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Post by cpirate on May 1, 2014 19:55:12 GMT -5
Hey M8,
I am trying to create a smart playlist, the playlist is made up of several different artists of my choice.
I created the smart list with a title, order by Artist, Match Any Rule and then one by one added a line for Artist, Contains and the the "Artist name" of my choice.
But this produces a list with only two artist and not the 12 I progrmmed. tried both equals and contains, no difference in result
Can I list all artists in one field sepersted by ; or something?
Cheers
Steve
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Post by GoneMAD on May 2, 2014 17:38:03 GMT -5
It works correctly for me. Be sure the artists do not contain an extra space after their name. I originally only had one artist show up until removed the trailing spaces
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Post by cpirate on May 3, 2014 21:15:41 GMT -5
Thanks. That was the problem. dont know why there was empty space after the names I entered, guess an android keyboard thing.
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Post by phage80 on Jun 25, 2014 0:00:58 GMT -5
I have been trying to get this to work with no luck will not populate at all, can do a single artist but ; is not working as a separator.
There are no leading spaces have tried with a several artists even those with no spaces and nothing works.
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Post by GoneMAD on Jun 25, 2014 0:26:36 GMT -5
I have been trying to get this to work with no luck will not populate at all, can do a single artist but ; is not working as a separator. There are no leading spaces have tried with a several artists even those with no spaces and nothing works. creating a list of artists separated by ; is not a feature and not mentioned anywhere.. so that is why it doesnt work. You need a rule for every artist |
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Post by phage80 on Jun 25, 2014 2:14:12 GMT -5
Ah misunderstood what was working in second post, been trying to combine artist selection and rating in a smart playlist and sadly does not work with multiple artist entries.
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Post by GoneMAD on Jun 25, 2014 8:13:28 GMT -5
Ah misunderstood what was working in second post, been trying to combine artist selection and rating in a smart playlist and sadly does not work with multiple artist entries. i had no issues as long as each artist was in its own rule.. but if you are trying ti do something like specific artists with specific ratings.. yeah i dont think that is possible with how its set up. There very well could be a limit on the number of rules. A smart playlist is just turned into one long sql statement used to query the database. I've never reached a limit but sqlite/android might have one. |
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Post by phage80 on Jun 25, 2014 11:51:52 GMT -5
Yeah the problem I run into is when I add the rating entry it pulls all songs match it not just the artists entered.
Presumably because it has to be match any rule.
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Post by GoneMAD on Jun 25, 2014 12:04:00 GMT -5
ah yea that would be because its set to match any rule. Eventually i'd like more complex logic ie: (A or B) and C, but that becomes tricky to do a good UI for on a mobile device
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Post by greggw on Sept 19, 2014 21:11:15 GMT -5
I would like to support the idea of more complex logic for smart playlists. I would like to dynamically create a playlist containing several genres (Rock/pop .or. Smooth jazz .or. Soft rock) AND a minimum rating (three stars or higher). I could also accomplish this goal by being able to list several genres (using a specified separating character) in one rule and the minimum rating in another rule.
I understand the potential difficulty of handling complex logic in a small UI like a phone. Perhaps one way to implement more complex language would be to allow a smart playlist to specify another playlist as a starting point. That way, I could have one playlist that selects by genre and a second playlist that combines the first playlist and a minimum rating.
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Post by GoneMAD on Sept 20, 2014 10:39:53 GMT -5
I would like to support the idea of more complex logic for smart playlists. I would like to dynamically create a playlist containing several genres (Rock/pop .or. Smooth jazz .or. Soft rock) AND a minimum rating (three stars or higher). I could also accomplish this goal by being able to list several genres (using a specified separating character) in one rule and the minimum rating in another rule. I understand the potential difficulty of handling complex logic in a small UI like a phone. Perhaps one way to implement more complex language would be to allow a smart playlist to specify another playlist as a starting point. That way, I could have one playlist that selects by genre and a second playlist that combines the first playlist and a minimum rating. i know exactly what your saying and actually have something similar in one of my personal projects i worked on years ago (media library for the pc). Basically the ability to AND/OR 2 smart playlists together. While its a nice idea i dont see myself getting back to improving smart playlists anytime soon. There is an entry on the trello board for it tho. trello.com/c/juvmbuzT |
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