How to edit a Smart Filter pin at the Homescreen?

Plex Labs
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I wonder if there is a way to edit a Smart Fliter/Playlist made within Plexamp and pin (within Plexamp) to the Homescreen ?

The thing is that i can make a Smart Playlist, register as so, and edit it later, but then, it can’t be pin at the Homescreen from Plexamp

And if i make a Smart Playlist and pin it to my Homescreen from the home+ button, then there is now way edit it…

Or i’ll be glad to have miss someting :slight_smile:

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Anyone?

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I just played around with this a bit.

  1. go to Settings > Experience > Home Screen
  2. enter the smart list hub and select Delete – you should now be able to see the smart collection in the respective section again (e.g. Library > Album Collections); it’s not actually deleted
  3. edit the smart collection’s filter
  4. re-add to home screen

Not super intuitive but it’s possible/working.

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Thank you really much for your help!

Yes, you come back and edit it until you didn’t change the filter.
I did it once or twice because I was lucky enough to edit the filter just after I edited a playlist.

But it is not possible to edit a playlist if you changed that filter for another playlist

Safly there is now way to come back and edit it. When you delete it, you just come back to the last filter configuration.
And your playlist is just lost.

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Sorry… I have no idea what you’re trying to explain/state.

Did or didn’t it work?

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Sorry for not being clear enough

I’ll try my best :slight_smile:

Edit a filter for Playlist 1 > Pin it to Homescreen > Delete it in the Homescreen section > Come back to the filter > There you can Edit it
(That is the process you explain above)

Edit a filter for Playlist 1 > Pin it to Homescreen > Edit a filter for Playlist 2 > Pin it to Homescreen

Then it is not possible in any way to Edit Playlist 1 anymore…

Delete Playlist 1 in the Homescreen section > Come back to the filter > There you can only Edit Playlist 2, not Playlist 1 or any Playlists you made before

I hope it is more anderstandable now :blush:

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I think what you’re pointing out is that you cannot add playlists to the home screen?

When you pin something to the home screen from while filtering the library, you’re creating a temporary hub that’s not backed by an existing collection. By removing such a hub from the home screen, there’s nothing left – therefore you indeed cannot edit those (unless you re-create the filter and publish it from scratch).

I suppose the more “resilient” approach will be to create an actual smart collection in Plex Web. You can then publish it or (after removing it from the home screen) edit the filters as you like.