Comment 3 for bug 594135

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Blaine Whited (cpt-giggles) wrote :

I should clarify, this is a request for an enhancement. As far as I can tell, the current functionality is not broken, but rather incomplete.

I installed Lucid to a VM and saw the same issue, which leads me to believe I failed at explaining my issue, for this I am sorry. The problem is the GUI for creating an automatic playlist allows you to use all ANDs or all ORs.

 Ive posed the following example. (Screen-caps included)

Example assumptions:
I've added 4 fake songs to my library:
<Title/Genre/Rating(out of 5)>
Song1/Rock/4
Song2/Alternative/5
Song3/Punk/4
Song4/Rock/1

Desired result: An automatic playlist that allows me to add all Rock/Alternative/Punk songs of rating 4 or greater...

Observed result: None. Creating a playlist in this way is not possible currently because of limitations of the automatic playlist creation pop-up.

Further info:
What I'm saying is, using the provided GUI for automatic playlist creation, I can, at best, create a playlist that has all 4 fake songs using the settings set in the automatic playlist creation pop-up. This is incomplete as I can think of several cases where the gui fails to allow me to create specific profiles.

Ideally, I would like to create a playlist with several different Genres but only with the best songs. Or rather in this example, an automatic playlist with Song1, Song2, and Song3. (and therefore, more good songs as I add them...)

Additional comments:
I understand the desire to keep things simple/intuitive for users but that doesn't mean functionality should be hindered as a result. I hope you agree.

Thanks for all your time and effort. It IS much appreciated.