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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / July 2008Can iTunes automatically create my playlists?
Hi, I'm just done encoding myself all my CDs at 320kbps (300+ albums). It's all arranged by artist name, album name, year, type, genre and so on. Now here's my problematic. I want to have 1 playlist per artist, will all the artist's albums in it. To do so, I have to manually create those one by one. Is there's a way to tell iTunes: "Look, for each artist, create a playlist and put everything in it" ? Thanks a lot! In article <1801b44c-7464-4514-a995-00f0587498a3@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks a lot! AppleScript. It's worth learning and this sounds like an excellent starter project (because it's easy and you're motivated).  Signature"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix > In article > <1801b44c-7464-4514-a995-00f0587498a3@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > AppleScript. It's worth learning and this sounds like an excellent > starter project (because it's easy and you're motivated). why not just create a smart playlist and set it to populate with all songs for a given artist (or whatever) ? > > In article > > <1801b44c-7464-4514-a995-00f0587498a3@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > why not just create a smart playlist and set it to populate with all > songs for a given artist (or whatever) ? From the sound of it, the OP wanted playlists for every artist. The smart playlist is a good idea because it keeps itself updated, but smart or dumb creating that many playlists manually is slow and error-prone. Signature"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix > In article > <1801b44c-7464-4514-a995-00f0587498a3@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > AppleScript. It's worth learning and this sounds like an excellent > starter project (because it's easy and you're motivated). Why reinvent the wheel? <http://dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php> djb SignatureWoodworking links and more at http://www.woodenwabbits.com -------------- I kill all messages from Google Groups. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. > Why reinvent the wheel? Mark Conrad can kindly disregard this question. SignatureMy latest ballroom dance performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W5Z5DGYIvM I kill Google Groups posts. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. > > Why reinvent the wheel? > > Mark Conrad can kindly disregard this question. Thank Grid I had no liquid raised to my lips when I read that. SignatureWoodworking links and more at http://www.woodenwabbits.com -------------- I kill all messages from Google Groups. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. > > In article > > <1801b44c-7464-4514-a995-00f0587498a3@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > <http://dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php> Because it's worth learning and this is an easy starter project. Signature"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Thanks a lot! type the artist name in the search box ... there you are, all the music by that artist listed, no playlist needed. Alternatively set up a Smart playlist with the Artist name and it will automatically add that artist's music to the playlist. SignatureAdrian > > Hi, > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > type the artist name in the search box ... there you are, all the music > by that artist listed, no playlist needed. Doesn't help if you want to sync that to an iPod. > Alternatively set up a Smart > playlist with the Artist name and it will automatically add that > artist's music to the playlist. That should work for syncing. SignatureWoodworking links and more at http://www.woodenwabbits.com -------------- I kill all messages from Google Groups. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. On 7/18/08 7:06 PMJul 18, "Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: ... >> type the artist name in the search box ... there you are, all the music >> by that artist listed, no playlist needed. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > That should work for syncing. On your iPod, go to Music -> Artist and scroll to the one that you want. > On 7/18/08 7:06 PMJul 18, "Dave Balderstone" > <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > On your iPod, go to Music -> Artist and scroll to the one that you want. That's not a playlist, though. And on the iPod there's no way to sort it. SignatureWoodworking links and more at http://www.woodenwabbits.com -------------- I kill all messages from Google Groups. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. > Doesn't help if you want to sync that to an iPod. True, but the OP never actually mentioned syncing to an iPod, and Smart playlists covers that. SignatureAdrian > > > Is there's a way to tell iTunes: "Look, for each artist, create a > > > playlist and put everything in it" ? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Doesn't help if you want to sync that to an iPod. After selecting an artist, click on one of the songs, Select All, and drag them to an empty space in the playlists pane. You'll get a new playlist, usually with the artist's name, though sometimes it's named "untitled playlist"; I haven't bothered to figure out why the latter occurs. In article <wayne.morris-5F6083.12120819072008@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>, Wayne C. Morris <wayne.morris@this.is.invalid> wrote: > > > > Is there's a way to tell iTunes: "Look, for each artist, create a > > > > playlist and put everything in it" ? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > "untitled playlist"; I haven't bothered to figure out why the latter > occurs. That will happen if the name on all the selected tracks doesn't match. SignatureWoodworking links and more at http://www.woodenwabbits.com -------------- I kill all messages from Google Groups. See http://improve-usenet.org for details. > In article > <wayne.morris-5F6083.12120819072008@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>, Wayne [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > That will happen if the name on all the selected tracks doesn't match. I thought they *did* have the same artist, since I had selected an artist in Browse mode and was therefore only dragging songs by that one artist. But on further investigation, I found that some of the tracks had him listed as the *album artist*, and someone else was listed as the artist. They were from compilation albums. I also found that it's not necessary to select the songs. In Browse mode, you can just drag an artist, album, or genre from the browse pane to the playlist pane, and it'll create a playlist of everything from that artist/album/genre. If the songs are all from the same artist and/or all from the same album, the playlist's name will be the name of the artist and/or album. |
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