Smart Alternation option in playlist
Add an additional option for when Alternate podcasts is checked on a playlist so that it will only alternate when a podcast would have multiple episodes in a row. For example something like
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Mike Blazanin commented
I agree with this idea and have long wanted this or a similar feature. In fact, there's quite a bit of support for this and other similar ideas, but it seems that many posts wanting to achieve similar outcomes are phrased in different ways and so end up categorized as separate requests. I'm posting here in the hopes that we can start to unify these requests in order to gain more attention for them.
I would characterize these requests as involving some sort of accounting for the number of podcast episodes or time of a given podcast in the current playlist, as opposed to the default current behavior to simply alternate between all podcasts. This would enable podcasts with more episodes/more time in the playlist to be played more frequently, and prevent the problem of the accumulation of excess episodes at the end of the playlist.
For the oldest suggestion along these lines, see: https://podcastaddict.uservoice.com/forums/211997-general/suggestions/8105223--smart-sorting-option
For other similar requests, see:
https://podcastaddict.uservoice.com/forums/211997-general/suggestions/36456832-alternate-podcasts-considering-channel-queue-lengt
https://podcastaddict.uservoice.com/forums/211997-general/suggestions/38974180-smart-alternation-option-in-playlist
https://podcastaddict.uservoice.com/forums/211997-general/suggestions/36793843-alternate-podcast-feeds
https://podcastaddict.uservoice.com/forums/211997-general/suggestions/33506839-add-additional-customize-ability-to-alternate-podc
https://podcastaddict.uservoice.com/forums/211997-general/suggestions/35113660-sort-playlist-by-number-of-unplayed-episodes-in-po