On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Merlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ezkcdude;338809 Wrote: >> .....OTOH, MusicIP can identify every single song in your library and >> let you create mixes based on every song. Genius can't do that... > > It does create playlists using the music already on your PC. In Itunes > 8 a new playlist called 'Genius' is automatically created. Just start > playing a track from your library then click on that playlist - you'll > have a bunch of similar songs in there. > > > -- > Merlin
The previous poster's point was that MusicIP performs an acoustical analysis on every track in your library and can offer suggestions for any of them. I downloaded iTunes 8 yesterday to try out the Genius functions, and the first three tracks I played generated no Genius playlist or recommendations. I thought maybe it was just broken, but I found a track that worked eventually. At first I postulated like the previous poster that it only worked on songs that are for sale in the iTunes Music Store, but a little investigation showed this not to be the case, either. I tested with an album which is not for sale on iTMS (nor are any of its tracks available in compilations or anything), and found that about 50% of its tracks were capable of generating Genius playlists, and the other half caused iTunes to tell me the song was "unavailable for Genius". It's possible that these tracks will become mixable as Apple analyzes more data uploaded by additional users, but I don't really know how their system works, so. MusicIP, on the other hand, can analyze literally any audio file you give it and do its best to make recommendations. With regard to iPod Classic functionality, I believe you won't get the playlist called "Genius" on your iPod, but if you like a Genius playlist you have, you can use the "Save Playlist" button to create a playlist that can be synced to your iPod. I'll give that a little more examination at home tonight, though. -Steve _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
