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[samplehead]

Can the ~limit modifier be used to limit the number of ALBUMS per artist, and if so how please?

[zxsix]

[Media Type]=[Audio] sort=[Artist],[Album],[Track #] ~nodup=[Artist] ~a

[hit_ny]

My first thought was

~limit=3,-1,[album artist (auto)]

which only gives a random 3 albums

You can use limit to give an arbitrary number of albums/ artist

But i can't think of a way to apply it so you only get a certain number of albums/ artist for the whole library.

[marko]

[Media Type]=[Audio] sort=[Artist],[Album],[Track #] ~nodup=[Artist] ~a

~nodupe=[artist] ~a can sometimes return undesired results regarding compilation cd's

Can the ~limit modifier be used to limit the number of ALBUMS per artist, and if so how please?

we may need more info, but for now, I've got:

-g=podcast [media type]=audio ~limit=1,-1,[artist artist (auto)] ~limit=2,-1,[album]

which returns 2 random albums from a single random artist.

[hit_ny]

-g=podcast [media type]=audio ~limit=1,-1,[artist artist (auto)] ~limit=2,-1,[album]

which returns 2 random albums from a single random artist.

i tried that on the whole library and it only returned one album, because i think the first limit only returns one album

[marko]

the 1st limit returns all the albums from a single, random artist. try removing the second limit to see.

was the one album you got from an artist you definately have more than one album from?

I can click away on the refresh button  here and get consistent results, unless, the random artist chosen by the first limit only has one album in the library.
I swear I mentioned that in my post, but it's not there, so I must just be going crazy!!!

[samplehead]

I'm actually after multiple artists as well. In a nutshell for my iPod sync I want 2 or 3 albums of all the artists that are in my favourite artists smartlist. This then leaves enough room to do 1 albums from all the other artists in my library, and it's still an interesting playlist that changes everytime I sync.

[marko]

Can the ~limit modifier be used to limit the number of ALBUMS per artist, and if so how please?

multiple artist albums don't really fall into the scope of "albums per artist"


I've managed to get a setup that discards all artists that only have a single album in the library, and then when the smartlist is loaded, two albums from a single random artist are always listed. interesting.

I haven't been able to figure out a solution to your question so far and need to go out now. I've not given up on it yet, but it doesn't look promising.