Jesse,
yes, you can base a playlist on a playlist too. So if you do one that does the first cut and then base the next playlist on the first playlist, you'll get exactly what you want.
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Jesse,
yes, you can base a playlist on a playlist too. So if you do one that does the first cut and then base the next playlist on the first playlist, you'll get exactly what you want.
Did it! Phew -- it took me way to long to figure out what should be in the first playlist for the second to work.
I have a meta-Smart Playlist which consists of:
This blend results in a bunch of old favorites that I haven't heard in a while, new-ish songs that I'm excited about, and an infusion of songs that I'm still making my mind up about. And if I don't get around to rating them in two weeks, the 12-week timeout will give them in theory four more tries in the next year.
I use Safari as my browser at home, but I have so much trouble with the new york times website using it that I've taken to openign up Firefox whenever I want to read the paper. Am I doing something stupid - maybe bad seetings?, or does the Times just not play nice with Safari? (The problems are very very slow page load times and lots of spinning beachball of doom).
Gah! You used to be able to go to Walmart.com and download their 30 second samples for the CD stuff. But I can't save them from either IE or Opera now. I need the Miami Vice theme as my ringtone!
Anyone know anywhere else one can get lots of snippets (but not a pop up laden crap site)?
Can't you still get snippets from Amazon? For most stuff, anyway?
On Amazon, when I click to save (instead of listen) it prompts me to save hurl.asf. Which I can't then play in Windows Media Player.
Hmm. Can you send me a full link to the cd you're looking at? I like trying to unravel these things, and it's a slow work day...
Here it is. Thanks for the effort.
Actually, never mind. ASF implies it uses the windows media streaming system (i originally read that as ASP) - it's designed so that you can't save, if I understand it correctly. Obnoxious.
There's almost certainly programs out there that let you capture ASF streams to something saveable, but it's almost certainly not worth the trouble.
I'm afraid most sites are gonna use the same system, though. Allmusic does, apparently.
ETA: I use the phrase "almost certainly" too much.
ETA2: Here are some WMP stream capturing programs, if you're interested in trying them out.