Rotate playlist while taking into account the number of episodes per podcast

[flowrean]

When sorting a playlist, I would like to rotate by podcast (and also sort by publishing date within each podcast). There is such an option, but the result is not exactly what I was hoping to get. If there are two podcasts, A and B, with 6 and 3 episodes, respectively, the result would look like:

• A1
• B1
• A2
• B2
• A3
• B3
• A4
• A5
• A6

What's bothering me about this is that there is less variety at the end, with only episodes from the a smaller number of podcasts remaining. I would like to have a more balanced result, like:

• A1
• B1
• A2
• A3
• B2
• A4
• A5
• B3
• A6

I find this result to be more in line with the term 'rotate'. This is only a small example, but I sometimes have a long list of episodes from a single podcast at the end.

Do you agree that this could be an improvement? I would be happy if the behavior would be altered or be made customizable through the settings. Or maybe a separate option in the sorting menu can be made for this.

If there is a way in which I can contribute such a change, please let me know.

[gemiren]

That's an interesting idea. I agree that's a more balanced result. However, I'm afraid that's less intuitive and can be confusing if more podcasts are involved. Thanks.

[flowrean]

Maybe in some cases it could be a little confusing indeed. I must say I find myself increasingly wishing it would be possible to play a playlist in such a way that podcasts are alternating as best as possible (while also having the episodes within each podcast in order of publication).