[archie456]

Hi,

I've set up a playlist which will show all the recordings made by Windows Media Center - I'm slowly moving from Media Center to XBMC.

But the playlist always comes up blank, I can see the files when I look at the file list - but I want the play list to filter out only the Windows Media Center recordings.

Any idea whats going wrong?

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
    <name>WMC Recordings</name>
    <match>all</match>
    <rule field="path" operator="is">D:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\</rule>
</smartplaylist>

Cheers.

[WelshPaul]

Have you scanned that folder to library yet?

[archie456]

Yes, I rescanned it, but its still blank.

I tried setting the content to Movies or TV shows thinking that may be the problem - but to no avail...

When I click on Files in XBMC and select the folder I can see all the WTV recordings and they play fine.

Its just the playlist which always seems to come up blank.

[Kib]

I think the problem is your rule

<rule field="path" operator="is">D:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\</rule>

Not a single movie in that folder will have its path exactly like that. You probably need something like contains or startswith

See Smart_playlists#Operators (wiki)

[archie456]

Nope - Still cant get it to work

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<smartplaylist type="movies">
    <name>WMC Recordings</name>
    <match>all</match>
    <rule field="path" operator="contains">
        <value>Public</value>
    </rule>
</smartplaylist>

Am I going about this the wrong way?

All I want is the ability to access WMC recordings - but I want to separate them from my video files / library so I can watch them and then delete them - are playlists the best way to do this?

[whitebelly]

Have you checked to make sure the videos are scanned into the movie library?
Try startswith, D:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\