Smart Playlist "Played" Filter

I could be missing it, but I cannot figure out how to create a Smart Playlist of my Podcasts that have not been played.
I know I could filter on "Play Count = 0", but that doesn't meet my need. Sometimes I will right click on a Podcast and select "Mark as Played" because I've listened to the Podcast on my Treo.
Can someone please offer a suggestion?
Thanks!
Chris

polishedstaple wrote:
It looks like there are two fields. "Kind" and "Media Kind". I got it to work using "Media Kind". What do you suppose "Kind" is for?
kind would be e.g. mp3 or AAC. media kind would be e.g. tv show or movie or (apparently) audiobook
sorry, don't have many audiobooks so i wasn't 100% sure how to set it up.
but you figured it out and all is cool now, eh ?

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The following Knowledge Base article provides some practical steps to use when troubleshooting an application stops responding:
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polishedstaple wrote:
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