Probably the most important use case for per-user ratings is that if I have a smart playlist that prefers highly-rated music, I want to hear the music I like, not the music the kids like. I imagine they feel the same way! mps wrote: > Thanks for asking about this, Erland. I've been hoping for this for a > long time, and support for multiple users within a family would make an > immense difference for me. > > Yes. However, it is important to understand what "library" means. I use > your multilibrary to setup different libraries for different family > members. However, these libraries may overlap if, for example, everyone > likes classic rock. > All music is stored on a NAS. As above, I use multilibrary to create > "views" for family members. > > Yes. As described in the "classic rock" example above. > Yes > > Yes > > Yes, this is critically important. The kids don't care how I rate a > song. They only care how they rate it. > One important point here is that the notion of "user" is distinct from > "library." If my kids are browsing in my library and rating songs, they > are creating their own ratings, not modifying my ratings. > > A little bit, but it isn't uncommon to use someone else' player. > All players should be controllable by everyone. > > Also have shared remote controls > > Squeezebox controller > > As described above, I'd like the system to have a notion of users, with > customized ratings, statistics, and views of the > entire music repository (My daughter sometimes likes to browse my > library, so libraries should not be completely hidden from different > users). Any support in this direction would be huge.
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