December 07, 2013

New feature: Search and sort by Date Added

So finally, you can search and sort by Date Added in SmartPlaylist v7.1 (should be out before Christmas).

Search with the rule "Added":


Mix and sort with "Added":

Look up "Added":


December 03, 2013

Also coming: Search by Date Added !!!

Seems like there now is a way to get a song's Date Added! Will offer this as a rule (Added x days/weeks/months/years ago).

Finally!

New feature: Quick Search in list

The next version of SmartPlaylist (v7.1) will feature a quick search in the list view similar to the one in iTunes:

SmartPlaylist searches the following text fields: genre, composer, grouping, artist album-artist, album-name, title and comments.
It also uses the given amount of "*" to filter by minimum rating.
In the above example the original list W was filtered with "alasd ***", leaving 44 songs (out of the complete list) with at least 3 stars and with "alasd" in one of the text fields.

Another example: "boar key" will find songs with "Keyboard" in the title or album-name, etc.

In SmartPlaylist's help (Menu > Help) you can learn about some additional features:
If only 1 specific text field should be used for the search, prefix "G:" (genre), „C:“ (composer), „GR:“ (grouping), „A:“ (artist), "AA:“ (album-artist), "AT:" (album-title), "T:" (title) or „CM:" (comments).
Example: "G:jaz ***" gets all items with a rating of at least 3, whose genre contains "jaz".


By the way: You can now load all your songs with "Load" without entering any rules (before there was a message "Please enter search rules").


October 26, 2013

Update because of iOS 7.0.3

iOS 7.0.3 necessitates a small update to shift the playback position indicator in "Now Playing" back by 6 pixels to its proper place.
Plus: SmartPlaylist will now maintain its own shuffle mode to prevent unwanted changes when the Music app interferes (especially when using album shuffle).

==> SmartPlaylist v7.0.1, out in about 7 days.

October 08, 2013

Preview at iOS 7 version (iPhone)

UPDATE: Released on 21.10.2013
The iOS 7 version for the iPhone is now ready. Unfortunately it is not possible to make an iPhone-only update, I must also update the iPad version. This will take me another week or two.

Basically it is just a new look (you like it or you don't), but it is also a simplified user interface. All the functions are still there, but some in a more simplified manner. The playback control now only offers the shuffle and repeat modes, plus the speed control (+ or -), because you can now use the iOS' Control Centre to play/pause/skip, etc.