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Topic: Are playlist names mapped to a variable ? In turn, are playlist names searchable (Read 359 times) previous topic - next topic
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Are playlist names mapped to a variable ? In turn, are playlist names searchable

My library is massive, and being unable to combine freeform simple search, I would like to use nested search against a playlist contents. I generated a slew of playlists based on simple search (keywords).

%playlist% IS A AND %COMMENT% IS R3
In order to do this I need to be able to name/call a specific playlist hence the question.

Re: Are playlist names mapped to a variable ? In turn, are playlist names searchable

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You can not directly do that with native foobar2000. In particular, there is no way to use playlist names as variables. But if you only want to sarch...

You can use Edit/Search to open a popup window which allows you to search within the active playlist (not the library).

(Searching for tracks which have Jimi Hendrix as artist within active playlist)
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There are also additional components which allow to do something similar via UI elements.

(Quick search addon)
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My playlist manager (see sig above) -which requires SMP or JSplitter- allows you to apply any query to playlists, so you can easily check if an specific playlist from your entire collection matches the query.

(Searching for playlists which have any track with Jimi Hendrix as artist, all shown playlist are a match)
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Finally the same playlist manager allows you to create Smart Playlists (based on xbmc), which also have #PLAYLIST# as a variable, doing exactly what you ask. Note these playlists have limited query support though, since they must be compatible with xbmc.
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