Hi Peke
FOUND THE SOURCE OF MY PROBLEM - the parent playlist did in fact have files in it, contrary to my intent. I must have somehow copied the files in there at some stage.
Sorry for having wasted your time on this, but I had not expected the file content of the parent to be synced if only a child playlist was selected.
I am guessing that you would like to something like this
https://www.indigorose.com/webhelp/suf9 ... ck_Box.htm where intermediate would state not to sync that playlist? Main problem with this approach would be highly non intuitive behavior and very prone to mistakes. even now with Tri-State (eg. without intermediate) it often happen (based on user reports) that child playlists are auto selected. It is very hard to implement and please all.
No, I am happy with the as-implemented tri state check box (not selected | child selected | playlist selected). I was just seeking clarification as to whether the contents of a parent would be selected if a child was selected. No matter.
Yes, and isn't this your case? i.e. is the Test Parent empty or it includes the same files as PL1 ?
In my case the parent playlist (Test Parent in your scenario) was meant to be empty but did in fact contain files.
I have multi level playlists (up to 4-5) and each level that have child playlists do not have any track in them or have criteria contained playlists while selecting child playlists.
Yes that is my intent and will be especially careful going forward that that remains the case. Not sure what you mean by "criteria contained playlists" - did you mean an auto playlist? Can an auto playlist have child playlists?.
If the content was already synced then MM will not auto-remove the content until it is configured so, you will need to check the checkbox: [x] Delete other files and playlists from ... The click [Apply] and [Sync now] and I guess MM will suggest you to delete the files?
Yes I have selected the checkbox "[x] Delete other files and playlists from ..." and yes the MMA app on the phone did ask to confirm deletion of files, but I have found that this has not actually removed all other playlists and content from MMA . I have used MMA's own functionality to delete the other playlists on MMA.
So with my user error identified and a lesson on board about keeping parent playlists free of files, my MM - MMA sync should proceed smoothly.
Thanks