Many a time I want to watch a tv show or movie, with no particular preference as to what that is. It got me thinking, wouldn’t a feature that picks, at random, the first unwatched episode of a series or a movie and starts playing that be a godsend? Shuffle is kind of a faux method of doing that but …

Yeah, if people have been requesting something like this since 2008. Then 2 things: 1. Most people consider it a very viable request and is in great demand. 2. For some reason Plex does NOT consider it important. Which does not make a lot of sense. If this forum is here so that the company can liste…

I mentioned that they could add an advanced feature that raises or lowers the priority of a series being picked for a random queue. Perhaps series could be omitted entirely, or the button could create a random playlist(10, 25, 50, 100 episode lists, etc) where you could easily remove episodes of Fam…

Actually, I just noticed that the android version DOES have a ‘random’ button that shows up when you select the root of a library. I have not verified it yet, but it does appear to favor unwatched shows. There are no options of any sort for it. But that does mean that it SHOULD be included in the ot…

Yep, it favors unwatched shows, but it doesn’t pay any mind to whether they’re in sequence or not.

Update: I have been messing around and it turns out that the ‘random’ mode IS available on all levels of a television library. At the base root of the library it is a actual ‘random’ / ‘shuffle’ button. The next level down is the series, here under the 3dot (menu overflow) button you can find the ‘S…

Dunno how hard it would be, but adding an option to “prioritize unwatched shows in sequence” to shuffle would satisfy the most basic function of what I’m asking for. Pooling the first unwatched episode in every series and randomly picking one doesn’t seem like it’d be too complicated a function to…

… and … (duh) it is right there off to the left on the plex web app. So, it’s implemented on the web app as well.

@gusvjr said: Dunno how hard it would be but adding an option to “prioritize unwatched shows in sequence” to shuffle would satisfy the most basic function of what I’m asking for. Pooling the first unwatched episode in every series and randomly picking one doesn’t seem like it’d be too complicate…

I guess this kinda puts the death-nail in my roku 2.

I did a little testing. I don’t think it necessarily favors unwatched shows, it’s just that I have way more unwatched footage than watched footage, so it’s more likely to be chosen. Yeah, what I’m asking for does basically amount to a smart shuffle, but perhaps shuffle should be kept intact and this…

[Feature Request] Let Plex decide what to watch for me.

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Modified Shuffle Feature for TV shows Feature Suggestions	0	238	August 26, 2019
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[Feature Request] Let Plex decide what to watch for me.

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