bishopdonmiguel wrote:
> There are times when you have guests around and you don't want
> to be a rude & inconsiderate host. I have a sizable collection
> "explicit" songs. Instead of showing off the Squeezebox when guests
> are over, I usually shut it down and go with the radio or pop in a CD.
>
For me, the playlist workaround is really not a feasible option since
they must be maintained manually (and who has the time to keep them up
to date?).
Here's a possible workaround; it requires a bit of effort up front, but
nothing too bad.
Step one, a question: Can you segregate the music on disk? That is,
would you be willing to maintain a folder structure like:
Music/Explicit
Music/Clean
If so, then add one more top-level folder:
Music/All
that contains nothing but two symlinks (or Windows shortcuts) to
Music/Explicit and Music/Clean.
Then you can run two copies of Slimserver, pointing one at Music/Clean
and the other at Music/All.
Each will maintain a separate database; rescans will pick up changes,
etc., as usual. You'll have to choose a different port number for the
second Slimserver, of course. And you'll need to do a custom install
(e.g., to Program Files/Slimserver-Clean) so preferences and databases
don't overwrite each other.
OK, having done that, the rest is pretty easy:
For normal listening, you have the Squeezebox point at the "All"
Slimserver.
When you have guests over, change the setup on the Squeezebox to point
to the "Clean" Slimserver. This will keep the music selection clean
until you change the settings back again.
A bit of a nuisance, true, but changing which Slimserver a Squeezebox
points to isn't all that difficult -- you just hold the power button
down and walk through the player setup, keeping all the default settings
but simply choosing the "Clean" Slimserver when presented with the list
of available Slimservers, something that takes all of about 30 seconds.
Shouldn't be a big deal to keep both copies of Slimserver running; the
one that isn't actively talking to the Squeezebox is just going to be
idle and remain swapped out on disk, so it won't be using any CPU or RAM
until you point your Squeezebox at it. (This way you don't have to
bother messing with things on your PC, e.g., starting and stopping
services -- all the changeover work is done via the remote.)
Like I said, it's a workaround rather than a proper solution, but it's
not too difficult to implement and I think it would be very effective as
well as easy to take advantage of when needed. (Nothing worse than a
workaround that requires a lot of your time and attention just when you
really want to be spending time with your guests.)
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