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			: '''[[HOW-TO:Movie_universe\|Movie Universes]]''' - Create Movie Universes using Smart Playlists

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	: '''[[Smart_playlists/Examples\|Example XSP files]]''' - Example XSP files that can be copied into your own setup		: '''[[Smart_playlists/Examples\|Example XSP files]]''' - Example XSP files that can be copied into your own setup

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		{{:Smart_playlists/Contents}}
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		== Introduction ==
		<section begin="intro"/>Smart Playlists are a versatile feature that allow you to create customised lists of media that may be more suited to your browsing preference. They are a set of rules/filters that allow you to display a sub set of the media in your library.<section end="intro"/>

		Once a smart playlist is created, it can be browsed like any other list in the {{kodi}} library.

		A Smart Playlist can also be set as a menu item on the main menu using any compatible skin. See: '''''[[Custom home items]]'''''

		'''Notes:'''
		* Smart Playlists work by using the information in the databases. A correctly scanned/scraped library is required for accurate results
		* It is not possible to combine different classes of media into a playlist. eg you cannot combine Movies and TV Shows. The only combining allowed is Music and Music Videos as these may share a common Artist

		These pages are a basic guide to help you understand the process of creating a smart playlist. The easiest way to discover the power of smart playlists is to create and test. Create as many as you like, they can all be deleted and there is no effect on the rest of your setup.


		== Methods ==
		Playlists can be created and edited using either of the two following methods :

		{{big\|'''[[Smart_playlists/GUI Method\|GUI Method]]'''}} - Create and edit playlists directly in {{kodi}} using the playlist editor

		{{big\|'''[[Smart_playlists/XSP Method\|XSP Method]]'''}} - Advanced users can create and edit the XSP files located in the '''[[userdata]]\playlists''' folder

		Also...

		: '''[[Smart_playlists/Operators\|Operators]]''' - A list of Rules, Fields, Operators and Values that can be used in the XSP files

		: '''[[Smart_playlists/Examples\|Example XSP files]]''' - Example XSP files that can be copied into your own setup



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	{{note\| This is useless if you have a lot of video files with the black bars in its video (e.g. DVD/BD and remuxes). That'll lead to e.g. 4:3 and 2.35:1 videos also being recognized as 16:9. Even if you set the correct aspect ratio in the movie's [[~~NFO files~~/~~movies~~\|NFO file]] (<streamdetails><aspect>) it won't help because the software will always overwrite this data when it plays back the video file (see [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/3701 GitHub] about this issue). For now the only solution is to do it manually using [[Video_library_tags\|tags]].'' }}		{{note\| This is useless if you have a lot of video files with the black bars in its video (e.g. DVD/BD and remuxes). That'll lead to e.g. 4:3 and 2.35:1 videos also being recognized as 16:9. Even if you set the correct aspect ratio in the movie's [[NFO_files/Movies\|NFO file]] (<streamdetails><aspect>) it won't help because the software will always overwrite this data when it plays back the video file (see [https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/3701 GitHub] about this issue). For now the only solution is to do it manually using [[Video_library_tags\|tags]].'' }}
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	<section begin="intro"/>Kodi supports '''smart playlists''' for all types of media (excluding pictures), which essentially use a set of rules to limit the results from the [[databases]]. This means that to be able to create a smart playlist in the GUI, music/video ''must'' first be added to the libraries using a [[Scrapers\|scraper]] [[Add-ons\|addon]] or by creating [[NFO files]]. Smart playlist can be created either by using the built-in GUI smart playlist editor accessible from the [[Playlists]] section, or by creating an [[w:XML\|XML]] file with the extension XSP ('''X'''BMC '''S'''mart '''P'''laylist).<section end="intro"/>		<section begin="intro"/>Kodi supports '''smart playlists''' for all types of media (excluding pictures), which essentially use a set of rules to limit the results from the [[databases]]. This means that to be able to create a smart playlist in the GUI, music/video ''must'' first be added to the libraries using a [[Scrapers\|scraper]] [[Add-ons\|addon]] or by creating [[NFO files]]. Smart playlist can be created either by using the built-in GUI smart playlist editor accessible from the [[Playlists]] section, or by creating an [[w:XML\|XML]] file with the extension XSP ('''X'''BMC '''S'''mart '''P'''laylist).<section end="intro"/>

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	<section begin="intro"/>Kodi supports '''smart playlists''' for all types of media (excluding pictures), which essentially use a set of rules to limit the results from the [[databases]]. This means that to be able to create a smart playlist in the GUI, music/video ''must'' first be added to the libraries using a [[Scrapers\|scraper]] [[Add-ons\|addon]] or by creating [[NFO files]]. Smart playlist can be created either by using the built-in GUI smart playlist editor accessible from the [[Playlists]] section, or by creating an [[w:XML\|XML]] file with the extension XSP ('''X'''BMC '''S'''mart '''P'''laylist).<section end="intro"/>		<section begin="intro"/>Kodi supports '''smart playlists''' for all types of media (excluding pictures), which essentially use a set of rules to limit the results from the [[databases]]. This means that to be able to create a smart playlist in the GUI, music/video ''must'' first be added to the libraries using a [[Scrapers\|scraper]] [[Add-ons\|addon]] or by creating [[NFO files]]. Smart playlist can be created either by using the built-in GUI smart playlist editor accessible from the [[Playlists]] section, or by creating an [[w:XML\|XML]] file with the extension XSP ('''X'''BMC '''S'''mart '''P'''laylist).<section end="intro"/>