Even before the need for physical exertion arose, I had been curious about adding beat per minute info to my iTunes library to help keep a good pace when walking or riding. There are plugins etc for WinAmp but nothing that automagically sorts out the BPM and adds it to the metadata for iTunes.
iTunes-BPM adds a simple floating window to iTunes that allows you to set the beats-per-minute value for the currently playing song by tapping along to the music.
This seems to work well enough, though. Create a new playlist (called ‘unbeaten’) and shuffle through it, tapping along for a few seconds to set the count.
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