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Title: Last Played smartlist
Post by: sbdallas on April 13, 2013, 06:44:26 am

I'm trying to make a smartlist that plays a list of videos.  I want the videos ordered by Last Played such that the oldest Last Played date is first, but I want videos that have a value of 'never played' to come first in order.

I have tried sorting by Last Played both A-Z and Z-A, but I always get the videos with date values first and videos with 'never played' last.  Is there a way to force the 'never played' videos to the top of the list?

Thanks,
Scott

Title: Re: Last Played smartlist
Post by: gappie on April 13, 2013, 06:47:24 am

there is a setting in options>tree and view>sorting... sort empty strings last.. disable that. does that help. :)

 :)
gab

Title: Re: Last Played smartlist
Post by: sbdallas on April 13, 2013, 07:37:55 am

That does indeed work.  Thanks :)

However, I would rather not use a global setting to accomplish this if I don't have to.  Is there any way to achieve this within the confines of the smartlist settings?

Title: Re: Last Played smartlist
Post by: wig on April 13, 2013, 08:09:52 am

Quote from: sbdallas on April 13, 2013, 07:37:55 am

That does indeed work.  Thanks :)

However, I would rather not use a global setting to accomplish this if I don't have to.  Is there any way to achieve this within the confines of the smartlist settings?

Sure. Create a custom library field. Call it 'My Last Played', for example.

Choose calculated Data Field. Paste this expression in there

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if(isequal([Last Played],Never Played,1),0,ConvertDate([Last Played]))

Now sort on My Last Played.

Title: Re: Last Played smartlist
Post by: sbdallas on April 16, 2013, 02:11:06 pm

Perfect.  Thanks!  :)