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wazdarocsta470
Jul 26, 2022Copper Contributor
Arrange videos in a Playlist (Stream on Sharepoint)
Hi all please can anyone tell me if the new Stream (on Sharepoint) features the ability to arrange videos in a playlist or at least is it in the roadmap. If not I would like to log a feature request ...
- Jul 17, 2023
Thank you karen_dredske I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I want to highlight that none of my criticisms about this feature are directed at you. People like yourself are really wonderful, and the time you take helping out in these forums is likely one of the only reasons Microsoft products remain usable.
For anyone else reading this thread, I want to list the steps necessary to re-order the playlist:
- Create the list
- Add videos to the list/playlist
- Realize with horror that the playlist items cannot be easily dragged & dropped into a new order
- Visit the forums for help
- If you're lucky, run into someone as generous with their time as @karen_dredske
- At this stage you are granted hidden knowledge from Karen that is utilized in the following steps.
- Select the Playlist drop-down menu (upper-right)
- Select All Items in the drop-down menu
- Add a column (I titled mine Order and made it a number column)
- Add values to all items in the new column for ordering (Example: 1, 2, 3, etc...)
- After adding all values, select the All Items drop-down menu (upper-right, same button as Playlist in step 6)
- Select Playlist in the drop-down menu
- Select the Playlist drop-down menu (upper-right, same as button in step 10, it just keeps changing names because that's super intuitive.. or at least it saves on space)
- Select Edit current view in the drop-down menu
- This opens a new tab where you'll be editing the settings for the Playlist view
- In the Columns section check the box for your newly created column (mine was Order)
- In the Sort section change the First sort by the column drop-down menu to your newly created column (so I'm selecting Order again)
- In the same Sort section decide if you want to check the radial bubble for sorting in ascending or descending order
- Click OK at the bottom right of this page.
- This brings you back to the Playlist, but in the same tab, so you now have your playlist, in two different states, open in side-by-side tabs.
So, if you don't count the creation of the playlist and finding Karen, it's just a quick ELEVEN steps to change the order of your playlist.. just in case anyone was wondering.
I just want to say again, although my post is obviously laden with sarcasm, none of it is directed at karen_dredske. I mean it when I say you make this community better. Thank you again for taking the time to respond.
karen_dredske
Jul 17, 2023Steel Contributor
OVA-CJ You just missed the last step of many. You have to edit the Playlist view and tell it to sort by the Number column in ascending order. Once you do that, it should work as you expect.
OVA-CJ
Jul 17, 2023Brass Contributor
Thank you karen_dredske I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I want to highlight that none of my criticisms about this feature are directed at you. People like yourself are really wonderful, and the time you take helping out in these forums is likely one of the only reasons Microsoft products remain usable.
For anyone else reading this thread, I want to list the steps necessary to re-order the playlist:
- Create the list
- Add videos to the list/playlist
- Realize with horror that the playlist items cannot be easily dragged & dropped into a new order
- Visit the forums for help
- If you're lucky, run into someone as generous with their time as @karen_dredske
- At this stage you are granted hidden knowledge from Karen that is utilized in the following steps.
- Select the Playlist drop-down menu (upper-right)
- Select All Items in the drop-down menu
- Add a column (I titled mine Order and made it a number column)
- Add values to all items in the new column for ordering (Example: 1, 2, 3, etc...)
- After adding all values, select the All Items drop-down menu (upper-right, same button as Playlist in step 6)
- Select Playlist in the drop-down menu
- Select the Playlist drop-down menu (upper-right, same as button in step 10, it just keeps changing names because that's super intuitive.. or at least it saves on space)
- Select Edit current view in the drop-down menu
- This opens a new tab where you'll be editing the settings for the Playlist view
- In the Columns section check the box for your newly created column (mine was Order)
- In the Sort section change the First sort by the column drop-down menu to your newly created column (so I'm selecting Order again)
- In the same Sort section decide if you want to check the radial bubble for sorting in ascending or descending order
- Click OK at the bottom right of this page.
- This brings you back to the Playlist, but in the same tab, so you now have your playlist, in two different states, open in side-by-side tabs.
So, if you don't count the creation of the playlist and finding Karen, it's just a quick ELEVEN steps to change the order of your playlist.. just in case anyone was wondering.
I just want to say again, although my post is obviously laden with sarcasm, none of it is directed at karen_dredske. I mean it when I say you make this community better. Thank you again for taking the time to respond.
- gpikeAug 29, 2023Copper ContributorAssuming then that you could do this with dates aswell to order by date? Guessing it would be the same process - thanks so much for summarizing!
- karen_dredskeJul 18, 2023Steel ContributorOVA-CJ you are very welcome. I'm glad this is working for you now. You did a great job of listing out the steps for others. Thank you for the kind words also. You made my day today.
- wazdarocsta470Jul 18, 2023Copper ContributorThanks OVA-CJ for this comprehensive "Summary". I do appreciate it - I'm going to have to go back and see which client I requested this for it was so long ago. Probably a bit embarassing to go back now and say "Hi this is done!" But nonetheless karen_dredske and the MS Team I appreciate the work and I hope this makes the product easier and better for the community at large.