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More => Old Versions => Media Center 13 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: pwantzel on March 18, 2009, 01:05:38 pm
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I like the ability of SmartLists to generate a playlist of a random selection of songs that meet certain criteria. I would like to use this with the classical part of my collection. The problem is that many (most?) of my classical CDs divide each work (e.g., a symphony) into several .mp3 files (e.g., one for each movement of the symphony). I would like to play all parts of the symphony together, not just one randomly selected part. Is there a way to designate certain files that will stay together when a random list is generated? Each album can contain in general more than one complete work.
I know that if I play each album by itself, I can play it straight thru in the right order. As an alternative to the above, is it possible to create a SmartList that plays a random selection of complete albums (in the right order within each album)?
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It would need to be the 'alternative' option. You're preferred option is not supported.
To get a random selection of complete clasical albums, played in track order, use the following rule:
[Media Type]="audio" [genre]=classical ~limit=-1,1,[album],[album artist (auto)] ~sort=Random ~n=3 ~a
Use the import/export button on the smartlist editor to access a dialogue that allows you to paste the rule above into the smartlist.
This will give you three random albums. Change ~n=3 to ~n=x where x is your preferred number of albums.
-marko