# Music smart playlist from folder **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** server-synology, android-mobile-legacy, library-management\ **Created:** [July 19, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929 "2021-07-19T04:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marcelg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marcelg/32/246242_2.png) [@marcelg](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marcelg)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/1 "2021-07-19T04:30:26Z")
Hi, i’m trying to make an smart music playlist from folder, but i’m lost even i have read some webs about that, i got installed in my synology nas, also in android and in w10, thanks a lot and sorry if is wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![swills1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@swills1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/swills1)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/2 "2021-07-19T11:00:38Z")
Open Advanced Filters and change the filter to Folder. Save as Smart Playlist. ---
**Author:** ![marcelg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marcelg/32/246242_2.png) [@marcelg](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marcelg)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/3 "2021-07-20T02:33:49Z")
Hi, thanks a lot, i will try at home, even i feel is the way i have use, it takes all the song from the music folder, instead the folder i want, don’t work > **[Screenshot](https://prnt.sc/1de22un)** > > Captured with Lightshot as you see in the capture i can’t put anything on the empty place that says sense opcions, then i can’t select the folder where the music is, maybe track source is not the right to choice from that list? > **[Screenshot](https://prnt.sc/1de4m1k)** > > Captured with Lightshot ![imatge](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/d/d/dd9ca3f5a86b58ce420c640190bbaec9ff1b4563.jpeg) thanks again ---
**Author:** ![B3nny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/b3nny/32/249286_2.png) [@B3nny](https://forums.plex.tv/u/B3nny)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/4 "2021-08-13T10:02:49Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/7/9/7926a849306c844cc881f66911f54a7d56c690db.jpeg) Can you advise where that save as smart playlist option is? I can change the filter to artist, album, track and still see the save as button but when I switch to folders it resets the view ---
**Author:** ![swills1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@swills1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/swills1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/5 "2021-08-13T14:11:04Z")
You can do it under Advanced Filters; ![sp](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/4/3/434dbdf68a61585718979f63dafbefbcf57c2df7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![B3nny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/b3nny/32/249286_2.png) [@B3nny](https://forums.plex.tv/u/B3nny)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/6 "2021-08-13T23:28:04Z")
This is filtered based on artist not on the folder? Is there a way to create a filter based on a specific folder in the music directory? ---
**Author:** ![swills1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@swills1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/swills1)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/7 "2021-08-13T23:39:23Z")
Click the drop down and change it. ---
**Author:** ![B3nny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/b3nny/32/249286_2.png) [@B3nny](https://forums.plex.tv/u/B3nny)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/8 "2021-08-13T23:41:23Z")
This is what I am saying in my screenshot above, if I change the filter to “Folders”, I no longer have the “save as button” available . ---
**Author:** ![csab6597](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@csab6597](https://forums.plex.tv/u/csab6597)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/9 "2021-08-29T07:11:34Z")
I have the same question: How to make a smart playlist based on a folder the files are stored in? Cannot get this done? ---
**Author:** ![OmnigamerSDA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@OmnigamerSDA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OmnigamerSDA)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/10 "2021-09-17T19:42:48Z")
My experience is the same as those above - while in the Folders view, there is no way to select directories to add to any playlist, smart or regular. If you navigate far enough into the folders such that individual tracks are listed, you can select and mass-select (shift + click) the tracks and add them to a playlist. This can work, but is incredibly tedious and inefficient for building a playlist based on tracks that are already co-located in a set of genre directories, which is how many people like to organize their content. Plex needs to add support for building from directory structures, either in the Folders view or as one of the search parameters in Smart Playlists. In the past there was a hacky way to get around this - using a third-party script to take the file listings from a \*.m3u and force them into an existing Plex playlist. But I think it is no longer maintained and doesn’t work with the current version of sqlite that Plex uses. Either way, it’s really problematic that users have to jump through these hoops to support something that has been common for 30-some years. For reference: Plex Playlist Importer - [https://github.com/dakusan/PlexPlaylistImporter](https://github.com/dakusan/PlexPlaylistImporter) Postman shenanigans - [https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/ecirqa/how\_to\_manually\_import\_an\_m3u\_playlist\_into\_plex/](https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/ecirqa/how_to_manually_import_an_m3u_playlist_into_plex/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-smart-playlist-from-folder/729929/12 "2021-12-16T19:59:55Z")
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