Yes it does Jim, to the most part. There is just more to it - than throwing a bunch of songs in a category. You still need to weigh your song counts and consider your rotation rules. I just wish there was a formula somewhere to do that for you.
If I spread the album rule to high, I may not get some of the other songs to play, that might normally come up in rotation. I appreciate the insight and explanation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spacial" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:31 PM Subject: RE: [General-discussion] Playlist Rules > Going to knock these out line by line here. > > " Sort of a dumb question... :) If you have 1000 songs in a category, does > SAM actually parse the entire category to find a song to play that fits > the > rules?" > > SAM will start at the top of the list and run through each song till it > finds one, if song number two fits the criteria, SAM stops looking. > > As for your example there, If you change the rules (via PAL), then those > rules are in place until changed again. Simple as that. Any song chosen > after those rules were changed will be based on those rules. > > " If I extend the rules (album or track) I may not have a song that > actually > ever will meet the criteria. " > > This is correct, this is why you need to make sure to keep a good healthy > selection. > > "Do I need to move some of these songs to a new category?" > > That won't help as it will simply thin the already thin heard. > > Hope this helps. > > > James Henline. > Help Desk Manager > Development Manager > Spacial Audio Solutions LLC. > www.audiorealm.com > www.spacialnet.com > www.spacialaudio.com > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email, including any attachments, contains > information from SpacialAudio Solutions LLC., which may be confidential or > privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the > individual > or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware > that > any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this > information is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, > please > notify the sender immediately by "reply to sender only" message and > destroy > all electronic and hard copies of the communication, including > attachments. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Michael Hughes > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [General-discussion] Playlist Rules > > Sort of a dumb question... :) If you have 1000 songs in a category, does > SAM > actually parse the entire category to find a song to play that fits the > rules? > > Also, if you set rules (in a PAL) that has different rules for each > category, does that set of rules pertain to just that category, until the > rule is changed on another category? > > Example: > > If I have a rule for 90 minutes separation on tracks for the Power Hit > category, then have 120 minutes separation on the Heavy Rotation category > ... will SAM actually use the new (120 minutes) rule for that category? > > Am I correct in assuming that the 120 minute rule will stay in place until > it is actually changed again (as the PAL runs again and hits the Power > category? > > I am having difficulty with, what appears to be, SAM only going so far > into > a category to find a song. Now if you have so many songs in a category, > that > over a couple days, SAM only needs to go half way to find a song that fits > the rules, how do I get the rest to be played? > > If I extend the rules (album or track) I may not have a song that actually > ever will meet the criteria. > > Do I need to move some of these songs to a new category? > > Enough questions for this message. :) :) > _______________________________________________ > General-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion > > TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to > [email protected] > > with the subject > 'unsubscribe' > > _______________________________________________ > General-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion > > TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to > [email protected] > > with the subject > 'unsubscribe' >
