Hi. Thanks alot. Should I mark the whole library of songs before I make the playlist or should I interact with the table of songs? Or just be standing on the music library? Kind regards, Jesper. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:52 PM Subject: Re: I can't get the hang on smart playlist.
> > Hi Jesper, > > For general information about making smart playlists, you can check > this posted introduction to smart playlists in the Mail Archive for > this list: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg01294.html > > Actually, since that post was written, improvements in iTunes 9 have > made the construction of smart playlists more flexible, and you're no > longer limited to making playlists that either match just any of your > rules or all of your rules. However, to get on to your specific > question, you can make your smart playlists in iTunes as follows: > > 1. Command-Option-N to create a new smart playlist (or find this > option in the File menu on the iTunes menu bar if you don't remember > the shortcut: VO-M to go to the menu bar, press "F" to go to the File > menu, arrow down to "New Smart Playlist"; if there are shortcut keys > they will be announced following the name of the command). > > 2. In the "Smart Playlist" dialog window you'll hear "Smart playlist, > selected by". VO-Right arrow to the "Rules Section" and interact (VO- > Shift-Down Arrow). > > 3. At the start of the first rule you'll be at a pop up button that is > set to "Artist". VO-Space on this button and press "K" to change the > pop up to "Kind" and press return. (You can navigate the pop up menu > options with your arrow keys or by typing the first few letters of the > keyword you want). > > 4. VO-Right arrow past the pop up button for "contains" (and leave > this at this setting) to the text field. Type in the kind of music > you want to select -- e.g. "AIFF" or "AAC". At this point I would > usually press return to get out of the smart playlist dialog window by > committing my selections and just choose a name for my playlist at the > next prompt, however, you might want to explore the rest of the menu > options. > > If you VO-Right arrow after typing in your text, you'll come to "Add" > and "Group" buttons at the end of the rule. The "Add" button is for > adding another rule -- for example, you might want this smart playlist > to contain only music of a selected genre, or only recently added > music. The "Group" button is a new feature of iTunes 9 that allows > you apply groups of rule selections under your first rule. For > example, let's say that you wanted a smart playlist that contained > only AAC files in the Jazz and Classical genres. Before iTunes 9 you > would have had to create two smart playlists, one that matched the two > rules that "Kind" contained AAC, and that "Genre" contained "Jazz", > and a second that matched the rules that "Kind" contained AAC and that > "Genre" contained "Classical". Then you would have had to make a third > smart playlist out of the two individual playlists with the rules that > your music either fell into the Jazz playlist or the Classical > playlist (e.g., you matched any of the two following rules: "Playlist" > is <name of Jazz playlist> or "Playlist" is <name of Classical > playlist>). Under iTunes 9, you no longer have to make smart playlists > out of playlists; you can handle this with the "Group" button. After > selecting the rule "Kind" contains AAC, you would press (VO-Space) the > "Group" button. Again, you would hear "Artist" pop up button. > However, if you VO-left arrow back through the entries, you'll find > that the new, group rules section begins with a pop up button that is > set to "all" (of the following rules), but which you can reset to > "any" using VO-Space and your arrow keys. If I set that button to > "any", and then VO-Right arrow to the "Artist" pop up button and > change it to "Genre", I can type in the rule "Genre" "contains" Jazz > (where "Jazz" is typed into the text field). I can add a second rule > to the group by pressing (VO-Space) the "Add" button at the end of the > first rule, and making this "Genre" "contains" Classical. If I then > press return after typing "Classical", I'll have made a smart playlist > which contains all AAC files that meet the group rules of either > containing "Jazz" or "Classical" as part of the genre. > > If you don't want to create additional rules (or group rules), you can > just stop interacting with the rules sections (VO-Shift up arrow) > after typing in your text (e.g. "AAC" or "AIFF"), then VO-Right arrow > to explore the other options in the smart playlist. For example, you > can limit your smart playlist by size, total playing time, or number > of items, Navigate to the "Cancel" or "OK" buttons to cancel or > commit your changes. On dialog windows that I am familiar with, I > tend to just press return at the place where I am finished instead of > finding the "OK" button, and I press the escape key to cancel. > > When you save the smart playlist you'll be prompted to type in a > name. Probably, there will be a suggested default name like "AAC" or > "AIFF" which you can change. > > Hope this helps. If you want to edit the smart playlist, you can use > the context menu after you select your playlist in the sources table. > You can also use VO-J to easily jump between the songs table > corresponding to your playlist and your selection in the sources table. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > > Jesper Holten wrote: > >> >> Hi all. >> I have just bought an ipod touch and now I need to put my library of >> music >> on the ipod. However, since I have my musuc collection in Aif format >> I need >> to convert to another format, either lossless or aac or mp3 in order >> to fit >> it on my ipod. >> Thus far, I have converted to aac all my files, in the way that >> there exists >> one big library with all aif and aac files in the same library. >> I would like to accomplish 2 smart playlists one containing all my Aif >> files, the other containing my aac files. After research on the net >> I have >> found out that Maybe it can be done, but I just cannot get it to >> work, when >> I try to make a smart playlist. >> After interacting with the rules section of the dialobogx what >> parameters >> to set. I have tried diffferent things, but after concluding the setup >> Itunes says that nothing has been put into the rule. >> If any of you could help me with some step-by-step instructions, I >> will >> greatly apprreciate your help. >> Kindest regards, Jesper. >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
