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What's the algorithm for the 'recently played' playlist?

the_woollster

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Whenever I add new songs to my library and play them a few times they never show up in the recently played playlist. Ideally I want the last song I played to be #1, second #2 etc but instead it seems to be a function of number of times played and when they were played? Anyone know the deal?
 

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@Led, thanks for your trust in me.

To answer this question I have to start by explaining you that the 'recently played' playlist is a "Smart Playlist", i.e. you can edit as you like.

I have edited it in iTunes to show the last 100 played songs in the last month.

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I then enabled 'songs' view in View > View as ~> Songs.
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And sorted by Last Played by descending date, as in last played first.

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If you follow these steps this playlist and the way it's sorted will also transfer to all you devices with Music enabled.

Enjoy!
 

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