Smart playlists: Getting organised

I've been trying to whip my iTunes library into shape for months now, and finally decided I needed to break down the job into manageable chunks. Using smart playlists I did just that and here’s how.

Missing Info

First things first I needed to sort out any tracks that were missing key info from their tags. My idea of key info is Title, Artist, Album or Album Artist. Genre is always lost on me, but if you like it then include that too.

Shorties

Songs shorter than 1 minute are crappy interludes or silent tracks 90% of the time. Have it only apply to unrated songs so you don’t include short songs you DO like.

No Rating

This is the bread and butter of my organisation. It’s simply any unrated track, chosen at random, up to a maximum of 100. I turned off live updating to prevent the song stopping as soon as you rate it. Remember: 1 star means delete!

To Delete

Following on from the ratings above, this just takes everything rated 1 star and pops it all in one place, ready to be purged from your library forever.

Any others you’d include in a selection of playlists for organising a music library?