Playlists
- Creating Playlists
- Special Playlists
Playlist
Now that we've located the source of our music, let's take a look at the tracks themselves.
I've selected my CD in the Source column, so the center area of the iTunes window now lists the CD's tracks. Notice that iTunes automatically displays the track number, song title, track time, artist, album title, and genre. If this information has not been located by CDDB (see below) or entered manually, these columns may be blank or labeled with a generic "Artist" or "Track 01" entry. Homemade compilation CDs are usually displayed in this way.
Let's take a look at some of the symbols used in the Playlist window:
The blue speaker icon will appear beside a track when it is playing. Here, the highlighted track, "Big Empty," is currently playing.
Each track also has a checkbox beside it. Uncheck any songs that you don't want to be played. The checkbox will also be useful later when we copy tracks to the hard drive and Burning CDs.
Extra Hint: The CDDB (Gracenote CD Database) is an online database containing information about audio CDs, most notably including track titles. Many audio programs, including iTunes, connect automatically to the database and try to match your CD to those entered in the database. If a match is made, iTunes will input information about the audio tracks for you. For more information, visit www.gracenote.com. |
Watch the video
Choose Format/Speed
dial-up | broadband
dial-up | broadband
dial-up | broadband
Entire Tutorial
download
html transcript