It would be great to be able to sort by selecting “random” as an option. This would get one a randomized list in no specific order. [Plex feature request example]

Would you mind including some use case for that so others might better understand why they should vote for your suggestion? :wink: If it’s solely for playback… you know there’s a shuffle button a bit to the right of your yellow “needs”

Instead of just hitting the shuffle button and have some thing play right away, A “Random” button once clicked would randomize your library at the same time allowing one to scroll through their library and select something. They would get to select from a Random list, but the choice would be a gre…

I doubt there’s enough interest in this to induce Plex to add a new menu item for it, but until they do, you can actually do this yourself, by following TeknoJunky’s tip for creating a random-sorted playlist ). If you want all of your movies in this list, instead of the filters suggested in the tip,…

Thanks for the Tip beckfield, i’ll certainly look into this.

I came here also looking for a random sort (and also independently found TeknoJunky’s tip earlier today). A built-in random sort would be awesome so that it (1) can be used on other clients that can’t edit the URL, and (2) avoids the need to create a playlist, which is static (AFAIK) and can’t be vi…

Good point MervMalt, if for instance you have a managed user it would be of use to an account like that.

[image] MervMalt: (1) can be used on other clients that can’t edit the URL Once the playlist is created on the server, you can access the playlist from any device, and as I said before, every time you open or refresh this playlist, on any device, you will see all your movies in a different ra…

Thanks MervMalt, but from the sound of it, it’s not a one click method. One has to maintain and routinely update the playlist, distribute it. And if need be create a new one as parameters change. This is not for me. A simple “Random” sort button sounds best for all involved in my opinion.

[image] beckfield: TeknoJunky’s method creates a smart playlist, not a static one. If you add movies that meet the filter criteria, it will automatically be added to the playlist. Thanks for emphasizing that part! Originally, I took my entire library and made that into a playlist (because I …

Hmm. I guess with the playlist, you can’t browse the titles either. On clients other than the web client, selecting a title automatically plays it. You can’t select a title and view the description, see cast, related movies, etc. So, it would still be nice to have a sort option within the library i…

[implemented] Show the library view randomized

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TeknoJunky September 10, 2020, 6:47pm 14

don’t forget you can make an auto playlist always shuffled, so this would work on all clients

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[implemented] Show the library view randomized

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