Smart Playlist - out of existing playlist

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Your question:

I organize my whole playlists in Apple Music. So, there are tons of existing playlist…
In dj pro I would like to have the possibility to create a smart playlist where the source is an already existing (Apple Music) playlist and add some more criteria:
e.g. "Select “playlist PartyRock” and year is >greater 2020
Do I miss something here or this might be a feature request :wink:
Thanks

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Hi @Andreas_Wierstorf, if you copy this playlist into a new playlist within the My Collection Source, you can use Filter rules and set one for Year.

EDIT: Correction. Filters are also available in the other Sources like Apple Music, SoundCloud, Beatport, etc.

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Ok, it’s a copy… So if source Apple playlist changes, this will not affect the new collection, right? So I would need something “relative” or “linked” … to the original playlist.

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Ooops! My mistake. I thought Filters were only available within My Collection. I just checked any they are available for Apple Music as well. So there should be no need to copy this playlist to My Collection after all.

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Ok, but again for my understanding - I could not create a smart playlist based on an existing playlist (from any source), right?

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Correct - in djay Pro 5:

  • there is no way to import a smart playlist, you have to create smart playlists manually
  • smart playlists copied from Apple Music - become static playlists in djay Pro
  • to backup and restore smart playlists in djay Pro - backup the djay Pro Library file. In macOS that is Music\djay\djay Media Library
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Thanks for the additional information @Michael_Wisniewski. As always, well explained!

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