Hello Microsoft

I would be thankful if you put in a Autoplaylist in WMP 11 that show's witch
song who has been most played. Like iTunes have and WinAmp have it too

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:50:01 -0800, Alexander Kirsebom
<AlexanderKirsebom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hello Microsoft
>
>I would be thankful if you put in a Autoplaylist in WMP 11 that show's witch
>song who has been most played. Like iTunes have and WinAmp have it too


Sure there is, though the interface is more advanced than previously
(i.e. you can add and search more fields) - you get to make them
yourself in excruciating detail if necessary.

In WM11, go to Playlists in the Library, and right-click the Playlists
text. A menu appears with "Create Auto Playlist". Choose that.

Now you can name that playlist, and click the first (+) box.

Add criteria, scroll down the list until you get to Play Count : Total
Overall. Now you can click the text 'Is Greater than' and choose that,
Less than or "Is".

Then click the text 'click to set', for example if you want all files
that've been played more than 10 times. This is a "filter" on the
results. You *must* enter a play count to save this playlist, I'd
suggest using 2 or 3 as the value for number of plays.

Next, choose Add Criteria agin, on the first (+) box.

Now scroll down to the Sort By field. Choose in 'click to set' the
Play Count (or you can use Morning or Evening as preferred). Ascending
is automatically selected, change it to Descending which is what you
want here (so the most played are at the top of the playlist).

Finally, click the bottom (+) box., and Limit total number of items to
(say) 30, so you don't get *everything* in the library ordered by play
count ;-)


OK it sounds a little complex but it's easy to work out. In fact what
you've just done is probably your first "query by example" which is a
common way to access databases with lots of types of data in them.

Save that playlist and you should be good to go - the first column in
the resulting view is the number of times it's been played ;-)


Cheers - Neil

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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Neil, My problem is that the play count doesn't update when it syncs.
Actually, sometimes they update, sometimes they don't. What's with this?

Eric

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:50:01 -0800, Alexander Kirsebom
> <AlexanderKirsebom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello Microsoft
> >
> >I would be thankful if you put in a Autoplaylist in WMP 11 that show's witch
> >song who has been most played. Like iTunes have and WinAmp have it too
>
>
> Sure there is, though the interface is more advanced than previously
> (i.e. you can add and search more fields) - you get to make them
> yourself in excruciating detail if necessary.
>
> In WM11, go to Playlists in the Library, and right-click the Playlists
> text. A menu appears with "Create Auto Playlist". Choose that.
>
> Now you can name that playlist, and click the first (+) box.
>
> Add criteria, scroll down the list until you get to Play Count : Total
> Overall. Now you can click the text 'Is Greater than' and choose that,
> Less than or "Is".
>
> Then click the text 'click to set', for example if you want all files
> that've been played more than 10 times. This is a "filter" on the
> results. You *must* enter a play count to save this playlist, I'd
> suggest using 2 or 3 as the value for number of plays.
>
> Next, choose Add Criteria agin, on the first (+) box.
>
> Now scroll down to the Sort By field. Choose in 'click to set' the
> Play Count (or you can use Morning or Evening as preferred). Ascending
> is automatically selected, change it to Descending which is what you
> want here (so the most played are at the top of the playlist).
>
> Finally, click the bottom (+) box., and Limit total number of items to
> (say) 30, so you don't get *everything* in the library ordered by play
> count ;-)
>
>
> OK it sounds a little complex but it's easy to work out. In fact what
> you've just done is probably your first "query by example" which is a
> common way to access databases with lots of types of data in them.
>
> Save that playlist and you should be good to go - the first column in
> the resulting view is the number of times it's been played ;-)
>
>
> Cheers - Neil
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>

Syncs to what ? Some devices may maintain play counts when played on
the device - but I'm not sure how many or how often those are updated
(or even if the play count is added to that when played in WMP)


Cheers - Neil

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:36:01 -0800, Captain_Eric
<CaptainEric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Neil, My problem is that the play count doesn't update when it syncs.
>Actually, sometimes they update, sometimes they don't. What's with this?
>
>Eric
>
>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:50:01 -0800, Alexander Kirsebom
>> <AlexanderKirsebom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello Microsoft
>> >
>> >I would be thankful if you put in a Autoplaylist in WMP 11 that show's witch
>> >song who has been most played. Like iTunes have and WinAmp have it too
>>
>>
>> Sure there is, though the interface is more advanced than previously
>> (i.e. you can add and search more fields) - you get to make them
>> yourself in excruciating detail if necessary.
>>
>> In WM11, go to Playlists in the Library, and right-click the Playlists
>> text. A menu appears with "Create Auto Playlist". Choose that.
>>
>> Now you can name that playlist, and click the first (+) box.
>>
>> Add criteria, scroll down the list until you get to Play Count : Total
>> Overall. Now you can click the text 'Is Greater than' and choose that,
>> Less than or "Is".
>>
>> Then click the text 'click to set', for example if you want all files
>> that've been played more than 10 times. This is a "filter" on the
>> results. You *must* enter a play count to save this playlist, I'd
>> suggest using 2 or 3 as the value for number of plays.
>>
>> Next, choose Add Criteria agin, on the first (+) box.
>>
>> Now scroll down to the Sort By field. Choose in 'click to set' the
>> Play Count (or you can use Morning or Evening as preferred). Ascending
>> is automatically selected, change it to Descending which is what you
>> want here (so the most played are at the top of the playlist).
>>
>> Finally, click the bottom (+) box., and Limit total number of items to
>> (say) 30, so you don't get *everything* in the library ordered by play
>> count ;-)
>>
>>
>> OK it sounds a little complex but it's easy to work out. In fact what
>> you've just done is probably your first "query by example" which is a
>> common way to access databases with lots of types of data in them.
>>
>> Save that playlist and you should be good to go - the first column in
>> the resulting view is the number of times it's been played ;-)
>>
>>
>> Cheers - Neil
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>>
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Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs