larrettp;283144 Wrote: > A suggestion on the subject of Playlists. Will there EVER be a method of > creating Playlists 'offline' - in other words, without affecting the > list you are currently listening to? This would be an obvious function > as you don't necessarily want to listen to the list you are creating > (for a future party, for instance). Here's a workaround for you, although it is far from elegant. Open up a SoftSqueeze player, and build the playlist on that while the music you're listening to is playing on your real SB. You could build the playlist using the web ui or using the simulated remote interface for SoftSqueeze.
larrettp;283144 Wrote: > Building Playlists is also VERY time-consuming. I like to have large > Playlists shuffled by song (currently about 7500 songs). This takes > AGES. Since a Playlist is, to all intents and purposes just a list of > filenames, types and locations, why isn't this information stored and > indexed when the library is scanned (which takes ages in itself). What > is the point of the library scan if the locations are validated again > when the songs/albums are added to the Playlist. > > Saving a Playlist also takes ages. > > In fact these delays are the single biggest complaint of the entire > system. When it is working, it is very impressive but it takes far too > long to set up. > > Any answers? Not sure I have answers for you here, except that Random Mix (or Erland's plugins for SQL Playlist and Random Playlist) are *much* more efficient than shuffle play for randomizing your tracks. I don't get your point about scanning. Playlists are done as part of the scan, and they have to be redone when doing a _complete_ clear and rescan because sometimes people move or rename files, so the scan has to check that info. I've never found saving playlists to take long, but I've never had playlists of more than ~200 tracks. Are you doing 1000s of tracks? If not, maybe something else isn't quite right with your system. Finally, consider setting up your playlists in something other than SqueezeCenter, because SC really doesn't have the greatest interface for it. There is a lot of other software that can create SC-readable playlists, like MusicIP, Winamp, etc. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
