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Rotate playlist while taking into account the number of episodes per podcast #432

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flowrean opened this issue May 22, 2024 · 2 comments

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@flowrean
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When sorting a playlist, I would like to rotate by podcast (and also sort by publishing date within each podcast). There is such an option, but the result is not exactly what I was hoping to get.
If there are two podcasts, A and B, with 6 and 3 episodes, respectively, the result would look like:

  • A1
  • B1
  • A2
  • B2
  • A3
  • B3
  • A4
  • A5
  • A6

What's bothering me about this is that there is less variety at the end, with only episodes from the a smaller number of podcasts remaining. I would like to have a more balanced result, like:

  • A1
  • B1
  • A2
  • A3
  • B2
  • A4
  • A5
  • B3
  • A6

I find this result to be more in line with the term 'rotate'. This is only a small example, but I sometimes have a long list of episodes from a single podcast at the end.

Do you agree that this could be an improvement? I would be happy if the behavior would be altered or be made customizable through the settings. Or maybe a separate option in the sorting menu can be made for this.

If there is a way in which I can contribute such a change, please let me know.

@gemiren
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gemiren commented May 24, 2024

That's an interesting idea. I agree that's a more balanced result. However, I'm afraid that's less intuitive and can be confusing if more podcasts are involved. Thanks.

@flowrean
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Maybe in some cases it could be a little confusing indeed.
I must say I find myself increasingly wishing it would be possible to play a playlist in such a way that podcasts are alternating as best as possible (while also having the episodes within each podcast in order of publication).

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