2011-02-09, 06:39
jtucker1972 Wrote:I think this is do to how your playlist is constructed. If you have a show with 100 episodes and a show with 10 episodes, then the law of averages would pick 10 episodes of the first show for every 1 episode of the second show. You need to create a playlist for each show and limit it to the same number of episodes. This evens the odds that one show will be picked as another.
I use genres for my Channel Packs. I have a large collection so my shows rarely repeat. If you have limited shows than this can skew one show over others.
I would be curious to know what your rules are for the playlist.
Unfortunately, this can't be the case. For example, I have an Animation category-- I have MANY cartoons in my collection, and when I look at the animation genre in xbmc there are many many shows in there--yet it will show batman the animated series for 2 days straight (awesome! but not not all the time lol) followed by 2 days of futurama... not laws of averages, though I certainly get your reasoning.....
my playlists look like this...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="tvshows">
<name>Children TV</name>
<match>all</match>
<rule field="genre" operator="is">Children</rule>
<limit>100</limit>
<order direction="ascending">random</order>
</smartplaylist>
Any thoughts?