by manalive » Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:09 pm
(Original Title: Auto-Playlist Ordering Issue?)
I am trying to create an auto-playlist that includes one or more playlists and then subtracts another playlist.
That part is easy and works. The problem is that whenever I reference multiple playlists, their contents are not sorted according to the order they were in the playlists. There is no sort option for playlist order, and removing all sort rules leaves them sorted by what appears to be by album.
I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature request, but it seems to me that:
In the absence of a sort order, tracks on auto-playlists that reference other playlists should be ordered by their position in the source playlist(s).
I am open to alternative solutions, but that seems like the natural way it should work.
Thank you for your help and suggestions!
(extended and unnecessary explanation of use case follows)
If this seems like a strange workflow, the explanation is that I use audiobooks heavily for educational coursework where readings are staggered like this:
Curriculum 1, Year 4, Term 1, Week 1
- History Book 1, Chapters 1-3
- History Book 2, Chapter 1
- Science Book 1, Chapter 1
- Poetry Book 1, Tracks 1, 15, 21, 38
Curriculum 1, Year 4, Term 1, Week 2
- History Book 1, Chapters 4-6
- History Book 2, Chapters 2-3
- Science Book 1, Chapter 2
- Poetry Book 1, Tracks 7, 18, 20, 95
I can't use "Played #" to mark them off because multiple students are going through the readings, and each reading has associated work that must be checked.
So the current idea is that I create a playlist for each student to track _completed_ tracks, and then their "to do" playlist is an auto-playlist that takes a master list (or all of the individual week lists) and subtracts the completed list.
(Original Title: Auto-Playlist Ordering Issue?)
I am trying to create an auto-playlist that includes one or more playlists and then subtracts another playlist.
That part is easy and works. The problem is that whenever I reference multiple playlists, their contents are not sorted according to the order they were in the playlists. There is no sort option for playlist order, and removing all sort rules leaves them sorted by what appears to be [i]by album[/i].
I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature request, but it seems to me that:
[i][b]In the absence of a sort order, tracks on auto-playlists that reference other playlists should be ordered by their position in the source playlist(s).[/b][/i]
I am open to alternative solutions, but that seems like the natural way it should work.
Thank you for your help and suggestions!
[u](extended and unnecessary explanation of use case follows)[/u]
If this seems like a strange workflow, the explanation is that I use audiobooks heavily for educational coursework where readings are staggered like this:
Curriculum 1, Year 4, Term 1, Week 1
- History Book 1, Chapters 1-3
- History Book 2, Chapter 1
- Science Book 1, Chapter 1
- Poetry Book 1, Tracks 1, 15, 21, 38
Curriculum 1, Year 4, Term 1, Week 2
- History Book 1, Chapters 4-6
- History Book 2, Chapters 2-3
- Science Book 1, Chapter 2
- Poetry Book 1, Tracks 7, 18, 20, 95
I can't use "Played #" to mark them off because multiple students are going through the readings, and each reading has associated work that must be checked.
So the current idea is that I create a playlist for each student to track _completed_ tracks, and then their "to do" playlist is an auto-playlist that takes a master list (or all of the individual week lists) and subtracts the completed list.