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[dmitry2015]

Here are the modifiers I used to create 2 versions of the source smartlist:

playlist 1
~sort=[Artist],[Last Played] ~limit=-1,10,[artist] ~sort=[Artist],[Date (year)],[Album],[Disc #],[Track #] ~nodup=[File Size],[Filename]

playlist 2
~limit=-1,10,[artist] ~sort=[Artist],[Date (year)],[Album],[Disc #],[Track #] ~nodup=[File Size],[Filename]

The number of songs on playlist 1 stays the same - 403 songs.The number of songs on playlist 2 jumps between 400, 401 and 402. The only thing different on the second playlist is the number of Nirvana songs that get left out - 1, 2 or 3. Now why would some songs by Nirvana not get included in a smartlist if I use the limit of 10 songs per artist and the total number of Nirvana songs I have is 10?

Thanks

UPDATE: Source smartlist has "last played is not in the last 12 hours" rule. At the time when I first posted it source smartlist contained 509 songs out of potential 510 (1 song was played within last 12 hours at the time of the post).

Now as time has passed the source playlist is back at 510 songs. Playlist 1 has 404 songs and the number stays the same. The number of songs on playlist 2, however,  jumps between 401, 402, 403 and 404. So it either skips nothing or skips up to 3 songs by Nirvana.

[Arindelle]

hmm not sure ... I plugged them in on my set-up and I get the same number of tracks. I thought it had something to do with the ~nodup=[File Size],[Filename] but then the difference would be always the same ... it would not "jump" sometimes 3 sometimes 1 track less ....

as for the sorts, they shouldn't have any effect on the total number of tracks

just for the heck of it try ~nodup=[Filename]  or ~nodup=[Artist],[Name] to see if there are any differences?

[dmitry2015]

just for the heck of it try ~nodup=[Filename]  or ~nodup=[Artist],[Name] to see if there are any differences?

Nope. Same story. But that is to be expected since the songs that get excluded are not duplicates.

[Arindelle]

Nope. Same story. But that is to be expected since the songs that get excluded are not duplicates.

yep ... thought as much. Sorry wierd, just can't get it to mess up in my library they should be the same 

[dmitry2015]

Source playlist contains linked tracks. 1 pair by Neutral Milk Hotel and 2 pairs by Nirvana.

1. I broke all track links --> number of songs on playlist 2 stays the same now - 404. Just as playlist 1
2. I recreated the link between Neutral Milk Hotel tracks --> the number still stays the same - 404.
3. I recreated the link between the first pair of Nirvana songs --> the number of songs on the second playlist jumps between 403 and 404.
4. I recreated the link between the second pair of Nirvana songs --> the number of songs on the second playlist jumps between 401, 402, 403 and 404.

So the problem appears to be affecting only the songs by Nirvana. Is there something wrong with the files? What could possibly be wrong?