iPod Genius is Really a DJ on Tap

[Jester2k USAF]

If it is getting info from genere, year, ect it might be a good time to update your ID3 tags. For those of you that don't keep an organized collection I don't envy that task.

 

[rsd]

Oh damn, that will teach me for not being so anal about ID3 tags, with over 40,000 songs it might take some time untill Genius will work well for me.

its just one of those tasks i keep putting off and putting off and putting o......

oh well

 

[wordmunger]

Doesn't work over the network, which is how I play music 99 percent of the time. It might be a neat feature, but I'm not going to be using it.

 

[steviem]

I quite like it, once 2.1 comes out for the iPhone I will be finding a song and making a genius list on the fly instead of always being on shuffle with it.

 

[jockmock]

It works pretty well. What I like is that it takes the songs you don't listen to that much from albums and put them in the playlist so they fit nicely in there. I've find it works really well with endings and starts. If a song ends abruptly, the next song is usually building up its intro. If it ends slowly, the next song can be instantly fast. I really really like this. I don't see how it will become more clever by user submissions though. I think the intelligence thing only applies to the recommendations you get from the iTunes store

 

[jockmock]

Doesn't work over the network, which is how I play music 99 percent of the time. It might be a neat feature, but I'm not going to be using it.

Does to, read engadget.com, first page

 

[burningbright]

I think quite a few pub DJs will be looking for some new work... Still, maybe that means cheaper beer!

 

[muymoo]

So far I've been really impressed. It definitely doesn't go just on genre or date. Should be only a matter of time before the process is out in the open.