Sentence examples for smart playlist from inspiring English sources

(Conversely, if you select Random on the iTunes Smart Playlist function, you might hear the same song twice in a row, though it is unlikely).

There are ways to circumvent Shuffle -- on an iPod at least -- by using iTunes, most notably by creating a Smart Playlist.

Bob Angus, the Columbia Business School student, became enthusiastic at the mention of the Smart Playlist function and wanted to hear more.

The search, shuffle and "smart playlist" features of music-management software, in turn, ensure that you can't get stuck listening to the same relative handful of songs.

In my estimation, Genius is a wildly over-hyped smart playlist generator.

How is that different from a smart playlist set up to select 25 hip-hop or classic rock (or whatever) songs?

(Most people interviewed for this article had never heard of Smart Playlists, let alone used them).

Creating Smart Playlists enables users to slice and dice their music libraries using pretty much any criteria they want.

An added benefit of Smart Playlists is that they can reduce the chances of having your iPod ruin an intimate moment.

Here are some of the iTunes software features missing in the Zune's software: Smart Playlists, which assemble groups of songs based on criteria that you specify ("80's up-tempo songs I haven't heard in three months"), choice of visualizers (screen-saver effects that dance to the music), closed captioning for videos and TV, Cover Flow view, and a graphic equalizer.

The Smart Playlists function is relatively easy to use -- there is even a Web site, www.smartplaylists.com, devoted to creating them -- but it is more difficult than simply clicking on Shuffle, and it seems to be popular among more technically inclined iPod owners.