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Cannot create a smart playlist with mixed type - GvdNest - 2021-07-09
Creating a smart playlist with Type=Mixed only creates an empty list.
What I am trying to achieve: To create a playlist that contains both Movies and Episodes from a folder called Comedies, which has Movies in subfolder MV and Episodes in subfolder TV.
I have a folder ...\Comedy containing two folders, TV (holds Episodes) and MV (holds Movies). I created Sources for both these folders and scanned both successfully to library. Entering the sources shows the content scanned to library.
Creating a smart playlist with type=mixed and path starts with .../Comedy (Full path entered, of course), results in an empty playlist.
Alternative method tried: Create two smart playlists. Type = Episodes for path starts with .../Comedy/TV (Full path entered, of course), and Type = Movies for path starts with .../Comedy/Mv (Full path entered, of course), both working. Then created smart playlist with Type = Mixed and Rules Playlist is Comedy Mv and Playlist is Comedy TV (One or more of the rules must match), again creates and empty playlist.
RE: Cannot create a smart playlist with mixed type - Lunatixz - 2021-07-09
Mixed only supports music.
RE: Cannot create a smart playlist with mixed type - Gade - 2021-07-09
Hi @GvdNest and welcome to the forums.
Thanks for reporting the issue.
However, this not a skin issue.
As @Lunatixz write, mixed content for smart playlists is only available for music.
https://kodi.wiki/view/Smart_playlists
Wiki Wrote:It is not possible to combine different classes of media into a playlist. eg you cannot combine Movies and TV Shows. The only combining allowed is Music and Music Videos as these may share a common Artist
RE: Cannot create a smart playlist with mixed type - GvdNest - 2021-07-09
(2021-07-09, 16:20)Gade Wrote: Hi @GvdNest and welcome to the forums.
Thanks for reporting the issue.
However, this not a skin issue.
As @Lunatixz write, mixed content for smart playlists is only available for music.
https://kodi.wiki/view/Smart_playlists
Wiki Wrote:It is not possible to combine different classes of media into a playlist. eg you cannot combine Movies and TV Shows. The only combining allowed is Music and Music Videos as these may share a common Artist
Thank you for your answers. I appreciate it.
RE: Cannot create a smart playlist with mixed type - Gade - 2021-07-09
No problem.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
I'll mark this thread as solved.