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I want a "lazy sunday morning" playlist that displays one random episode per added TV show.

I've created a "base playlist" for each show limiting it to one random episode and then one "final playlist" to merge them all.

example base playlist:

xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>

<smartplaylist type="episodes"> 

	<name>The Simpsons</name> 

	<match>all</match> 

	<rule field="tvshow" operator="is"> 

		<value>The Simpsons</value> 

	</rule> 

	<rule field="rating" operator="greaterthan">

		<value>7</value> 

	</rule> 

	<limit>1</limit> 

	<order direction="ascending">random</order> 

</smartplaylist>

final playlist:

xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?> 

<smartplaylist type="episodes"> 

	<name>Random cartoons</name> 

	<match>one</match> 

	<rule field="playlist" operator="is"> 

		<value>The Simpsons</value>

	</rule>

	<rule field="playlist" operator="is"> 

		<value>Family Guy</value> 

	</rule> 

	<rule field="playlist" operator="is"> 

		<value>American Dad!</value>

	</rule>

	<rule field="playlist" operator="is"> 

		<value>Futurama</value>

	</rule>

	<rule field="playlist" operator="is"> 

		<value>South Park</value>

	</rule> 

	<rule field="playlist" operator="is"> 

		<value>Rick and Morty</value>

	</rule> 

	<rule field="playlist" operator="is"> 

		<value>One Piece</value>

	</rule>

	<limit>10</limit> 

	<order direction="ascending">rating</order> 

</smartplaylist>

Unfortunately, the result contains multiple episodes of each show and I don't understand why.

Can anyone help me here? Is there a more sophisticated syntax I can look up in some documentation or are there direct db requests possible within these playlists?

Not 100% sure, but I think the Limit rule only acts on the "final playlist".