So, how about  exporting the list of album names to a file (a process about
which I know nothing!) then with some careful font trickery, print out
something which looks like all the spines of your CD's - pin this to the
wall in sections and hey presto  - random, browsable and inspirational -
finally, grab the remote and play your selection!
-
On a more serious note - I would love to be able to easily 'get at' the data
held by Slimserver in some text file form - if only to permit fine tuning of
all my tags - though I would like to produce some form of catalogue for
perusal. In the mean time I use the web interface to spot inaccuracies like
miss-spelt artists and/or albums that produce duplication etc.

Richard Scales



-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 17 January 2006 19:08
To: Slim Devices Discussion
Subject: Re: [slim] Re: The only downside I've noticed

On 1/17/06, cliveb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For what it's worth, I control the SB2 purely through the standard
> remote.

I do this also, and know exactly what you mean about wanting to scan
quickly through CDs to see which one 'jumps out'.

One thing that sometimes works well is to hit one of the keys on the
remote while browsing by artist.  Hit it 1-3 times, and you end up in
a semi-random place in your collection.  Then, either scroll down
one-by-one, or if you have a lot of albums, hold the scroll for a
while.

Assuming you previously sorted your physical CDs by artist name, this
at least simulates walking up your CD storage unit, picking a shelf at
random, and scanning it.

Cheers
Geoff
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