Auto playlist generation with multiple seed songs

A user interface that facilitates playlist generation comprising:

• a media library pane that displays information about a media collection and adds and/or removes selected tracks to and from a playlist;
• and
• a playlist pane that displays the playlist, the playlist being regenerated by a playlist generator on each addition or removal of selected tracks and other tracks similar thereto and being a function of the plurality of added tracks and removed tracks;
• the playlist generator calculating a final similarity value for one or more candidate tracks by way of using a preference function to aggregate calculated similarity values for each added and removed track, and determining if a candidate track will be included in the playlist based at least in part on the final similarity value.

A method that facilitates playlist generation, the method comprising:

• computing a plurality of similarity values between a plurality of seed media items and a candidate media item;
• multiplying each of said plurality of similarity values by associated individual seed media item weighting factors;
• aggregating the multiplied similarity values into a final similarity metric;
• automatically generating a new playlist by adding or removing candidate media items most similar or dissimilar to the plurality of seed media items, respectively.

A method that facilitates playlist generation comprising:

• displaying a collection of media items;
• selecting a desirable seed media item from the collection of media;
• adding the desirable seed media item to a playlist;
• automatically regenerating the playlist based at least in part on metadata associated with the desirable seed media item, the playlist selectively including similar media items from to collection of media items, whereby the similar media items included on the playlist are automatically selected based on similarities to the desirable seed media item;
• displaying the playlist;
• selecting an undesirable seed item from the playlist;
• removing the undesirable seed media item from the playlist;
• and
• automatically regenerating the playlist at least in part by employing a preference function to compute a final similarity value from a plurality of similarity values based on metadata associated with the desirable seed media item and the undesirable seed media item, the playlist selectively including media items similar to the desired seed media item and selectively removing media items similar to the undesired seed media item.

A method that facilitates playlist generation comprising:

• displaying a collection of media items;
• selecting a desirable seed media item from the collection of media items;
• adding the desirable seed media item to a playlist;
• generating the playlist based at least in part on metadata associated with the desirable seed media item, the playlist selectively including similar media items from the collection of media items;
• displaying the playlist;
• selecting additional desirable seed media item from the playlist;
• adding the additional desirable seed media item to the playlist;
• and
• regenerating the playlist by automatically adding media items that are similar to the additional desirable seed media item based at least in part by utilizing a preference function to compute a final similarity value from a plurality of similarity values based on metadata associated with the desirable seed media item and the additional desired seed media item.

A computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions of components operable to perform a method that facilitates playlist generation, comprising:

• a component for computing a plurality of similarity metrics for a plurality of seed media items and a candidate media item to produce a plurality of similarity values;
• a component for multiplying the plurality of similarity values by individual seed media item weighting factors;
• a component for aggregating the multiplied similarity values into a final similarity value;
• a component that automatically generates a new playlist by adding or removing candidate items most similar or dissimilar to the plurality of seed media items, respectively.