No longer able to filter episodes on Collection

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Server Version#: 1.21.4.4079
Player Version#: not applicable, it’s on all clients

I have added a collection to multiple shows in my library. I then opened the Episodes view, sorted the episodes on air date and added a filter on the collection and the shown status. Afterwards I created a playlist based on this view. This playlist existed for a few years now, I have been using it for a very long time to make sure I saw all episodes in the right order as sometimes the stories of the different shows overlapped.
This weekend I wanted to look at the newest episodes in my playlist and to my surprise I noticed it was empty, I’m 100% sure there are new episodes that I still have to watch. I haven’t opened the playlist in a few months now so I’m not 100% sure since when this issue exists.
When I try to edit my existing playlist it throws an error that I can’t edit it.
So I opened the episodes view again, but as soon as I filter the episodes on one collection, Plex says there are no items matching my filter. I verified that the collection is still correctly set on my shows, so that’s not the issue either.

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You can’t use the quick filter ‘Collection’ when you are in the ‘Episodes’ view mode. Because the quick filters only contains filters which are available at the episode level – which is not true for collections, which can only be added to a show, but not to episodes.

Try to build the filter using the “Show Collection” from the “custom filters”.

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Thanks a lot! That one is working indeed. Do you know why this behavior has changed? My existing playlist worked fine for more than 2 years :slight_smile:

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AFAIK, because the filters were re-specified stricter, as I mentioned above.
The collection quickfilter shouldn’t even appear anymore when in Episodes view mode.
I recommend you to delete the old smart playlist and create a new one according to the above instructions.

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That’s what I did now. :slight_smile:
I’m really glad you were able to help me out so fast. :slight_smile:

Luckily the Plex Moderators reply faster than Plex Staff :smiley:

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