Playlists

Needle has two kinds of playlists: saved playlists you create yourself, and smart playlists generated automatically from your library and listening history. Both appear in the sidebar.

Smart playlists

Needle automatically maintains several smart playlists based on your collection and listening habits:

Playlist	Description
Most played	Tracks you’ve played most frequently
Recently played	Tracks played in your last few sessions
Needs a first spin	Tracks in your library you’ve never played
Rediscover	Tracks you’ve played before but haven’t visited in a while
From your top genre	A focused mix from your most-listened genre

Creating a playlist from the Tracks view

The Tracks view is the main way to build a playlist. Use the search bar and filters (artist, genre, year range) to narrow down the tracks you want, then save the result as a playlist.

When saving, Needle asks you to choose a playlist type:

• Snapshot — saves the current set of tracks as a fixed playlist. Adding new music to your library won’t change it.
• Auto-updating — saves the search and filter state, not just the tracks. Needle re-runs the filters whenever your library changes, so the playlist stays current automatically.

Creating an empty playlist

Click + New playlist in the sidebar to create an empty playlist, then add tracks to it manually.

Adding tracks to a playlist

Use the Add to playlist action on any track or album. You can add to an existing playlist or create a new one during the add flow.

Playlist actions

From any playlist page you can Play, Shuffle, Play next, or Add to queue.

Managing playlists

Click a playlist in the sidebar to open it, then use the playlist actions to rename or delete it, reorder tracks, remove individual tracks, or clear the whole list.