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Smart playlists and ios7 synch

I use a smart playlist to select 300 tracks at random, rated 4 or above, where played is NOT in the last 8 weeks.

that way, as i play the tracks on my iphone in the car, and then synch, then everyting i have played gets removed and fresh tracks get added automatically.

since ios7 / IT11 ive noticed the folowing

the playlist in i tunes still works ok ; 300 tracks show where last played is "never" or >8 weeks.

However, when i synch to iphone 4s / ios7 ONLY the tracks with a last played date synch; the playlist is on my iphone but only has those tracks that have a last played date, NOT a NULL date

Any suggestions? workaround?

Thanks

Rich

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.3, itunes 11

Posted on Oct 31, 2013 3:31 PM

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rockmyplimsoul

Level 6

11,155 points

Posted on Oct 31, 2013 3:46 PM

Haven't seen this myself, but then again I don't have any rated songs with no Last Played date. A couple of suggestions:

1- Try a Reset or Restore of the iPhone.

2- In your smart playlist criteria, add "Media Kind is Music". Strange, but sometimes this nudges a smart playlist into behaving.

3- Modify your criteria as follows:

Match All:

- Media Kind Is Music

- Rating > 3

(indent) ----> Match Any:

.....................- Last Played Not in the Last 8 weeks

.....................- Playcount is 0

That will "OR" the zero playcounts with songs that have not been played in the last 8 weeks, and "AND" all those with the required criteria of 4 or 5 stars as well as Media Kind being Music. If you don't know how to "indent" the criteria, click on the elipses (...) to the right of the last criteria you entered, and be sure to change the overall criteria to Match Any for the indented portion.

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Mar 20, 2014 7:25 AM in response to StunnaNino

Add the criteria "Playlist is Music" to your smart playlist, where "Music" is the general category for music which can be treated as a playlist for SPL criteria. This will break Live Updating on the device, but should populate the playlist on your iPhone. It will update with each sync to iTunes.

As for your sorting issue, did you select "Copy to Play Order" after you sorted the playlist how you wanted? You need to do that to save the order, then sync your device. But, the criteria above may solve the sorting problem too.

May 10, 2014 5:11 PM in response to rockmyplimsoul

Thank you! Adding "Playlist is Music" finally fixed my smart playlist issue.

Smart playlists and ios7 synch