PlexAmp Artist Radio restrict certain track types

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Hello.

I am hoping a feature exists, and if not, I will see if there is a way to recommend it.

I really like the artist builder feature and works well for the most part.

But what I am looking for is to restrict it from adding certain track types to the channel.

As an example, I have a ton of Maaya Sakamoto music. But I also have downloads of her Vitamin M radio show (podcast download style). When I add her to my radio station, it adds everything she does including the Podcast tagged files.

Is there some way I can restrict Radio Builder to only grab music and not Podcasts? I know it’s designed for simplicity and what I am asking for is adding complication. Or if I swipe to delete something from the radio, perhaps it will “learn” I don’t want certain types of content?

Is there some way to do what I want or should I look into a feature update request?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

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The best way is to remove all podcast-type of material and shove it into its own, separate Plex library.

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Thanks for the recommendation.

I would very much like to keep all my audio in the same place, if that makes sense, over having to sift and sort it this way.

But if that’s the only option, outside of a new feature, I may just go that route.

If there was a way to build a Radio Station off a smart playlist where I have all the rules configured instead of manually building it, that might also be an option for me not having to move data around and worthy of a feature request.

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I think the two types of content are quite fundamentally different, so a separation is sensible.

The only thing that comes to mind would be to enqueue one such smart playlist and then engage one of the Guest DJs to spice it up a bit.

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I like the DJ option for now and will think through what all content I want Plexamp to ignore in the radio builder and think up a way to craft a new Library of that content and move it all over.

As I was thinking this through, I had a Metallica track play from their big black album box set. It’s a rehearsal track that I don’t really want in my random mixes but can’t prevent it either. Not sure how to filter that out but it’s less common than my podcast dilemma so I will maybe just deal with those with a hit of Next whenever they pop. The podcasts are a much larger problem for me.

Maybe a per track check box that says “ignore in radio builds” would be good long term for lazy people like me.

Thanks again @OttoKerner. I appreciate the input and different ways to accomplish what I want.

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Some of the predefined radios will less likely add in a track, when it’s been given a very low star rating.

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