Playlists in iTunes?

Feek · 13-07-2008, 19:15

I've been paying attention to last.fm and grabbing some of the stuff that it thinks I'll like such as 3 Doors Down, The White Stripes and Kasabian to name but a few.

I sync my iPod using a main playlist, that is that I have all tunes ticked in the main 'music' playlist but have a sub list 'Feek's iPod Touch' which I've added all the music I want synced to. I don't sync the main music list but I do this secondary one.

So I've added the new music I got to the Feek's playlist, it all syncs. Great.

If I were to make another list called 'new stuff' and add the new tunes to it and tell iTunes to sync that playlist to my pod, will it dump two copies of all the songs to it, or is it all intelligent enough to realise that it's the same music and only put a single copy out but flag it for multiple playlists?

Burble · 13-07-2008, 20:13

Just one copy I believe.

BTW, what's your last.fm username? I shall add you!

Gnat · 13-07-2008, 20:46

what is last fm?

Burble · 13-07-2008, 20:56

It's a website that lets you record what you listen to and so on.

Feek · 13-07-2008, 21:08

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Originally Posted by Burble

Just one copy I believe.

BTW, what's your last.fm username? I shall add you!

AnjinSahn is my name, and yes I can confirm that the playlists are intelligent

PvtPyle · 17-07-2008, 22:35

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Originally Posted by Olibubble

what is last fm?

It's a music database, very web 2.0 social networky doo daa. You install a little applet on your machine, then when you listen to music on your PC (or Mac) the software uploads info to last.fm's database about what you have been listening to. They call this "scrobbling". The more you listen to, the more it gets to know what artists you like and then it makes suggestions for other similar artists, based on things that other last.fm users that have similar tastes as you have been scrobbling.

You can obviously add your mates and share music, but generally it is just a nice easy way into new music that otherwise you may never have found.

Feek · 17-07-2008, 22:51

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Originally Posted by PvtPyle

but generally it is just a nice easy way into new music that otherwise you may never have found.

And it works very well......

WotDa · 27-07-2008, 10:22

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Originally Posted by Feek

And it works very well......

Far too well, I found my most listened to artist via Last.fm I believe. And, the other night I found Disarmonia Mundi.

But to answer your question, yes, you should only get one copy of the track on there.

LeperousDust · 27-07-2008, 12:27

I use last.fm for choosing music for me too

I choose a track, and MediaMonkey consults similar artists or similar tracks to see what I've got (and haven't played for a while) in my database, and choose my next track for me if its at the end of a now playing playlist. It's hardly ever wrong either....

divine · 27-07-2008, 12:37

The only problem I find with last.fm is that since I breached about 25,000 scrobbled tracks its recommended artists haven't changed much, it's just been the same 15 or so suggested artists, none of which I like really.

13-07-2008, 19:15	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Playlists in iTunes? I've been paying attention to last.fm and grabbing some of the stuff that it thinks I'll like such as 3 Doors Down, The White Stripes and Kasabian to name but a few. I sync my iPod using a main playlist, that is that I have all tunes ticked in the main 'music' playlist but have a sub list 'Feek's iPod Touch' which I've added all the music I want synced to. I don't sync the main music list but I do this secondary one. So I've added the new music I got to the Feek's playlist, it all syncs. Great. If I were to make another list called 'new stuff' and add the new tunes to it and tell iTunes to sync that playlist to my pod, will it dump two copies of all the songs to it, or is it all intelligent enough to realise that it's the same music and only put a single copy out but flag it for multiple playlists? __________________

27-07-2008, 12:27	#9
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I use last.fm for choosing music for me too I choose a track, and MediaMonkey consults similar artists or similar tracks to see what I've got (and haven't played for a while) in my database, and choose my next track for me if its at the end of a now playing playlist. It's hardly ever wrong either.... __________________

27-07-2008, 12:37	#10
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	The only problem I find with last.fm is that since I breached about 25,000 scrobbled tracks its recommended artists haven't changed much, it's just been the same 15 or so suggested artists, none of which I like really. __________________

13-07-2008, 20:13	#2
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Just one copy I believe. BTW, what's your last.fm username? I shall add you!

13-07-2008, 20:46	#3
Gnat BZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 500	what is last fm?

13-07-2008, 20:56	#4
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	It's a website that lets you record what you listen to and so on.