[iTunes] Smart Playlist to pull different music from a playlist

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That brings up another question: does iTunes know if I've played  
something on my Nano?
In other words, does the Nano keep track of play count, and then pass  
it on to iTunes the next time it docks?




On Feb 24, 2008, at 10:37 PM, Wilson Ng wrote:

> On 2/23/08 8:55 AM, "itunes-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com"
> <itunes-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> wrote:
>
>> Subject: Re: [iTunes] Smart Playlist to pull different music from a
>> playlist
>
>>> Question I have:
>>>
>>> I have created a Smart Playlist to randomly pull 300 MB of music
>>> from a playlist which holds 5 GB of songs.
>>>
>>> I want this playlist to load my 1st Gen Nano with a "fresh" set of
>>> songs each time I sync it.
>>>
>>> But I'm missing something, as I can't seem to get it to get a new
>>> batch of randomly selected music when I sync it the second time.
>
>
> I have something similar to this. I added the following line:
>
> Last played is not within the last 2 weeks
>
>
>
> Every time I sync my nano, it will update itself automatically by  
> removing
> the songs that I just played within the last 2 weeks and then  
> adding new
> songs that haven't been played in a while. This guarantees a fresh new
> playlist.
>
> You can adjust the time length accordingly to something like not  
> played
> within the last 30 days or whatever.
>
>
>
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