Goodsounds;374743 Wrote:
> You might like Music IP Mixer. I think of it as managed random (my
> term). You pick a song in your collection to "seed" a playlist, it then
> follows your (changeable) preferences to populate the list with other
> songs either most like or most unlike the seed, or degrees of same or
> different-ness that you choose in advance. You can edit the playlist -
> delete song, delete artist, more like this, less like this, etc.,
> before you finalize it.
>
> When first installed, it can take a long time (like hours or days) to
> do the first analysis of your collection. After that, additions are
> processed quickly.
>
> I use it to create playlists when I'm turning on music without
> something specific in mind. I find it does a great job of reaching into
> the far corners of my collection, to prevent me from forgetting things
> that I have. There is a way to integrate this with SC - it's something
> I haven't cared enough about to futz with. I just have it set up to use
> the same folder for playlists as SC, so then a quick playlist rescan and
> I'm ready to go.
>
> If you read around, it is apparently possible to incorporate personal
> song ratings and/or play frequency with this or perhaps some other
> programs/plugins. Personally, I can't be bothered, but perhaps that
> might also may help you do what you want.
I've considered MusicIP before, but the problem is that I'm running my
SC on a ReadyNAS Duo, and I don't think there is enough CPU power for
the initial scan; especially as I have ~12000 songs.
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