I've set up a few virtual channels, most notably a couple "All my movies" channels. It plays anything with the category of "movies" randomly. The issue here is that it repeats itself quite a bit. I have over 400 movies (they show up in the list when I edit the virtual channel) yet it seems to repeat a few movies over and over again. Is there a setting somewhere that would play all the movies in a random order, not repeating until all movies have been played? I have the same issue with tv shows and I assume that if such a setting existed, it could work for each channel.
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A "watch 'em all randomly before repeating any" option would be great -- +1 from me. And, at the risk of repeating myself 
-- throw another +1 on there.
There's no setting for this because it's not supposed to be repeating.
We would need to see examples and diagnostics of what's happening because the code is not setup in a way that could be allowing repeats.
Do you maybe have multiple copies of the same movie?
Is that true of TV series as well? I have several virtuals of 500 episodes or more where I've seen some half-a-dozen times, while others still seem to be rotating through for the first time.
If an episode appears in the guide, but isn't watched, does that count as a virtual "airing"?
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Yes.
That would explain it. So, maybe the revised request would be an option to not repeat any until all have been watched?
Realizing of course, that at some point only a single episode would appear in the guide 24x7, until somebody watched it... hmm... both +1s withdrawn.
While you can use the "Watched" status when creating a virtual channel, I do not believe that the status is updated when played in a virtual channel.
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I think I'll try creating an "alternate" virtual channel with exactly the same content. That way if I hit an episode I feel like I've seen too recently I can just change to the alternate.
Not sure why I get such a kick out of the whole virtual channel thing -- but I do... 
Wondering if using smart rules in Library Collections or Virtual Channels could be the cause.
It may cause the collection/channel to change dynamically.