A problem exists with SmartLists that refer to other SmartLists.
If you create a SmartList (let's call it ListA), and then create another SmartList (let's call it ListB) that refers to ListA - either by including or excluding entries from ListA - nothing useful is accomplished; if you for example include ListA in ListB, ListB is empty which is clearly wrong.
I'm not sure exactly when this problem was introduced, but probably later than MC 10.0.129.
- Roar
I can't reproduce. Please give an exact example.
Create a Smartlist
ListRock with one rule:
[Genre]=[Rock]The Smartlist should not be created in a Playlist Group for this example, but the problem is not specific to Smartlists created as a "root" playlist.
This Smartlist contains all track of the
Rock genre, just as it should.
Create a Smartlist
AlsoRock with one rule, like this:
Select
Add Rule =>
Playlist... from the advanced search drop-down menu.
Select the
ListRock playlist and make sure that
Do what with the selections is set to
Include. Pres [OK] twice.
The Smartlist
AlsoRock now exists and should contain the exact same tracks as the
ListRock Smartlist; instead it is empty! The visible search criteria is "
Playlist:" but if you click on this, it correctly shows the selection of the
ListRock playlist. A closer inspection using Copy and Paste shows that this corresponds to the rule "playlistid==111561197" (this would of course be another ID for you).
If the search criteria for
AlsoRock is changed to
[Playlist]=[ListRock] , the
AlsoRock Smartlist will contain the exact same tracks as
ListRock, just as it should (provided that the
ListRock Smartlist wasn't created within a Playlist Group).
This problem is of a newer date. I have existing Smartlists referring to other Smartlists, that have worked since MC 8 and have now stopped working. I'm almost postive that this problem did not exist in MC 10.0.129.
IanG refers to another Smartlist problem, but as far as I can tell there is little or no connection between the two problems - the problem I'm experiencing doesn't go away by including a normal (non-Smart) Playlist in the search criteria.
- Roar