Bug? Shuffle playlist before syncing with Plexamp

[bi0hazard6]

I have this big smart playlist with a limited count of 2500 items.

On plexamp I want to download a fraction of this. I put 1day and start the download.
The problem is that it starts downloading all the artists matching the smart playlist filters, but alphabetically. Even though I requested 24h of music, I ended up with 3-4 artists because all their name started with A.

I thought I would end up with a playlist with enough songs for 24h, but shuffled.
If you need further description or screenshot, let me know.

[santhori]

Hi there,

Maybe the following link will help you out. I created many smart playlists using this excellent tip. (Credit to @TeknoJunky)

[TIP] --- how to create an autoplaylist with random sort

have you ever wanted to create an autoplaylist that returned a different set list of items every time you viewed it ? in plex you can create a filter, and you can sort by different fields, however there is no visible shuffle or random sort. This post will show you how to create a filter which will give you a set of tracks/videos that changes every time it is refreshed. load Plex Web navigate to the library of your choice (it works on music, movies, episodes. video of course you might choose…

[bi0hazard6]

That’s not exactly what I want to do.

I know how to shuffle playlist, problem is when I sync that playlist, it only loads the first artists.

I want the sync function to get a shuffled sample of the smart playlist.
I don’t think shuffling the view in the web browser won’t affect the way sync downloads the songs.

[bi0hazard6]

Okay I get it @santhori, that’s a nice a workaround. I can then sync the filtered list to any device I want. I’m not sure plexamp will pick it up but we’ll see.

[elan]

If a playlist isn’t explicitly sorted, Plexamp will automatically shuffle it for you (and so grab a random subsample of it).

[bi0hazard6]

This is not my case.

Again, when I request a subset of a big smart playlist, it’s only the first few artists starting with ‘A’ that get synced.

[TeknoJunky]

the link already provided above, should do exactly that for smart playlists, every time they are loaded, it will be a different order.

this will also mean every time plexamp sync’s, it should get a different set of tracks.

[elan]

you don’t need to use @TeknoJunky’s hack for this. the smart playlist must not have a sort criteria associated with it, which it shouldn’t have if you don’t apply one when creating it.