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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 20 for Windows => Topic started by: masterjoe on April 16, 2015, 08:13:02 am

Title: Nested playlists [SOLVED]
Post by: masterjoe on April 16, 2015, 08:13:02 am
Playlists are an amazing way to create custom lists of media files.
They would be even greater if you could create hierarchical lists.

I tried moving one playlist below another (hierarchical speaking) via drag + drop.
But all playlists stay flat and do not become partents or children.

Nested playlists would allow a totally customized file structure!

E.g. (all listed elements are playlists):

Star Trek
|
|--- Star Trek Voyager
|       |--- S01E01 - Caretaker (1)
|       |--- S01E02 - Caretaker (2)
|       |--- ...
|
|--- Star Trek Enterprise
|       |--- S01E01 - Broken Bow (1)
|       |--- S01E02 - Broken Bow (2)
|       |--- ...
|
|--- ...

"Star Trek" is the main playlist and all other playlists are nested ones.
On my TV I would like to see the nested playlists as folders. So the whole playlist structure can be browsed.
Title: Re: FR: Nested playlists
Post by: Matt on April 16, 2015, 08:16:20 am
You create a "Playlist Group" to be the parent of other playlists.
Title: Re: FR: Nested playlists
Post by: mwillems on April 16, 2015, 08:17:39 am
You can also easily do more ore less exactly what you want with a file-based view scheme.  Just create a new view under video and use the same rules as you use for your playlists.  You can have as many levels of hierarchy as you want.
Title: Re: FR: Nested playlists
Post by: masterjoe on April 16, 2015, 08:39:24 am
But playlists allow to add (drag + drop) any file based on the wildest rules one can imagine.
My example of course is nice and ordered but what if I would like to add files spread across the whole library where I can't find suitable rules?
Do views allow to add random files?
Title: Re: FR: Nested playlists
Post by: masterjoe on April 16, 2015, 08:41:22 am
The "playlist group" did the trick :) Didn't see that.

Great!! Thank you!!  ;D