Create Playlist using ID3 Composer or Artist or Year or Original Artist fields?

[radiokishore]

Hi Team - I am very new to Radio DJ and just going through all the tutorials and have created my first playlist, manual event, rotation and it has been a great learning so far. I am not sure if this query has been raised before but is there a way for me to create a playlist using ID3 tags like composer or artist or original artist or year. I have a 100 tracks ranging from year 1960 to 1990 - I know I can use the category "Music" and subcategory of 60s or 70s or 80s or 90s to have playlists by different years. However, what if I wanted to create playlists based on the composer name or the label names that I have painstakingly keyed in the ID3 for each of the 100 tags. Is that anyway possible?

Cheers,
Radio Kishore
www.zeno.fm/radiokishore/

[stevewa]

If the ID3 tags have been imported into Radiodj database and are displayed in track details, you can use sql queries in a rotation to pick songs

[radiokishore]

Thank you @Stevewa - I can see the ID3 information all complete for each track when I go to "Edit Track" and in "Details" tab of the window that opens up. How can I check if that same information has fed into the backend database.

Would you be able to share with me one example query - let's say what if I wanted to add all the tracks to a new playlist where the composer name is "ABC" then what would that sample query be. I also read somewhere that we cannot create a playlist using SQL but we can create rotations using SQL. Whats the difference between a playlist and a rotation in RadioDJ application and is it more important to have a rotation than a playlist (assuming we can use SQL to create rotations but not playlist). Still learning through this application so looking forward to your help and support

Cheers,
Radio Kishore