> Two workarounds: > > - Move the tracks to another genre/album (f.e. rock_extra). > Ugly but works.
wouldn't "random playback of 'genre rock'" still pick them up? but i understand what you mean in principle. > - Use iTunes and use the checkbox. Slimserver can be > configured to ignore unchecked songs. You cannot play the > songs any longer (from the Squeezebox), but they would be in > your "music collection" on iTunes. interesting. i'm not an itunes user currently, so i probably won't do this. > > One proper solution: > > - Develop the feature for Slimserver, become a developer. If :-) well, i'm certainly game to take a look, though my perl is slim to nonexistent. (pun noted but not intended. :-) > this is not an option, then I suggest adding an enhancement > request to bugs.slimdevices.com. this i can certainly do. it certainly seems like i might not be the first to want/need something like this. thanks... one more question: does slimserver do more than simply look at file suffix to determin file type when scanning? if i rename the tracks in question to "<trackname>.mp3.skip", will they be ignored? i realize that this will probably prevent their being played at all, but currently, that would be the better alternative (for me)... paul =--------------------- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 23.7 degrees) _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
