I use smartlists a lot. I primarily use them to populate my iPod so that I can listen to my music when I'm away from home (which is like almost all day). I figured that if I posted my smartlist code here, that y'all might post some of yours, and maybe I can get more ideas. The ones that start with the ! are my "radio station" smartlists... 2 hours of music based on a particular format.
Just a quick note about how COOL smartlists are and how much my musical life revolves around them. Make mine MJ! (BTW, these are all done with mj9 -- I'm not positive that they'll all work with v8)
!Chillout
Provides 2 hours of random chillout music.
genre=[Chillout] ~t=120 ~sort=random
!Favorites
Provides 2 hours of random favorites.
rating=4,5 mediatype=[audio] ~t=120 ~sort=random
!Library Picks
Provides 2 hours of random music, as long as it's not rated 1 or 2.
mediatype=[audio] -rating=1,2 ~t=120 ~sort=random
!Pop
Provides 2 hours of random pop music, but only if it's rated and if it doesn't suck.
genre=[Pop] rating=3,4,5 ~t=120 ~sort=random
!Rock
Provides 2 hours of random rock music.
playlistid==(Rock Essentials) ~t=120 ~sort=random
!Trip Hop
Provides 2 hours of random trip hop and techno.
playlistid==(Trippin') ~t=120 ~sort=random
Absolute Favorites
Just the 5-star songs.
rating=5 mediatype=[audio] ~sort=random
Colleen Likes Slower Stuff
Made to populate my iPod with songs that I normally wouldn't have on there, in case my wife wants to listen to them in the car or whilst working out.
genre=[Adult Contemporary],[Blues],[Comedy],[Country],[Folk],[Swing] ~sort=filename
Favorite Albums
Full albums from the "Favorite Songs" playlist.
playlistid==(Favorite Songs) ~a
Favorite Songs
4 and 5'ers.
rating=4,5 mediatype=[audio] ~sort=filename
New Rock
Well... new rock.
genre=[Rock] ~sort=random year==2002
Recently Imported Music
Okay, so I'm not that creative with smartlist names.
mediatype=[audio] ~sort[filename] dateimported=<10080
Rock Essentials
When you abosultely, positiviely, gotta ROCK!
genre=[Grunge],[Porn Groove],[Punk],[Punk Rap],[Rock] ~sort=random
Trippin'
One of my favorite smartlists.
genre=[Techno],[Trip Hop] ~sort=random
Wrap
When i'm in the mood to bust rhymes.
genre=[Rap] ~sort=random