# Playlists - Alternating Sort Order **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlists-alternating-sort-order/720447 "2021-06-04T11:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon29732333](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@anon29732333](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon29732333)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlists-alternating-sort-order/720447/1 "2021-06-04T11:17:53Z")
\*Dear Mods, this feature suggestion has been edited to only include one feature suggestion since you are more concerned with hall monitoring than making the app better. \* _In the future if you close threads that are duplicates please post a link to the appropriate thread that only includes that one feature suggestion._ A modern media player shouldn’t just be happy being just another video app. Picking episodes one at a time or continuously watching one show. Most people watch a few shows at a time and presently there is no ideal way to have a continuous watching experience. The ability to create playlists that we could set sort order to something like “alternate”. Selecting this option would take all shows included in the playlist and alternate between them. Alternating between shows. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlists-alternating-sort-order/720447/2 "2021-06-04T11:24:45Z")
> [@Available Episode Order - To Help Switch shows in playlists](https://forums.plex.tv/t/available-episode-order-to-help-switch-shows-in-playlists/622302/1): > > Available Episode Order would be helpful in sorting, especially in smart playlists. Availale Episode Order (AEO) is shown below. Assume the episodes listed below are the only episodes on the server: Show A Season 1 Episode 2 (AEO 1) Show A Season 1 Episode 4 (AEO 2) Show A Season 1 Episode 5 (AEO 3) Show A Season 2 Episode 1 (AEO 4) Show B Season 1 Episode 2 (AEO 1) Show B Season 1 Episode 2 (AEO 2) Show B Season 2 Episode 1 (AEO 3) This would allow shows to be interleaved appropriately in … ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlists-alternating-sort-order/720447/3 "2021-06-04T11:24:48Z")