[Nordo]

Kodi v18.1; Windows 10; Aeon Nox Silvo v7.0.1

I have three Sources in my Video Movie Library - D:/Main Movies; D:/Kids Movies; D:/Home Movies.
These are also listed separately in my Main Menu.
The Smart Playlists I have created for Kids Movies and Home Movies appear to work fine.
However the Smart Playlist I have created for Main Movies, to exclude Kids Movies and Home Movies, does not appear to be working.
In the smart playlist I have two Rules - one for each source I am wanting to exclude.
I have used Path with the Operator "does not contain", then browsed to D:/Kids Movies (and similar rule for D:/Home Movies).
But the excluded videos still appear in Main Movies.
I also tried the "is not" operator, but didn't seem to make any difference.
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

In the widget I have created for Main Movies, I used the smart playlist that I had created for Main Movies, but the excluded videos still appear in the widget.

[Karellen]

Post a screenshot of the Playlist editor so we can see all your settings.

[Nordo]

Post a screenshot of the Playlist editor so we can see all your settings.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
    <name>Main Movies</name>
    <match>one</match>
    <rule field="path" operator="isnot">
        <value>D:\Home Movies\</value>
    </rule>
    <rule field="path" operator="isnot">
        <value>D:\Kids Movies\</value>
    </rule>
</smartplaylist>

[Nordo]

Post a screenshot of the Playlist editor so we can see all your settings.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
    <name>Main Movies</name>
    <match>one</match>
    <rule field="path" operator="isnot">
        <value>D:\Home Movies\</value>
    </rule>
    <rule field="path" operator="isnot">
        <value>D:\Kids Movies\</value>
    </rule>
</smartplaylist> 

Note that I had tried <match>all</match> as well, with the same negative result.

[the_other_guy]

Post a screenshot of the Playlist editor so we can see all your settings.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
    <name>Main Movies</name>
    <match>one</match>
    <rule field="path" operator="isnot">
        <value>D:\Home Movies\</value>
    </rule>
    <rule field="path" operator="isnot">
        <value>D:\Kids Movies\</value>
    </rule>
</smartplaylist> 

when i create one i get

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

<smartplaylist type="movies">

    <name>test</name>

    <match>all</match>

    <rule field="path" operator="isnot">

        <value>E:\Blu-Ray\</value>

    </rule>

    <rule field="path" operator="isnot">

        <value>E:\dvd\</value>

    </rule>

</smartplaylist>

[Karellen]

Try this instead...

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

<smartplaylist type="movies">

    <name>Main Movies</name>

    <match>one</match>

    <rule field="path" operator="startswith">

        <value>D:\Home Movies\</value>

    </rule>

    <rule field="path" operator="startswith">

        <value>D:\Kids Movies\</value>

    </rule>

</smartplaylist> 

isnot is too restrictive. Use startswith.

[Nordo]

Try this instead...

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

<smartplaylist type="movies">

<name>Main Movies</name>

<match>one</match>

<rule field="path" operator="startswith">

<value>D:\Home Movies\</value>

</rule>

<rule field="path" operator="startswith">

<value>D:\Kids Movies\</value>

</rule>

</smartplaylist> 

isnot is too restrictive. Use startswith.

But I'm trying to stop D:/Kids Movies and D:/Home Movies from being included with Main Movies.

[Karellen]

oops. Give me a few minutes.

[Karellen]

@Nordo,

Sorry but I cannot get that to work. In certain cases there is an issue when combining multiple clauses, and this is one of those times.

Instead of excluding those folders, what about only including the folders you want? They seem to be in separate folders already.

Remember to use startswith.

[Nordo]

@Nordo,

Sorry but I cannot get that to work. In certain cases there is an issue when combining multiple clauses, and this is one of those times.

Instead of excluding those folders, what about only including the folders you want? They seem to be in separate folders already.

@Karellen
Thanks Karellen, I'll give that a try.
Cheers

[Karellen]

You were too quick for me, I made a small edit to my previous post, just reminding you to use startswith

Let me know if that works better so I can keep it in mind next time somebody asks.

[Nordo]

@Nordo,

Sorry but I cannot get that to work. In certain cases there is an issue when combining multiple clauses, and this is one of those times.

Instead of excluding those folders, what about only including the folders you want? They seem to be in separate folders already.

@Karellen
Thanks Karellen, I'll give that a try.
Cheers 

@Karellen 
Thanks, that did it.
Looks like the negative operators don't work too well.

[Karellen]

Great. I'll mark this solved.

[Karellen]

Thread marked solved.

[Nordo]

You were too quick for me, I made a small edit to my previous post, just reminding you to use startswith

Let me know if that works better so I can keep it in mind next time somebody asks.

Yep, I used "Starts with".