Ability to Build Playlist Templates That Can Be Added Like the Auto_Generated Child Playlists

📋 Summary

Add the ability to create reusable Playlist Templates that can be applied when adding a new Playlist or when generating Auto-Generated Child Playlists. These templates would define preset values (e.g., Name patterns, Sort Title rules, Auto-Populate filters) and allow dynamic variables like parent Platform to be used automatically.

🎯 Feature Overview

This feature introduces a Playlist Template System enabling users to define templates that can later be instantiated across Platforms, Categories, or Playlists.

A template could include:

• Name format (e.g., “Want to Play – {Platform}”)

• Sort Title format

• Auto-Populate Rules, including:

  • Platform = Parent platform

  • Progress = specific status

  • Date added rules

  • Missing media rules

  • Broken status

• Optional default artwork for playlists

• Optional placement rules (e.g., always create under the platform node)

Templates would appear as selectable options in:

• Add New Playlist

• Auto-Generate Child Playlists

• Right-click Platform → Add Auto-Generated Playlist

This mirrors how LaunchBox already creates auto-generated playlists such as Favorites, but expands it so users can define their own reusable structures.

🛠 Example Use Cases

✔️ Platform-wide Progress Playlists

A user defines two templates:

• Want to Play

  • Auto-Populate: Progress = Want to Play

  • Platform = Parent Platform

• In Progress

  • Auto-Populate: Progress = In Progress

  • Platform = Parent Platform

Instead of manually creating these under every platform, the user can generate them instantly using templates.

✔️ Maintenance Templates

Users could create templates for:

• Recently Added

  • Auto-Populate: Added within last 30 days

• Missing Media

  • Auto-Populate: Missing Box Front OR Missing Video

• Broken Games

  • Auto-Populate: Broken = True

✔️ Collection Expansion

When adding a new Platform, the user can instantly generate:

• Want to Play

• In Progress

• Favorites by Genre

• Recently Played

• Series Playlists

All based on their personal template collection.

📦 Benefits

• Huge time-saver for users who organize their collection with consistent structures.

• Reduces repetitive manual setup when adding new Platforms.

• Makes Auto-Generated Playlists far more customizable and powerful.

• Provides a scalable system that grows with large collections.

• Ideal for workflows that rely heavily on Progress, Metadata cleanliness, or Playlist curation.