Philip Meyer;426599 Wrote: > > Erland - is there a way to set up a SugarCube Dynamic Playlist that > would work as a mixer on a song, and one that would work at album level? > I have a dynamic playlist that starts SugarCube, but it doesn't work > from mixers, instead I have to play a song and then start the dynamic > playlist. > It requires changes to the SugarCube plugin. SugarCube currently only offers a playlist to Dynamic Playlist plugin that doesn't take parameters. It would be possible to change it so it besides this also offers a number of additional playlists, one that takes an artist as parameter, one that takes an album as parameter, one that takes a track as parameter, one that takes a genre as parameter. This would make it appear in the list when you launch the Dynamic Playlist mixer from a artist, album, genre or track.
I could provide a patch for this but I'm not sure it's a good idea. The problem is that the Dynamic Playlist integration in the SugarCube plugin already today has a tendency to break in new SugarCube releases. The problem is that the implementation is very different to how the standalone SugarCube playlist works. The problem with this is that I've got the feeling that the testing process of new SugarCube releases are focused on testing the new features with the standalone version. If the integration with Dynamic Playlist gets more tightly the risk of breaking things when making new releases gets even higher than today. I sometimes wonder if it would be preferred to split SugarCube into two plugins, one that is designed for standalone usage and one that is designed for usage with Dynamic Playlist. Some features are needed in both versions but there are also a couple of features that only are relevant when it's used standalone. Philip Meyer;426599 Wrote: > > If I try to edit it, it just takes me to Spicefly SugarCube settings > page, minus the Apply button ;-) I can't see a template in SQL Playlist > to create a SugarCube playlist. > That's a bug in SugarCube or a limitation in Dynamic Playlist, take your pick. The problem is that Dynamic Playlist only makes it possible for playlist plugins (like SugarCube) to offer a single settings url, it can't be skin dependent. I think the current url works in all web skins besides the "Default" skin, I know it works in the Classic skin which I'm using myself. The solutions available are: - Don't link the SugarCube playlist to the settings at all - Accept that it doesn't work in the Default skin - Provide a special settings page inside the SugarCube plugin which has its own Apply button. Unfortunately none of these solutions are really good. By the way, the SQL Playlist isn't involved at all when you use the Sugar Cube dynamic playlist. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) (Install my plugins through Extension Downloader) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library, Title Switcher and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49226 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
