Playlist folder track count

The number of tracks visible when I click on a playlist folder is not always equal to the number of tracks that playlist folder contains.


For example: Playlist folder A contains smart playlists 1-3. It also contains playlist folder B, which in turn contains smart playlists 4-6. Each smart playlist contains five tracks, totaling thirty tracks. Yet when I click on Playlist folder A, the number of tracks displayed is only twenty-five.


(Note: these are hypothetical playlist titles and track counts, for simplicity's sake, but describe the problem accurately!)


Anyone have any idea what causes this?

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iTunes 12.1.2.27 / iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) / 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 / 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 / OSX Yosemite 10.10.3

Posted on Jun 13, 2015 11:47 AM

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Aug 6, 2017 10:06 AM in response to ed2345

Same persisting problem here. A playlist folder count doesn't necessarily reflect its content count. E.g.: in my library I found a playlist folder containing 2 regular playlists each containing 500 different tracks : total for the folder 500... It happens everywhere in my playlist library. Most of the time with mixed contents: folders, regular and smart playlists. Any advice would be welcome

Aug 6, 2017 10:47 AM in response to tompei

Tom,


As far as I can tell, it is still working the same as my post above from 2015. The playlist folder count is the number of unique tracks, which is often less than the sum of the tracks in the subtending playlist playlists. There is also no particular limit of 500, as I have playlist folders with well over 1000 tracks.

Aug 6, 2017 2:22 PM in response to ed2345

500 is an arbitrary number, can be 145, 967... Each playlist folder containing strictly different tracks. Playlist folders count don't always reflect the exact content. I have a said 1829 items playlist folder containing 2458 different tracks... Indeed the Folders playlists may be buged or my library severly corrupted, but I happen to have just rebuild it by the book. Some folders get it right, some other don't...

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