------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64055 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: What functionality in TrackStat do you need most ? - The ability to set track ratings on currently playing track - The ability to set track ratings when browsing music library - The ability to set track ratings from third party clients like iPeng and Moose - Dynamic playlists offered through Dynamic Playlist plugin - Browsing top rated statistics - Browsing most played statistics - Browsing last added statistics - iTunes statistics import/export modules offered through Custom Scan - MusicIP statistics import/export modules offered through Custom Scan - Amarok statistics import/export modules offered through Custom Scan ------------------------------------------------------------------------
mikelee999;437717 Wrote: > > If not, I'll open a bug, generate a customer ticket, do something to > make sure this is on the radar. > There is a bug report regarding making it possible to change ratings: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=142 There is also a bug report regarding smart playlists: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=380 Voting on the above bug reports will give Logitech some indication that people feel that ratings and smart playlists are important. Since these bug reports was registered back in 2004 I'm guessing that it currently isn't a prioritized area for Logitech. mikelee999;437717 Wrote: > > Erland, if a reasonable amount of money could be raised to fund your > dev time, would you have time to do the update work? It might be in > Logitech's interest to pay Erland to do the conversion. Or to put one of > their devs on the case if Erland just can't possibly do it. > > Maybe we could all put our money where our mouth is and contribute to a > dedicated fund to get this work done. I've contributed to Erland more > than once, and I sure wouldn't mind doing it again to get this work > done. Maybe Logitech could match the user community dollar for dollar. > Donations are always greatly appreciated, it shows me you appreciate what has been done so far. A donation will raise the inspiration to continue the development but I can't promise that something gets implemented just because someone sends a donation. At the moment main problem is that I've been loaded with work on my day job during the whole spring and it's hard to find the time and inspiration to do maintenance work on existing plugins during the spare time. The reasons I started to make the plugins back in 2006 was that I needed rating and smart playlist support for my personal music listening. As usual for all developers, it was in the beginning an interesting challenge to make something new. The only reason the plugins still are maintained is the donations and all the positive feedback through these forums. mikelee999;437717 Wrote: > > I don't know what the solution is, but I think we should actively start > solving this problem. > In my opinion the best solution would be to convince Logitech that ratings and smart playlists are important, for example by voting on the above mentioned bug reports. Please, don't try to convince Logitech that my plugins should be included in the standard package because I'm pretty sure that won't happen. The reason is that the plugins are probably far too flexible for the Logitech support organization and parts of the code are pretty messy and will be too expensive for Logitech to maintain. The problem with the flexibility is that it might create a support nightmare for Logitech since everyone might have configured the plugin differently. -- 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=64055 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
