New feature in v5.0: Search by groupings

New search criteria: groupings. Also available in the hierarchical MusicBrowser (Genres ➤ Composers  ➤ Groupings ➤ Artists ➤ Albums ➤ Titles)

NOTE: This feature does not work with iOS 4.0 and iOS 4.1.

Many more features in the future

Which of the following enhancements do you need most in SmartPlaylist?

1. Save rule-sets by name
2. Export and import rule-sets (to store, edit, mail, etc.)
3. Search in all text fields (artist, title, album, composer, comments, album artist, grouping) at the same time -- UPDATE: implemented in SmartPlaylist v7.1 (Quick search in list view)
4. Sort by multiple criteria (e.g. 1. by playCount, 2. by lastPlayed) -- UPDATE: implemented in SmartPlaylist v5.1
5. Search by grouping -- UPDATE: contained in SmartPlaylist v5.0
6. Search in lyrics -- UPDATE: will be implemented in SmartPlaylist v5.3
7. Filter by mediaType (only songs, only music videos, etc.)
8. See all the playlists a song belongs to

Please leave a comment here or write to Support.SmartPlaylist@gmail.com.

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New feature in v5.0: Add/remove individual songs (exceptions)

SmartPlaylist is rule-based, i.e. you get a set of songs according to the selection criteria (rules) you specify.

Well, now you can also add exceptions to the rules by adding or removing individual songs from one or multiple smart playlists:

In the playback control for the now playing title you can open an extra dialog where you can add ⊕ the now playing song to one or more lists (A, B, C, ...) or remove ⊖ the now playing song from one or more lists. Each list button cycles from "no exception" to "include" and "exclude", e.g. "A"→ "A⊕" → "A⊖" → "A".

In the above example the song "To Kutsavaki" is set to be excluded from list C and included in list F. When list F is reloaded, the selected song will be added to the result set and marked with "⊕":

These exceptions (includes /excludes) are only applied when the corresponding list is reloaded (with ⏎).
They appear as a new "rule" which can be edited:

So, whenever you are listening to a special song you like, you can now simply add it to a playlist of your choice without having to adapt the rules of this list. Likewise, if you dislike a song, you can quickly mark it for delete and with the next reload it will be removed.

Any questions or suggestion? Please write to Support.SmartPlaylist@gmail.com

New feature in v4.12: Fusion of different smart playlists into one

Until now you could only add / subtract / intersect the previous results with the new results within the same playlist.
Now you can add / subtract / intersect any of the existing smart playlists. You can have a smart playlist just to mix different lists into one (just fusion rules, no other rules), or you can mix the results of some rules with the results of other lists.

By simply tapping on "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" or "F" you cycle through the set operations "+" (union), "-" (minus) or "=" (intersection).
Adding is done first, then all subtractions are done, finally all intersections are executed.
In the above example for smart playlist "E", all songs with BPM < 160 are selected in the iPod music library, then these results are joined with the current results in list "B" and "D" and then this result set is intersected with list "A".

New feature in v4.12: Search/sort by BPM

You can now filter by BPM (beats per minute) to get only slow or only fast songs. Of course, this only works for songs that have a BPM value.