Hopeless Geek

It looks like I got a birthday gift and didn’t even know it. A fellow going by “sticktron” posted a nifty infographic detailing my previous Do-It-Yourself Smart Radio Station post. It’s certainly a bit easier to understand when you look at it this way. Note that the playlist detailed in the screenshot is unworkable due to them all being in one window, but the criteria are valid when used as detailed on the right.

This approach is based on the idea of a master playlist, which feeds off of several pools of potential songs. Each pool is created by a dynamic playlist—called Smart Playlists in iTunes/iPod—and updates itself constantly.

As your songs get listened to, rated, weeded out, given priority, etc., you will be continually upgrading the mix. It is TRULY your own personal Radio Station experience.

deviantART: Advanced Playlists for iTunes by ~sticktron,