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Rules and groupings

This page lists the available attributes and operators that can be used in Smart Playlist XSP files. What can be used is dependent on the playlist type and rules.

For a complete Master list see Smart Playlists on Github

Grouping

Available fields for grouping. Availability depends upon the playlist type in use.

• none
• sets
• genres
• years
• actors
• directors
• writers
• studios
• countries
• artists
• albums
• tags

Operators

The operators available will depend on the selected field.

The operator attribute specifies the rule that should be used to match the parameter to the field. All matching is done case-insensitive. The allowed operators are:

operator	Definition
contains	True if the field contains the parameter as a substring
doesnotcontain	True if the field does not contain the parameter as a substring
is	True if the field matches the parameter exactly
isnot	True if the field does not match the parameter exactly
startswith	True if the start of the field matches the parameter
endswith	True if the end of the field matches the parameter
lessthan	True if the content of the field is less than the parameter
greaterthan	True if the content of the field is greater than the parameter
after	True if the content of the field comes after the parameter
before	True if the content of the field comes before the parameter
inthelast	True if the field falls in the last range specified by the parameter. Only applicable for a date field.
notinthelast	True if the field does not fall in the last range specified by the parameter. Only applicable for a date field.

Fields

Songs

• Genre
• Source
• Album
• Artist
• AlbumArtist
• Title
• Year
• Time
• TrackNumber
• Filename
• Path
• Playcount
• LastPlayed
• Rating
• UserRating
• Comment
• Moods

Albums

• Genre
• Source
• Album
• Artist
• AlbumArtist
• Year
• Review
• Themes
• Moods
• Styles
• Compilation
• AlbumType
• MusicLabel
• Rating
• UserRating
• Playcount
• LastPlayed
• Path

Artists

• Artist
• Source
• Genre
• Moods
• Styles
• Instruments
• Biography
• ArtistType
• Gender
• Disambiguation
• Born
• BandFormed
• Disbanded
• Died
• Role
• Path

TV Shows

• Title
• OriginalTitle
• Plot
• TvShowStatus
• Votes
• Rating
• UserRating
• Year
• Genre
• Director
• Actor
• NumberOfEpisodes
• NumberOfWatchedEpisodes
• Playcount
• Path
• Studio
• MPAA
• DateAdded
• LastPlayed
• InProgress
• Tag

Episodes

• Title
• TvShowTitle
• OriginalTitle
• Plot
• Votes
• Rating
• UserRating
• Time
• Writer
• AirDate
• Playcount
• LastPlayed
• InProgress
• Genre
• Year // premiered
• Director
• Actor
• EpisodeNumber
• Season
• Filename
• Path
• Studio
• MPAA
• DateAdded
• Tag
• VideoResolution
• AudioChannels
• AudioCount
• SubtitleCount
• VideoCodec
• AudioCodec
• AudioLanguage
• SubtitleLanguage
• VideoAspectRatio

Movies

• Title
• OriginalTitle
• Plot
• PlotOutline
• Tagline
• Votes
• Rating
• UserRating
• Time
• Writer
• Playcount
• LastPlayed
• InProgress
• Genre
• Country
• Year // premiered
• Director
• Actor
• MPAA
• Top250
• Studio
• Trailer
• Filename
• Path
• Set
• Tag
• DateAdded
• VideoResolution
• AudioChannels
• AudioCount
• SubtitleCount
• VideoCodec
• AudioCodec
• AudioLanguage
• SubtitleLanguage
• VideoAspectRatio

Music Videos

• Title
• Genre
• Album
• Year
• Artist
• Filename
• Path
• Playcount
• LastPlayed
• Rating
• UserRating
• Time
• Director
• Studio
• Plot
• Tag
• DateAdded
• VideoResolution
• AudioChannels
• AudioCount
• SubtitleCount
• VideoCodec
• AudioCodec
• AudioLanguage
• SubtitleLanguage
• VideoAspectRatio

Other

• Playlist
• VirtualFolder

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