vram;355979 Wrote: 
> I am trying to find a way to get some more flexibilty/control over
> browsing playlists
> 
> I have tried Erlands custom browse and multi-library plugins but
> haven't been able to accomplish what I would like.
> 
Are we talking about a lot of playlist or just a few ?

The reason for the question is that if it is just a few playlists I
feel the easiest way to accomplish this at the moment is to create a
library in Multi Library plugin for each playlist. If you use the
"Download" links in the Multi Library web interface you will get the
latest version of the "Standard library" template which supports to
create a library based on a saved playlist, this template will be
included in the next Multi Library release.

If we are talking about a lot of playlists, I don't think Multi Library
is the correct way. The reason is that a lot of libraries will slow down
your system a lot, especially SqueezeCenter startup time and the
performance in the Custom Browse settings interface.

However, i really think the optimal solution for this is the "Browse by
selected" mixer provided by Custom Browse. This will let you jump out of
basically any context and browse that context in various way. It is
launched by holding play down for a while or by hitting the "BR" icons
in the web interface. 

As an example:
1. Browse to a playlist (stand on the playlist itself, not a track
within it)
2. Hold play down for a while
3. Select the "Browse by selected" mixer
4. You will now be able to browse "Albums", "Artists", "Genres" in that
particular playlist.

The list of sub menus shown in step 4 can be extended to contain any
menu supported by Custom Browse, for example an "Album Artists" menu.


-- 
erland

Erland Isaksson
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(Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse,
Custom Scan,  Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins'
(http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer))
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