Embedded media recommendations

A method of operation of a portable media player, comprising:

• receiving, by the portable media player, recommendations for each of a plurality of media presentations stored on the portable media player, wherein for each one of the plurality of media presentations, the recommendations identify at least one recommended media presentation accessible from a network service recommended for the one of the plurality of media presentations;
• storing, by the portable media player, the recommendations in a storage unit of the portable media player;
• and
• facilitating, by the portable media player, playback of the plurality of media presentations and the recommended media presentations identified by the recommendations on the portable media player.

A portable media player comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to:
• receive recommendations for each of a plurality of media presentations stored on the portable media player, wherein for each one of the plurality of media presentations, the recommendations identify at least one of others of the plurality of media presentations stored on the portable media player recommended for the one of the plurality of media presentations;
• store the recommendations in a storage unit of the portable media player;
• and
• facilitate playback of the plurality of media presentations on the portable media player based on the recommendations;
• wherein in order to facilitate playback of the plurality of media presentations on the portable media player based on the recommendations, the control system is further adapted to:
• play a select one of the plurality of media presentations;
• and
• play a number of media presentations from a subset of the plurality of media presentations stored on the portable media player that are identified by a user-defined number of levels of the recommendations directly and indirectly associated with the select one of the plurality of media presentations.

A portable media player comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to:
• receive recommendations for each of a plurality of media presentations stored on the portable media player, wherein for each one of the plurality of media presentations, the recommendations identify at least one recommended media presentation accessible from a network service recommended for the one of the plurality of media presentations;
• store the recommendations in a storage unit of the portable media player;
• and
• facilitate playback of the plurality of media presentations and the recommended media presentations identified by the recommendations on the portable media player.