Comments on: Hey Apple! Give me a weighted “random” in iTunes. Yesterday.

By: gr

gr — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:38:37 +0000

Okay, I have now actually tried this, and I find it dismally insufficient. “iTunes DJ” selects N tracks (or N minutes, roughly? I’m not sure…) and when it gets to the end, repeats. That’d be fine if it were selecting 12 hours or more, but it’s like 90 minutes. So then after I hear something for the third time, I realize that I have to run up two flights of stairs and click “refresh”. BOOO!

By: Nicolas Ward

Nicolas Ward — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:09:20 +0000

Hey, maybe I should reload the comments page before hitting submit. Crazy thought.

By: Nicolas Ward

Nicolas Ward — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:08:31 +0000

I usually simulate this using Party Shuffle (newly renamed iTunes DJ), with a Smart Playlist that filters to 3 stars and above (and possibly an additional genre filter, if I’m in the mood for something more focused), and the “play higher rated songs more often” checked.

By: gr

gr — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:45:20 +0000

Yes, but I find those pretty useless, since they source music from the whole “Library”. I want it within playlists, where the ruleset engine is pretty useless, since you only get AND (not OR) and can’t group selection rules before applying binary operations with other rules.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:32:59 +0000

Don’t they already do this, somewhat, in the Party Shuffle/iTunes DJ with the “play higher rated songs more often” option?