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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Roar on May 19, 2004, 09:07:54 pm
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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
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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.
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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
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The Smartlist problem was definitely introduced between MC 10.0.138 and 10.0.139!
I just re-installed MC 10.0.137 and the problem went away. Then I upgraded to 10.0.138 and the Smarlists still worked the way they should. Finally I upgraded to 10.0.139 again, and the problem came back!
The problem seems related to playlistid= search criteria, but not to [Playlist]= search criteria.
- Roar
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Fixed next build. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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After installing MC 10.0.140 the problem is solved as promised.
Thanks!
- Roar