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[Bendra]

I'd like to make a smart list containing 35% jazz, 35% R&B,15% Latin, 15%Blues.  Will someone help me out with the syntax, please?

[KingSparta]

I'd like to make a smart list containing 35% jazz, 35% R&B,15% Latin, 15%Blues.  Will someone help me out with the syntax, please?

not sure you can do it, i am not at home but did you try

~%=35 "Jazz" ~%=35 "R&B" ~%=15 "Latin" ~%=15 "Blues"
or maybe
~%=35 "Jazz",~%=35 "R&B",~%=15 "Latin",~%=15 "Blues"

not sure if that will work
 

[Bendra]

did you try

~%=35 "Jazz" ~%=35 "R&B" ~%=15 "Latin" ~%=15 "Blues"
or maybe
~%=35 "Jazz",~%=35 "R&B",~%=15 "Latin",~%=15 "Blues"

I did indeed.  Thinking I copied the wrong example of the rule, I refused to believe this couldn't be done!!!!!!  Now you're confirming it??
Is this the idea from Hell or something?

[KingSparta]

i have confermed nothing, but it don't look good.

[kaiynne]

There is a way to do what I think you want to do.

make three component smartlists one for each genre

for example if you want the final smartlist to contain 50 songs you might do this.

smart list one = 25 songs from your jazz collection
[Media Type]=[Audio] [Genre]=Jazz ~n=25 -[File Type]=[mp3] ~nodup=[Artist],[Name] ~sort=[Random]

Smart list two = 15 songs from classical collection
[Media Type]=[Audio] [Genre]=classical ~n=15 -[File Type]=[mp3] ~nodup=[Artist],[Name] ~sort=[Random]

smart list three = 10 songs from Rock collection
[Media Type]=[Audio] [Genre]=Rock ~n=10 -[File Type]=[mp3] ~nodup=[Artist],[Name] ~sort=[Random]

Final smart list = all three together
playlistid==1068535586,=999028883,=551888403 ~sort=[Random]

you get the final smartlist by selecting add rule and checking off the three component smartlists in the dialogue box that pops up.

Now you have a random list with 50% Jazz 30% Classical and 20% Rock.

This may seem inellegant at first but it is actually much better to do it with components because you can tweak each list untill you get the right combo.

Hope that helps.

[hit_ny]

Was curious about  ~n=25, does it randomly pick any 25 from the chosen genre.

Or do we need a smartlist to get all from the genre and then randomly pick 25 from it.

[Bendra]

 kaiynne,

I tried it.   Got only 49 tracks.  I can see how to work this to my advantage.  Again, thanks.  Especially for the guidance in plain English that non-computer geeks can understand.  

[Vipman]

kaiynne

Thanks for the tip.  I'd been trying to do something similar for the past couple of days.  Just noticed this post, and was able to put it to good use immediately

Regards.

Vip.