Subject: Re: [Usher Talk] Re: Use of tags in smart playlist

From: Robert Nowlan <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:11:57 -0800

Hi Rob,
Thanks for the quick reply. Your suggestion will work in the interim. Separate tag criteria rows and the "all" setting narrows it down pretty well for me. Thanks again for your time

Best wishes,
Robert
On Jan 16, 2011, at 6:38 AM, Rob Griffiths wrote:

> On Jan 16, 2011, at 4:12 AM, robn wrote:
> 
>> assigned to the video that are not sequential, so the relative order
>> is correct, but the absolute order in the metadata array is not
>> maintained. Hope that is clear and thanks again for your help in this.
> 
> Yes, it makes sense that that fails. I've spoken with Peter, and we'll try to get this resolved, but it may take some time. In the interim, about the only way to work around it is to use one tag per criteria row, and set the pop-up at the top to Any instead of All. We know that's not perfect, so we'll be working on a better long-term fix.
> 
> regards,
> -rob.
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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 06:38:53 -0800

regards,
-rob.

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From: robn <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:12:44 -0800 (PST)

Thanks for the quick action, Rob. I thought I had tried that with no
better success. I tried it again just now - putting the tags in the
same order they occur in the metadata for each video - and still no
success. The difference may be that I am selecting two tags from 5-6
assigned to the video that are not sequential, so the relative order
is correct, but the absolute order in the metadata array is not
maintained. Hope that is clear and thanks again for your help in this.
Best wishes,
Robert

On Jan 15, 11:03 pm, Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]> wrote:
> On Jan 15, 2011, at 3:30 PM, robn wrote:
>
> > I have tried repeatedly to get a smart playlist to populate based on
> > the checked criteria of "tags" "contains" followed by a pair of tags,
>
> I dug into this, and it seems to be a definite bug. I was able to make it work, but only by placing the tags in the exact same order in the Smart Playlist as they were in the tagged movies. So if I had two movies tagged (comedy) (tv series) (enjoyed), and I build a Smart Playlist to look for those three tags in that order, it will work. If the Smart Playlist changes the tag order, though, nothing is matched.
>
> We'll try to get this fixed in our next update, and thanks for the report.
>
> -rob.
> --
> Rob Griffiths
> [email-masked]
> Makers of Helpful Apps
> manytricks.com

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:03:54 -0800

-rob.
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Rob Griffiths
[email-masked]
Makers of Helpful Apps
manytricks.com

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From: robn <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:30:57 -0800 (PST)

I have tried repeatedly to get a smart playlist to populate based on
the checked criteria of "tags" "contains" followed by a pair of tags,
separated by a semicolon (tagA; tagB). Both tags are attached to the
videos in question but the videos are not brought into the smart
playlist. If I also check the "Name" criteria and include a word
contained in the name, the smart playlist reflects the change.
However, there are many instances where I will want to create a smart
playlist only from the tags so I am a bit stumped as to what to do.
Any info you can provide would be appreciated.

Best wishes,
Robert