The Filter iTunes Plugin: Create Automatic Playlists

October 12th, 2006 • Related • Filed Under

Filed Under: MP3 & Video

Tags: iTunes, MP3, Music, plugins

I’ve wanted functionality like this for ages. The Filter is a great iTunes plugin that automatically creates playlists when you select a few songs and click on the big black “F” button. So, rather than randomly browsing through your music collection The Filter can build playlists in seconds to fit your mood.

The Filter is particularly great if you have a big music library. I have nearly 16,000 tracks in mine or 47.7 days of music, so The Filter is great at adding tracks to playlists that I haven’t heard for a while or forgotten I had. Now I’m creating on-the-fly playlists everyday for free.

To give The Filter a go yourself click here.

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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   Comment by Rinky_Dink on 16 October 2006:

   Bloody hell - this is what I’ve been looking for! I saw this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTP0hFW6LUM and was curious and did some research and wow - it works a treat - death to the shuffle and smart playlists…
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   Comment by Everton Blair on 16 October 2006:

   yeah, it is pretty sweet I can’t believe how good some of the music I’ve ‘acquired’ or haven’t listened to for a while is
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   Trackback by gHacks tech news on 30 October 2006:

   Create Automatic iTunes Playlists with the Filter…

   One of the blogs that I’m regularly visiting is Connected Internet from my friend Everton Blair. He writes mainly about the same topics that I write about (with a slight british touch) and once in a while I find a interesting story that I would l…
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   Comment by Draconis on 14 November 2006:

   Did you know that this plugin was made by none other than Peter Gabriel himself? its awesome. You can find the video here too:

   http://www.thefilter.com/video.html
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   Comment by Everton Blair on 15 November 2006:

   Are you sure??? I had a look and I couldn’t see his name anywhere
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   Comment by Brent on 28 January 2008:

   I am trying to get started making plugins for itunes.. does anybody know any good tutorials on this or can lead me in a direction to get started?
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   Pingback by Create Automatic iTunes Playlists with the Filter - Ken’sTechnology Blog on 2 July 2008:

   [...] and once in a while I find a interesting story that I would like to write about at ghacks as well. He discovered a automatic playlist generator for iTunes called The [...]

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