Add a playlist order that will alternate between all the podcasts regardless of how old they are
This is hard to explain in a title. I want to listen to all my podcasts in chronological order. However, because podcast 1 started in 2011, and podcast 2 starts in 2013, I'm stuck listing to podcast 1 in bulk for a long time.
What would be great to have is a sort feature that would play the oldest (or newest, if you prefer that) episode of podcast 1, then the oldest of episode of podcast 2 (then oldest of podcast 3 or 4,etc). Once it's cycled through all the podcasts, it would then start on the second oldest of podcast 1, then podcast 2, etc.
I understand that this can be achieved manually, but this would be a long process with the amount of podcasts in my playlist.
Delivered in v3.43
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A new beta will soon be available that adds a new playlist sorting option that should achieve this. Please send me an email if you want to test it and provide some feedback (Settings/Feedback)
Thanks
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Dom commented
I came here specifically to request this myself for the same reasons, so I feel your pain.
While it could be done as a sort option, I think it would be easier and cleaner to make it an "on/off" option for playlists in general and not part of the sorting options.
When enabled, it applies as an after-filter to any current sorting settings you have and ensures that the overall order in the cycle, one at a time as you describe, as long as there is another podcast still on the list and available for listening.
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Ross Begg commented
I want something similar. It looks like it is under consideration in the "Category Playlist" post. It seems that you both want similar things and you may vote for that if you haven't already.
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Heliasatcomcastdotnet commented
Just set the "add to play position" to bottom. That way when you finish the oldest episode of podcast one it will automatically download the following episode and put it at the end of the playlist.
Fill the playlist, set it to whatever order you want, and then set it to manual for the "add to play position" to take effect.