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[dcwebman]

I have had a smartlist set up so I can get 8 hours of music for the work day. I noticed recently that it is not getting 8 hours worth but much less. I just installed MC 11 version 174 and it still did the same thing. For the 8 hours I specified, it gave me 6:24 worth. Here's the smartlist:

[media type]=[audio] ~sort=[Random] ~t=480 ~limit=-1,2,[Artist] ~nodup=[Artist],[Name] [Last Played]=>=4320

Am I misunderstanding something about the time specified or is this a bug?

Jeff

Listening to: 'Can't Believe' from 'Break the Cycle' by 'Staind' on Media Center 11

[Matt]

Put the time limit at the end.

Also, run it without the time limit to make sure enough files match the other criteria.

[dcwebman]

Time limit at the end made it work. That seems weird to have to be in a specific order to make it work, but thanks!

Jeff

Listening to: 'Up And Gone' from 'Hoobastank' by 'Hoobastank' on Media Center 11

[Matt]

Modifiers with ~ are evaluated in order.

If you limit to 8 hours, then remove duplicates, you'll have less than 8 hours.

[dcwebman]

Ahhh, got it. But it's funny that I would usually come up with about 6 1/2 hours worth every time with the old smartlist. Out of 5000 songs, it's interesting that it picks up that many duplicates. But now that I understand the processing in order, I can make my smartlists a little smarter.