Hi there,
i tried to figure out, how to use the new smartlist feature. I tried several times and did it as described in the blogpost. I was not very successful.
Is it possible that i choose a special track for example “Laura Branigan - Self Control” and create a smart playlist based on that one song? It should be an intelligent mix from all artist similar to that song.
I wish there could be a feature “Add to Smart Playlist” in the “three dot menu” behind every track and the smart playlist would recognize my personal taste and add it intelligent.
I can’t describe it better, but it is to complicated to me and i dont’ use it, cause the result is more frustrating to me and time consuming.
If i want “Front 242 - Tyranny for you” as based song for my smart list, it will add only “Front 242” songs and not similar songs. Probably i am simply to stupid to use that smart list feature, but it is to complicated to me.
That is not what a smart playlist is. Go to the Album page, open focus, select some criteria, a smart playlist button will appear click it, and you’ve set a smart playlist. (You need to be on a Tablet or PC, I don’t think it works on the phone UI, as, I’ve never tested it).
The smart playlist is just a saved set of library (album or track) filter criteria, not much different than a bookmark really.
Thank you very much for reply. But if a “smart” Playlist can’t do similar to one artist or song, then it is not very “smart”. I don’t get and understand the smart list feature then. So it is totally useless and complicated to me. I just can do a bookmark of “Laura Branigan” and play the album instead of struggling into focus features and try to get out a random generated intelligent playlist, with similar songs to “Self Control” for example.
Thank you anyway for explaining. The roon feature is totally useless to me then, i don’t need it. If i use Tidal connect and click on “Radio” it does a very smart playlist and very similar to the artist or song. So i am using Tidal Radio for that. I thought the Roon smart list feature is exactly the same and just do it with my local database.
Thank you for help, it is probably me or i am to stupid to handle and understand that feature
That is what Roon Radio is for… pick a song and then have Roon pick more stuff like that. If you want the random picked tracks to be in a playlist, then just add them to one as Roon picks them, or, as a whole group at one time from the played Q or History.
I guess the point is setting up a playlist and as you add music to your library the albums (or tracks) get automatically included in the playlist focus if they meet the criteria.
By making it a playlist, then the focus has access to preset playlist functions, like move, copy, export, etc that is not as easily done with just a bookmark. Also, bookmarks cannot be used by ARC, but, playlists can.