So I just created a Feature Suggestion for a Unified Series Collection option & Otto pointed me here for a good workaround. & it is. But I think there’s an update that needs to be added here.
Instead of creating a Smart Playlist, create a Smart Collection
Do Everything else the same, But you will need to Name it something different than the Collection you used to get the items from. In my test I have all the shows in the “DC” Collection & I created a Smart Collection named “Arrowverse”
- Once the collection is made Edit the Collection.
- You can give it a poster & background art, which is nice
- Click on the
Advancedtab - There is an option Collection filtering based on
- Set it to
User currently viewing the content
Now each user can use the collection & it will keep their place, it shows up in your library like a show.
Do note that you have to select the Play at the top of the collection to start the next episode or it won’t continue the aired order.
Otherwise All is good
EDIT: I discovered that for one of the sets I was doing this for that a couple of the Specials are Recap or Behind-The-Scenes episodes that I don’t want to be included. The Arrowverse doesn’t really have much of those, but an example would be Arrow S00E09: Hitting the Bullseye which is interviews with the cast, not great for in the middle of a Watch-through.
I was trying to find a good way to keep this out, but there aren’t a lot of options for tags for individual episodes. & the ones that are there, Episode Writers & Episode Directors, aren’t available for the filters.
I did find a workaround, by adding a unique label to the end of the Episode title you can choose as a Filter Option Episode Title Does Not Contain & enter that code, in my case ᵒᵐⁱᵗ (Superscript Omit), then just afix that text to the end of the Episodes you want omitted & they won’t appear in the collection. I’d recomment using something that you are pretty certain isn’t ever going to be in a regular title, which was why I personally chose to use Superscript letters, but anything works so long as episodes you want won’t have that text.
