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   From: Toby Newman    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Smart playlists and Amarok   
   Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007  7:00:01 +0000   
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   On 2007-02-20, Michael Fierro  wrote:   
   > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 07:00 am, Toby Newman ranted on thusly:    
   >   
   >>> Smart Playlist support. I have a dozen or so smart playlists I use with   
   >>> my Nano, depending on what kind of mood I am in.   
   >>    
   >> Yes, they're brilliant.   
   >>    
   >> Try one which selects 50 random tracks whose track number is 1.   
   >> I also have one which filters out all my partner's music. "Genre is not   
   >> X, artist is not X..."   
   >   
   > Hehehe... that's a good way to do it. I do something similar, but it is   
   > easier since my wife has her own (Windows) computer and runs iTunes on it.   
   > I have all of her music that I don't like rated at 1.5-2.5 stars, and I set   
   > all of my smart playlists to only play songs with three or more stars.   
   >   
   > One of my favorite smart playlists is my Live Tracks playlist. I have any   
   > song recorded live tagged with "(Live)" in the title field. And I have a   
   > smart playlist which grabs a random mix of songs that match. It creates a   
   > very awesome all-star concert for my enjoyment/amusement. Nothing like   
   > having Barenaked Ladies, Wendy Woo, Tequila Mockingbird, Garth Brooks,   
   > Billy Joel, Jack Johnson, AC/DC and Neko Case play an aweseome 50 song   
   > set. :)   
      
   I get better results with a search for "(live" because that also picks   
   up (live at the ***) which is quite a common format.   
      
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