Party Shuffle and Videos

Hello
I generally use Party Shuffle all the time when listening to my music collection. Sometimes, though, videos are included in the shuffle - I have imported *.mov files into iTunes, and none of them are music videos.
Does anyone know if there is a way to prevent these videos from being added to the shuffle please?
Thanks

B. Kennedy,
From my testing, it seems as you can create a smart playlist. Then edit and set to "Video kind as Music Video" and it will create a playlist to view your Music videos. (purchased at the iTunes Store)
Then choose the Smart playlist, from the souce pop-up after clicking on the Party Shuffle icon.
How many videos do you see have been added?
If that shows more than 7 videos, try playing to check for a repeat pattern.
If it is the same 7, than it would appear likely you have no more than 7 music videos and the other videos you have are currently not supported for the iTunes feature.
You can try the other 2 options for the Video Kind (i.e., Movie or TV Show), however I tried those and had the error:
The playlist "name of playlist" does not contain any songs playable by Party Shuffle. Are you sure you want to chose the playlist?
Apple welcomes your feedback at URL: www.apple.com/feedback
Hope this helps,
Generik
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