From 78e3702cb064fc664ed1a658ad534cf66f5373d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Collin T Swisher <79892877+Collin-Swish@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:50:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix playlist item de-duplication (#15858)

---
 MediaBrowser.Providers/Playlists/PlaylistMetadataService.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Playlists/PlaylistMetadataService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Playlists/PlaylistMetadataService.cs
index 8df15e4408..e0a4c4f320 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/Playlists/PlaylistMetadataService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/Playlists/PlaylistMetadataService.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class PlaylistMetadataService : MetadataService<Playlist, ItemLookupInfo>
             }
             else
             {
-                targetItem.LinkedChildren = sourceItem.LinkedChildren.Concat(targetItem.LinkedChildren).Distinct().ToArray();
+                targetItem.LinkedChildren = sourceItem.LinkedChildren.Concat(targetItem.LinkedChildren).DistinctBy(i => i.Path).ToArray();
             }
 
             if (replaceData || targetItem.Shares.Count == 0)