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Type:
With PseudoTV, we generally use either “Movies” or “Episodes” as the Playlist Type.
Name of Playlist
Here you can define the name of your playlist.
(which will also be used as the channel name in PseudoTV)
Find items where
Below this section, is where you add all your playlist rules. (Add/Remove/Edit buttons)
Items to match:
Should the video match ALL of the rules, or can it only be one or more of the rules?
Limit to:
For PseudoTV you would generally limit each playlist to around 50 – 100 items.
Order by:
The order in which items should play, and generally set to random.
SMART PLAYLISTS
1) Create a new Smart Playlist (Instructions on Previous page).
2) Select “Movies” as the Type.
3) Set the “Name of the playlist” to “Tutorial”.
4) Click on “New rule...”
5) Set the Field to “(Genre)” and the Operator to “(IS)”.
6) Type in “Comedy” or click the “Browse” button and select “Comedy”.
7) Click “OK” to save this rule.
8) Click on “Add” to add a second rule.
9) Set the Field to “(Year)” and the Operator to “(GREATER THAN)”.
10) Type in “2005” and press “OK” to save this rule.
11) Click on “Add” to add a third rule.
12) Set the Field to “(Genre)” and the Operator to “(IS NOT)”.
13) Type in “Animation” or click the “Browse” button and select “Animation”.
14) Click “OK” to save the rule.
15) Keep “Items o match” set to “all of the rules”.
16) Set the “Limit to” value to “50 items”.
17) Set the “Order by” value to ‘”Random”.
18) Click “OK” at the bottom to save our Playlist.
19) It should ask you for a filename. “Tutorial” is fine, Press the Enter.
20) View your new smart playlist by simply opening “Tutorial” in the list
You should now see a list of comedy movies newer than 2005, but not animation-comedies.
I see a few action and even horror movies in there... hmm.... that’s not what I want.
Let’s add a few extra rules and tell it to NOT add Action or Horror genres!
Tutorial:
