Smart playlists

1. 1Click the + next to Playlists in the sidebar and choose New Smart Playlist…
2. 2Give it a name, for example “1990s Tamil”.
3. 3Choose Match all or any of the rules. New smart playlists start with Year ≥ 1990 and Year ≤ 1999 as an example.
4. 4Change the rules, or click + Add rule for more. Click the × to remove one.
5. 5Pick an Order by and, if you like, Limit to a number of songs.
6. 6Click Create.

Smart playlists update automatically whenever your library changes. To change the rules later, open the playlist and click Edit Rules.

Rules you can use

• Text: Title, Artist, Album, Genre, File path, Music director. Compare with is, is not, contains, does not contain or starts with.
• Numbers: Rating (stars), Year, Length (seconds), Play count. Compare with =, ≠, ≥, ≤, > or <.
• Favourite: is yes / no.
• Dates: Date added and Last played, with “in the last (days)”. Last played also has “not in the last (days)”.

Order by

Album order, Title, Artist, Year (newest first), Recently added, Most played, Recently played, Highest rated or Random.

Ideas

• Never played: Play count = 0
• Top rated: Rating (stars) ≥ 4, order by Highest rated
• Rediscover: Favourite is yes and Last played not in the last 180 days
• One composer’s hits: Music director is (name), order by Most played, limit 50