

[Samus Aran]

maybe he doesn't have a keyboard

Then he wouldn't be able to type in "Radiohead" when making a smart playlist in order for it to work.

[Feynman]

Then he wouldn't be able to type in "Radiohead" when making a smart playlist in order for it to work.

maybe he had to borrow a keyboard to create the playlists so that when he gave it back he could always check again without using a keyboard

[Daddy]

Of course, alternatively, you could just type in a band's name in the search bar to narrow your entire list down to that band if you need to see how many you have. You don't need to make a playlist.

That doesn't always work:

[Samus Aran]

That doesn't always work:

Well no, it doesn't always work, but it works for all the bands Notsid mentioned. And even if you get a couple extra things, it's not exactly hard to do a little bit of quick subtraction.

But yeah Queen is not an ideal choice to use the search bar for.

[Hiro]

Are you saying you can't sort by artist in iTunes? 

[Samus Aran]

Are you saying you can't sort by artist in iTunes? 

...what?

Have you never even used iTunes before? By default, unless you change it, it sorts by artist.

[Daddy]

...what?

Have you never even used iTunes before? By default, unless you change it, it sorts by artist.

I think this just proves that Hiro hates iTunes without ever using it.


And it wouldn't count the number of songs by the artist, Hiro.

[Hiro]

...what?

Have you never even used iTunes before? By default, unless you change it, it sorts by artist.

I've used iTunes, just not often. If figured as much, so why is it a problem? Just play that artist.

I think this just proves that Hiro hates iTunes without ever using it.

When in hell did I ever say I hated iTunes? 

And it wouldn't count the number of songs by the artist, Hiro.

Uhhh......  what?

[Samus Aran]

I've used iTunes, just not often. If figured as much, so why is it a problem? Just play that artist.

Because you can't shuffle your overall library, but you can shuffle a playlist. That's much of the point of putting them into a playlist, really. Plus, if you only want to play that artist but you aren't near your computer (in other words, you're lazy), a playlist keeps iTunes from going into the next artist on the list.

[Hiro]

Because you can't shuffle your overall library, but you can shuffle a playlist. That's much of the point of putting them into a playlist, really. Plus, if you only want to play that artist but you aren't near your computer (in other words, you're lazy), a playlist keeps iTunes from going into the next artist on the list.

On the Zune thing when you can just shuffle an artist's songs 

[Samus Aran]

On the Zune thing when you can just shuffle an artist's songs 

In iTunes it takes about 5 seconds to drag an artist's songs into a playlist.

So no real loss.

[Hiro]

In iTunes it takes about 5 seconds to drag an artist's songs into a playlist.

So no real loss.

Same with Zune 
Idk I was just curious was all, not bashing itunes or trying to offend jimv or anything
(although I do think the zune app seems more functional  )

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

Because you can't shuffle your overall library

what? I've always got my library on shuffle.

[Samus Aran]

what? I've always got my library on shuffle.

...okay, I always just assumed shuffling didn't work on the main library because you don't see its effects immediately. I'm retarded.

[YPrrrr]

You can just play the artist by changing the view in iTunes... The view where it's a grid allows you to play just one artist's songs and you can shuffle from there