Last Played Criteria for Auto Playlist

Alright--I'm trying to make a go of WMP for the sake of my XBox--I've always
been an iTunes user. Alright, so I've come to terms with the significant
limitations of Auto Playlists (which seem to use OR connectors rather than
AND), but the limitations of the individual criteria are most concerning. I
listen to just about one playlist: my 4 and 5 star songs that I haven't
listened to in the past year. In iTunes, this is easy. In WMP, I can
include the criteria "Date Last Played is Before 1 Year Ago," but that seems
to exclude any songs that that don't have an entry for the "Last Played"
field. (Since I just imported my library to WMP, that's most of my songs.)
Any ideas? Can I get plug-ins or something to give me more than the "Is
Before" or "Is More Recent Than" options, like iTunes' "Last Played is not in
the last x months?" For that matter, why does WMP only allow preset times?
Is this in the name of usability? Even computer illiterates can fill in how
many days/weeks/months they want in their Auto Playlist criteria.

Maybe the link below is of use as it explains how to make AND and OR logic

http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/SW/WMP/Playlist.htm



"KaptainMidnite" wrote:

> Alright--I'm trying to make a go of WMP for the sake of my XBox--I've always
> been an iTunes user. Alright, so I've come to terms with the significant
> limitations of Auto Playlists (which seem to use OR connectors rather than
> AND), but the limitations of the individual criteria are most concerning. I
> listen to just about one playlist: my 4 and 5 star songs that I haven't
> listened to in the past year. In iTunes, this is easy. In WMP, I can
> include the criteria "Date Last Played is Before 1 Year Ago," but that seems
> to exclude any songs that that don't have an entry for the "Last Played"
> field. (Since I just imported my library to WMP, that's most of my songs.)
> Any ideas? Can I get plug-ins or something to give me more than the "Is
> Before" or "Is More Recent Than" options, like iTunes' "Last Played is not in
> the last x months?" For that matter, why does WMP only allow preset times?
> Is this in the name of usability? Even computer illiterates can fill in how
> many days/weeks/months they want in their Auto Playlist criteria.

My apologies for the bump, but I was struggling with this problem as
well, and I have finally found a workaround for Auto Playlists using the
Date Last Played condition, which don't include songs that haven't been
played yet. These songs will have a play count of 0, so you can simply
include them by OR-ing a condition "Play count: Total overall is 0".
Simple, but it works

Regards

--
Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk

KaptainMidnite wrote:
> Alright--I'm trying to make a go of WMP for the sake of my XBox--I've always
> been an iTunes user. Alright, so I've come to terms with the significant
> limitations of Auto Playlists (which seem to use OR connectors rather than
> AND), but the limitations of the individual criteria are most concerning. I
> listen to just about one playlist: my 4 and 5 star songs that I haven't
> listened to in the past year. In iTunes, this is easy. In WMP, I can
> include the criteria "Date Last Played is Before 1 Year Ago," but that seems
> to exclude any songs that that don't have an entry for the "Last Played"
> field. (Since I just imported my library to WMP, that's most of my songs.)
> Any ideas? Can I get plug-ins or something to give me more than the "Is
> Before" or "Is More Recent Than" options, like iTunes' "Last Played is not in
> the last x months?" For that matter, why does WMP only allow preset times?
> Is this in the name of usability? Even computer illiterates can fill in how
> many days/weeks/months they want in their Auto Playlist criteria.