Thanks guys, I guess I should clarify a little! When I say kids, Im actually dealing with a 16 and 13 y/o. Theyve grown up alongside the SB system and have a decent idea of its capabilities, but until now have tended to listen to their own music on ipod or smartphones. Like most kids of that age I suspect, theyre quite tech-savvy enough to use an SB3.
The issue definitely isnt one of controlling what they hear perhaps controlling what I hear is more of an issue! I do occasionally use the random play option, and Im not sure Id like the sort of genre jump that might be involved if more of their content was on the server. Having said that, the easiest thing to do here would definitely be just to put their music on the server and let them navigate to that. However, I suspect most of their content is in MP3 format rather than the FLAC library Im still in the process of recreating. LMS is pointed at this FLAC directory, and while there is an MP3 mirror for the ipods I use while travelling, or in the car, LMS doesnt look at it at all. Presumably I could just drop some MP3 files into the FLAC folders, given that LMS can stream them both anyway. The other option is the separate directory w3wilkes wrote: > I'm surprised you hadn't seen or heard of this on these forums. > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Multi_Library_plugin WW like I said, Id just never needed to look or even think about it until now. As I said, Ive always just kept to a very plain vanilla installation and use of LMS probably not even scratching the surface of its capabilities. Ill admit it didnt occur to me to look at the wiki for an answer. This plugin does look like it would do what Im after, if I do eventually decide to go that way. mherger wrote: > You could give 7.9 a try: it offers an "Extended Browse Menus" plugin > which allows you to disable menu items per player, create new browse > modes etc. I'm using this to build a custom Kids Music menu (based on > genres), which my kids know to navigate. It's all they use. Using a > Radio has the additional benefit of showing artwork - which simplifies > selection for my soon to be five year old a great deal. > Michael Thanks Michael. Im obviously aware of 7.9 but I hadnt really considered it yet partly because I could see there were threads on library scan issues etc. Also, because I have fairly basic LMS requirements Ive never really rushed to be at the cutting edge. I much prefer to use something tried and tested and stable. Ill take the time to look at it now. Thanks again all. SB "user" since 2000... 3 x Touch; 2 x Boom ; 3 x Classic; 1 x Controller Spares - 1xClassic; 2xSB1 Controlled by iPad using 'Squeezepad' Vortexbox appliance running LMS version 7.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ donmacn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36036 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102002
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