Genre based playlists

[LeRuet]

I broached this subject when I first got MM in 2024 and had no luck with a fix so actually resorted to moving some files to a different drive. However it is annoying that I cannot create a playlist based on Genre data. So here I have tried to have a playlist that has everything EXCEPT classical and Xmas. Maybe I am doing it wrong but I cannot see how. It certainly does not obey the instructions that I applied. I could add a screenshot as an example, but cannot see how to attach one. Any advice would be good.
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[Lowlander]

This is possible in MediaMonkey. AutoPlaylists can be set to only include certain Genres or to exclude Genres.

You can do the same in Collections.

[LeRuet]

Hello Lowlander I can see this with criteria a bit like an excel formula, does contain/ does not contain etc. but is does not actually work.In the autoplaylist I have selected to not contain "classical" and "Xmas" in the genres, but it still does. I will do it again from scratch and see if it still happens. I have created a playlist with only one genre and that does seem to work.

[Lowlander]

It works just fine here. Exclusions with doesn't contain will not have the files with that value. Do make sure you set Match correctly, likely you'll need All as value.

[LeRuet]

So I created a new autoplaylist with a new name
Match -ALL
Genre - Does not -Contain - Classical or Xmas

But it still does contain some

I guess I will have to live with this?

[Lowlander]

Are you sure that the files have that Genre? Please provide a screenshot showing both the Criteria you set and showing files (with Genre column) that shouldn't be there.

[LeRuet]

I have never used any of the sites to host images. It would be so much simpler to simply attach an image. I will look into it tomorrow. Thanks for your help.

[Lowlander]

You can do this with a Support Ticket, not here on the forum.

[LeRuet]

Thanks for your help Lowlander. I have raised a support ticket and attached screenshots. Hopefully I will discover what is wrong.