The Multi Library plugin is basically a way to define several libraries.
You can have the library definition in one place instead of redefining
it in all the menus for a specific library. 

It's also possible to create menus that are tied to the currently
active library and let the user select library when power on the
Squeezebox. This way you can always have the same menu structure but
the contents is different depending on which library that is selected.

The Multi Library plugin itself doesn't do anyting but defining the
library and keeping track of which songs that belongs to a specific
library. It requires Custom Browse if you want browse menus. Browse
menus can be created from the Custom Browse settings page but there is
also a shortcut in the Multi Library page, with check boxes which can
be checked to create certain browse menus for the library. In both
cases it results in a browse menu in Custom Browse where the "Library"
parameter is set. The checkboxes is just a way to simplify the menu
creation.

So to sum it up, if you only want a single browse menu with custom
contents you are probably fine with only the Custom Browse plugin. If
you want a similar set of browse menus for each family member you
probably want to use Multi Library to simplify the configuration.

If you want to filter by directory path you will also have to use Multi
Library since this isn't possible through the standard Custom Browse
menus.


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erland

Erland Isaksson
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(Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse,
Custom Scan,  Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database
Query plugins'
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