[bolsen21]

Hi,

I'm starting to get the hang of Kodi smartlists but I need help with two things:

1. I don't understand how to integrate the feature with IMDB.  Out of the box, we can create a smartlist with the IMDB Top 250, but I'd like to make other lists like the Top 100 Christmas Movies https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000096828/.
   
2. Other people are manually creating the smart playlists, but how are they doing this without copying and pasting the data?  There must be a trick or tool for doing this?
   

I've read dozens of posts about this, and the information is overwhelming since a lot of it's old or simply pointing back to the smartlist wiki.  Can someone help with a how-to?

[bolsen21]

Hi,

I'm starting to get the hang of Kodi smartlists but I need help with two things:

1. I don't understand how to integrate the feature with IMDB.  Out of the box, we can create a smartlist with the IMDB Top 250, but I'd like to make other lists like the Top 100 Christmas Movies https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000096828/.
   
2. Other people are manually creating the smart playlists, but how are they doing this without copying and pasting the data?  There must be a trick or tool for doing this?
   

I've read dozens of posts about this, and the information is overwhelming since a lot of it's old or simply pointing back to the smartlist wiki.  Can someone help with a how-to? 

Can't figure out how to edit the first post but here's an example of the Top 250 playlist.  It doesn't give any insight to how it works with IMDB.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
    <name></name>
    <match>all</match>
</smartplaylist>

[bolsen21]

And the two last things I would like help with are:

1. How can I store my playlists on a file share to be used between two computers?
   
2. How do I edit posts so I don't have to make 3 different ones?
   

[Harro]

Can't figure out how to edit the first post but here's an example of the Top 250 playlist.  It doesn't give any insight to how it works with IMDB.

I will get you started on the first 5.

Code:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
    <name>Top 100 Christmas Movies of all time</name>
    <match>one</match>
    <rule field="title" operator="is">
<value>It's a Wonderful Life</value>
<value>Die Hard</value>
<value>Scrooge</value>
<value>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</value>
<value>A Christmas Story</value>
</rule>
</smartplaylist>

To get the list from IMDB:
 

[Karellen]

How do I edit posts so I don't have to make 3 different ones?

You cannot yet. You are still a Junior Member, so you need a bit more activity on the forum for full membership.

[bolsen21]

Hi,

Thank you for the responses.  Here's what I've learned:

• Smart Playlists have no secret integration into IMDB or any other provider.  The Top 250 works because it uses the tags within the movie scraper metadata.
  
• Smart Playlists are not "smart" according to modern definition and expectation.  They're more like "Advanced playlists" with filtering mechanisms that rely on the movie scraper metadata.  Once you understand this, it makes sense why there's no online integration or "intelligence" behind it.  Note I'm not trying to be negative - just knowledge leveling adjusting the expectation for myself and anyone else who has these questions.
  • Really seems like there should be a service or something that can create these automatically.  Maybe I'll reach out to Tiny Media manager and see if they'll help.
    
• You can export the list of movies from an IMDB list, but you still have to manually create the playlist.  There is no conversion or tool to help you out.
  

Final question - How can I store my playlists in a shared folder so they can be used by two devices?

[jeffski10]

Final question - How can I store my playlists in a shared folder so they can be used by two devices? 

You need to use the advancedsettings.xml on each machine and override the playlist location. https://kodi.wiki/view/Advancedsettings.xml 

<pathsubstitution>
        <substitute>
            <from>special://profile/playlists/</from>
            <to>smb://xxx/UserData/Playlists/</to>
        </substitute>
</pathsubstitution>