Random Smart Playlist

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Random Smart Playlist

Hi,

I like to go to sleep with a tv show playing. I have created a playlist to pick 5 random episodes of that tv show and have it automatically update by adding a parameter based on last played. The only problem is when the first episode is done playing it immediately gets taken off the playlist and a new one is added to the bottom, which causes the playlist to play indefinitely, instead of only the 5 episodes. I thought by changing the parameter to "last played not in the last 1 day" it would wait 24 hours to boot items from the list, but it still takes effect immediately. Anyone have any idea of how I can set the playlist up to only play 5 episodes at a time, but the next night have 5 new random episodes?

Posted on Feb 25, 2013 2:30 PM

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ed2345

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Feb 25, 2013 3:25 PM in response to hoover4040

Hoover, there is no way to tell a smart playlist to stop playing after 5 tracks. But here is an idea that should work:

Put the episodes in a regular playlist, and sort by Last Played, with the least recently played at the bottom. Make sure Shuffle is off, and start playback with the 5th from the bottom.

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