On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 12:04:42PM -0500, ron thigpen wrote: > I definitely support your request for some sort of > library/collection/profile system. > > In particular, I think the idea of defining collections as some of > filtered specification of the entire database of scanned tracks has > quite a bit of merit. > > Whether the filter keys of path, user, or some other attribute such as a > tag is up for discussion. > > I'm not sure there's a clear winner, but I tend to think about this in > terms of paths to music directories. Combine this with the ability to > define profiles(users) and connect profiles to whichever of these paths > they like and I think you've gone a long way to solving this. Some > means of indicating which profile should be active would needed for both > the web and player UI. > > Interestingly, these profiles wouldn't need to be defined just for > individuals. They could be defined for moods, styles, periods, party > themes, etc. > > There has been discussion of this before, but as the feature is still > pending, I don't think it's out of bounds to continue it. > > Some references: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15651 > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15652 > > And there are some bugzilla bug IDs for related enhancements mentioned > in those threads. > > Implementation of this feature is highly dependent on having a database > that performs well for filtered queries and with multiple concurrent > users. It's likely that some of the delay in getting this out has had > to do with sorting all of those bits first. Getting SS on mySQL should > open up the possibilities. > >
+1 :-) my GF and I were thinking about this very same issue. The "genre" tag simply isn't suitable to include these additional constraints for specific situations. We usually have the player on random mix, but some music isn't correctly categorised (always working on that), but also some music we both like and some only one of us likes (and stuff in between). I was thinking that the random mix could get more information about the current situation (who's listening) and perhaps even what kind of music is desirable (background type or more intensive type of music) These additional contraints could be put in a separate table containing the relation between the user's and the tracks/albums/artist and a table (perhaps a tag) indicating what kind of "intensity" is associated with a track/album(/artist?). It's a lot more complex and needs a good UI to configure this type of information for hundreds of albums. We'd be very happy if something is added to slimserver to make this easier :-) Cheers Simon _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
