# Filter by duration

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-by-duration/160273>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-by-duration/160273 "2016-09-26T09:52:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![zpaolo11x](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/zpaolo11x/32/18855_2.png) [@zpaolo11x](https://forums.plex.tv/u/zpaolo11x)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-by-duration/160273/1 "2016-09-26T09:52:23Z")

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It seems there’s not a way to set a filter (and therefore a smart playlist) by duration. It would be very useful not only in searching for certain length movies (time constraint ;D ), but also to define a smart playlist for shorts

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**Author:** ![Cessquill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cessquill](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Cessquill)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-by-duration/160273/2 "2017-01-30T18:26:07Z")

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+1 for this. I have a load of Shorts that I’m looking to move into another library. Plus I sometimes choose based on length. You can sort by duration though

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**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-by-duration/160273/3 "2017-01-30T18:42:29Z")

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As Cessquil said, you can _sort_ by duration. Smart playlists take on the sort order you set as well as the filters, so you can create a smart playlist sorted by duration.

You can also, once sorted by duration, [select every movie](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/223612/howto-selecting-multiple-items-for-edit-playlist-etc "select every movie") within the duration limit you choose, and add the word “short” in the Genres, Collections, or Labels. You can now filter on that tag and create a smart playlist that only contains your short features.

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**Author:** ![plissk3n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@plissk3n](https://forums.plex.tv/u/plissk3n)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-by-duration/160273/4 "2019-12-29T21:20:01Z")

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Just whished that this feature would be there. Too many movies are more than 2 hours long. We wanted something short and I saw that there are custom filters. Duration wasnt possible to create a custom filter from.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/filter-by-duration/160273/5 "2020-03-28T21:20:16Z")

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