How to tell if song is in a playlist?

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How to tell if song is in a playlist?

Running iTunes 11.0.4.4 on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I'm cleaning up some duplicate songs and just realized that some of them I deleted were in a playlist.

When in iTunes, and you are in the main window and have clicked on "Songs" to list all the songs, is there any way to tell if a particular song is in a playlist? I don't see this information when I right-click and select "Get Info". Also, I don't see a playlist column that can be added to the song list.

Am I missing something obvious?

Posted on Jun 15, 2013 6:34 PM

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turingtest2

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Jul 13, 2013 4:51 PM in response to JohnnyDawg

By "suitable column" I mean one of the fields that you can display in list views, and that isn't used for anything else.

If it will work I guess Episode Number might be a good choice, as long as you're only going to be tagging your music files.

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Jul 5, 2013 11:26 AM in response to JohnnyDawg

A typical song in my library may show up in something like 20 playlists & playlist folders. I suspect a column as you suggest would be too cluttered, but you can drop a suggestion to iTunes feedback.

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Jul 5, 2013 11:22 AM in response to ed2345

Sorry for the delay in responding. I do appreciate the tip. Still would like to see a column in the song list that shows which playlist(s) a song is in.

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Jul 5, 2013 3:35 PM in response to turingtest2

Yeah, I see what you mean. Maybe a "Playlist Count" column would suffice, which would tell you the number of playlists that song is in. Just trying to come up with a way that does not involve having to do a right-click/Show In Playlist on each indiviual song.

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Jul 12, 2013 2:15 PM in response to turingtest2

Been a couple years since I played with scripts. Did quite of few of them to help clean up my library.

Are you saying there is a way to have a script add a column in the iTunes song list window? Now THAT would be slick!

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Jul 12, 2013 7:27 PM in response to JohnnyDawg

I can write a script to fill a column with data, you just need a suitable column. Depending on the way you tag things Grouping is often free, although personally I use it as a tag field for my smart playlists. If you want I can write a script that will loop through all visible or selected tracks, count the number of non-smart playlists they each belong to and put that number into a field of your choice. Alternatively, if the number of playlists that each might belong to and the length of the playlist names isn't excessive I could get it to copy in the playlist names instead. The grouping field is limited to 255 characters.

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Jul 13, 2013 3:47 PM in response to turingtest2

A very generous offer indeed! Of course, there is no rush, but a script to loop through all visible tracks and just give a count of non-smart playlists would be perfect. I really wouldn't need to know the individual playlists each song was in, but just to know if it is in any playlist would be perfect.

I don't understand what you mean by "a suitable column". I guess its time for me to get the cobwebs out of my head and go start playing with scripts again.

Much appreciated!

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