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Author Topic: Help me understand Shuffle and the order of Smartlist rules execution  (Read 1488 times)

tboooe

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I am trying to create a smart playlist for my ipod that has 2gb worth of music that has been recently imported within the last 90 days and never played.  I also want the list to be random.  I understand I can use the date <=90d, numberplays=0, limit=2000megabytes, and sort=random.  My question/confusion has to do with the order in which these rules are executed.  Depending on the order, the result could be different.  For example, assuming that the rules are executed in order from left to right, the following smartlist:

date <=90d, numberplays=0, limit=2000megabytes, sort=random

would result in the same list of songs but only sorted randomly since the sort command is the last rule executed only after the filter has been applied.  On the other hand, would this smartlist:

sort=random, date <=90d, numberplays=0, limit=2000megabytes

result in a truly randomly selected list of songs that meet the above criteria?

Am I missing something?
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