> The reason this won't be the perfect setup is that you basically more > or less can't use the SlimServer standard functionality regarding > random playlists and browse menus. As already mentioned, if you use > searching it wouldn't sense the virtual libraries at all and instead > search in the whole SlimServer library.
Erland's plugins are the solution you're looking for, even though, as he says here, it's not a perfect solution. But I use them to create a separate library for my kids -- I tag albums they like with a "KIDS" comment, and then define a "KIDS" library to include only those tracks with that tag. Then a couple of custom "Kids Artists" and "Kids Albums" menus and they have an easy time browsing both in the web UI and especially on their player, without having to wade through hundreds of artists they're not interested in. It really works very, very well, though again, it's not a perfect solution. By the way, my kids really love their Squeezebox: they use the alarm in the morning; SuperDateTime for the weather forecast and to follow MLB and NBA games; they've set up favorites; they have their own playlist. (Actually, playlist editing is one real bummer for them -- there's no good way to do it, from what I can tell. I know, I shouldn't complain, I should write some perl code to make it happen. In the meantime we're using Phil Meyer's Playlist Man plugin that at least lets them add the "Now Playing" track directly to their playlist.) I guess my point is that they don't see all the under-the-hood improvements, so for them right now the plugins -- Erland's especially -- are what really make the Squeezebox special and help differentiate it from more generic music streaming hardware. SBB _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
