Ive created a simple playlist to grab a few artists. They show up fine, except when an artist is on a various artist album. Then they will not update to the playlist. I have verified that the artist tag is showing the correct artist. Any ideas?

For instance, I used Artist Title Contains Dave Koz. Dave Koz albums show up, but instances where he is on a various artists album, those songs do not.

It’s frustrating isn’t it? As you may have noticed, there isn’t a field for “Track Artist” that you can use for creating a playlist, only “Album Artist” The other frustration I have is that you can use the basic search function in Plex Web, and actually see all the tracks by an artist that are in…

Yeah, I think you’re right. I’m trying to move over from iTunes and I guess my expectations are a little high. This has been a rough transition so far.

I used one of my votes on the Track Artist. Hopefully this is the right one. [image] Music filter for "Track Artist: Feature Suggestions It would be very convenient to be able to filter music tracks by track artist as the artist title filter is not in-depth enough. Thank …

Smart Playlist not updating with Various Artists

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PhilthyJeep February 16, 2020, 10:49pm 5

I used one of my votes on the Track Artist. Hopefully this is the right one.

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Smart Playlist not updating with Various Artists

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