[ckronengold]

I've been struggling with using my smart playlists as main menu items. I'm struggling with using Nodes, and was hoping that the Smart Playlists would work for me. 

After creating a smart playlist and setting it as a menu item, does the smart playlist continue to update itself based on the rules? It seems like once I create a smart playlist, it doesn't add new titles that match. 

I'm using a Path>Contains> NFS network folder location for the rule, but new titles don't get added to the library. 

Any advice or a point in the right direction would be appreciated. 

This is on an nVidia Shield running 18.2 and accessing files on a Synology NAS.

[Karellen]

I've been struggling with using my smart playlists as main menu items.

See guide here... Custom home items (wiki)

does the smart playlist continue to update itself based on the rules

Yes it does.

I'm using a Path>Contains> NFS network folder location for the rule, but new titles don't get added to the library. 

Can you either
1. provide a screenshot of the smart playlist so we can see settings and rules or
2. If you know where the smart playlist xml file is, then paste the contents here

[ckronengold]

I've been struggling with using my smart playlists as main menu items.

See guide here... Custom home items (wiki)

does the smart playlist continue to update itself based on the rules

Yes it does.

I'm using a Path>Contains> NFS network folder location for the rule, but new titles don't get added to the library. 

Can you either
1. provide a screenshot of the smart playlist so we can see settings and rules or
2. If you know where the smart playlist xml file is, then paste the contents here  

I need to find the XLM file on the Shield, but I haven't installed a file browser on it yet.

[Karellen]

Hmm, I cannot see anything wrong with that. If it did not work, then your list would be empty. As to why it is not updating is a mystery at the moment. Maybe others have experienced this.

What happens if you change your rule from Path contains to Path starts with?

[ckronengold]

Hmm, I cannot see anything wrong with that. If it did not work, then your list would be empty. As to why it is not updating is a mystery at the moment. Maybe others have experienced this.

What happens if you change your rule from Path contains to Path starts with?

When I change the rule, it refreshes the list. But it doesn't seem to find new movies without manually selecting "update library" in the settings.

I'm using AeonNox Silvo. I'm just gonna keep messing around. I'm sure its some other random toggle that I hit along the way. When in doubt, its probably my fault.

[ckronengold]

What is really strange to me is that my playlists / XML files seem identical (for folders in the same location, ie: KidsTV vs TVDVR) but one works and one doesn't. I can't seem to copy my XML files to paste, but I grabbed some screen shots of the playlist rules.  

KidsTV library on my server: 


But no shows found: 


Same list on my NAS

And the shows it finds


Regular TVDVR on my server: 

And the list it generates: 


So there's something funky going on that I can't figure out. TV show libraries obviously work on my server, because the non-kids version works. And the Kids TV library is fine, because all the same files are indexed if they sit on the NAS. 

What am I missing?

[trogggy]

When I change the rule, it refreshes the list. But it doesn't seem to find new movies without manually selecting "update library" in the settings. 

A smart playlist shows you a filtered library view (eg Movies in my library where the path starts with...'
If it isn't in your library it won't appear in a smart playlist.
So yes, you have to hit 'update library' to update smart playlists.

[37KDeep]

So yes, you have to hit 'update library' to update smart playlists.

So if I add songs to my music directory on my thumb drive, they will not be included in a smart playlist until I "update library"?