erland wrote: > I have made a new plugin called Custom Browse which makes it possible to > customize the structure and contents of the browse menus on the > SqueezeBox. In the current release the browse menus only exist on the > SqueezeBox interface, the web interface just contains a configuration > page to enable/disable the different menus. > > A new menu is created by creating a xml-file with a specific format and > put it in the custom browse directory configured in the web interface. > The xml file will define the menu structure and the SQL queries that > shall be executed for each menu. This makes it quite configurable. > There are some sample browse menus delivered with the plugin and some > information about the xml-format is documented in the included > README.txt file. The documentation presumes that you know a little bit > about xml and SQL. > > The following menus are included with the plugin as samples: > - Artist/Albums/Genres/Years/Playlist (Works similar to the standard > browse menus with some limitations) > - Decades (Similar to years but group years into decades) > - Statistics (just a link to the TrackStat menu) > - Dynamic Playlists (just a link to the Dynamic Playlists menu) > - Music Folders (just a link to the standard Music Folders menu) > - Rated (Browse track by a specific rating, requires TrackStat) > - Libraries (Makes it possible to browse the top level of your library > "by folders" and then swith to browse by album/artist/genres within > that folder. As an example this can be used as a top directory for each > family member) > > You will find the plugin at my 'download page' > (http://erland.homeip.net/download) as usual. > > If any one tests this plugin I would appreciate some feedback about how > it works and wishes for new features and improvement of existing > features.
Sounds awesome. This sort of configurable browse structure would be a really good way to cater for all sorts of different views of peoples music collections. For example, you could set up something designed for classical music that browses by composer/work/performer etc. I'd like to see the standard Slimserver menus replaced by "default" structures of this sort. If I had more tuits I might even have a go at it myself... :) R. _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
