Oops forgot to mention, you need to edit your default map to have lines like:
1.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RateMe->button1 2.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RateMe->button2 3.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RateMe->button3 4.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RateMe->button4 5.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RateMe->button5 6.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RateMe->button6 in the common section . . . default.map is in server/IR Malcolm > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of michael.iles > Sent: 06 January 2006 17:50 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Plugin to facilitate rating? > > > > Background: > > I'm closing in on the dream of getting my entire music collection > ripped, FLAC'd, tagged, binned and backed-up to (lots of!) DVDs, and > I'm looking ahead at the problem of rating. > > In my opinion, dynamic playlists are one of the killer features of > digital music, and incorporating the listener's preferences through > 'ratings' is a critical part. > > I've voted for bug 142, but in the meantime, I'm planning to do this > myself. I want the ratings to end up in each track's metadata, but I > also agree with one of the comments in bug 142 that SlimServer > shouldn't be modifying the files itself. > > Question: > > What I want is a plugin that, when the listener presses 1 to 5 on the > remote, simply appends the filename of the current track and the number > that was pressed to a file somewhere. > > With that, it will be trivial for me to write the script that reads > that file and resolves the ratings against the actual files (e.g. > checks whether the rating conflicts with an already-existing rating, > updates the metadata, etc.) > > Does anyone have a plugin that does this? I came across the 'iTunes > Update' plugin... can anyone tell me what the 'indirect/manual' mode > does? Does it just write to a file? > > Thanks, > Mike. > > (As an aside, my dynamic playlist strategy will be to write scripts to > scan my library and write out playlists based on some user-defined > criteria. For example: "Playlist 'Best of Tom Waits' contains tracks > where artist='Tom Waits' and rating>3", etc. Whenever I update the > ratings in my audio files, I'll re-generate all the playlists.) > > > -- > michael.iles > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > michael.iles's Profile: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3231 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19773 > > _______________________________________________ > plugins mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.14/222 - Release Date: > 05/01/2006 > > _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
