magee35 wrote: > I hate to post into this thread with entry-level beginner's questions > but don't seem to be attracting any attention here: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?102994-Help-with-plugins-for-Squeezebox > > I would like to buy plugin(s) that allow playing from my music library > in random sequence based on genre and assigned rating stars. I ripped my > CD collection using dbPoweramp as FLAC files and assigned a genre and a > rating of 1-5 stars to each song. > > I used to be able to play random songs based on those assigned ratings > and genres several years ago. I believe Erland's plugins were free then > and I think I was using Random Playlist Plugin. I see that plugin is > still available for download at Erland's site but not much updated. It > does not show up in Extension Downloader so I downloaded and unzipped it > into the squeezebox plugins directory. Also checked Dynamic Playlist and > License Manager in extension downloader and got those going with > temporary trials. I cannot figure out how to get Random Playlist Plugin > to work. Don't see it anywhere on the Squeezebox or in the LMS web > control. I do see Dynamic Playlist on the web control. > > I have LMS at 7.8.0, is that a problem for Random Playlist Plugin? I > have LMS and my music library running on a Windows Vista pc. > > Thanks. I don't know the Random Playlist plugin. The Dynamic Playlist plugin does support Random play. Select it in the menu, then Random, For Selected, Top Rated Songs in Genre, and set your genre and rating. This may not be quite what you want but should get you going. Take a look round the various menu items and see if any if your need. If none quite do, you can save the closest match and customise it to suit (use the Customize SQL option) If you don't know any, or sufficient, SQL and get stuck, ask on this thread, including the closest match code and saying what you want it to do, and someone may be able to help.
LMS 7.9 has Random Mix built in but it does not use ratings. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Beta - derived from squeezelite) to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Squeezelite to PC sound. Minimserver (server) and upplay (control point) to same amps & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Meridian USB Explorer DAC from PCs to speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 14.04 laptop controls LMS/upplay via Firefox. Have a Touch with EDO, and a spare, but don't use. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49483 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
