[SlimDevices: Plugins] Looking for help with Custom Browse
I'm still relatively new to the Squeezebox world and to plug-ins in particular. A few days ago I cam across a thread about doing custom menus for classical music that mentioned Custom Browse as a solution. I installed the plug-in and started playing around with it; I also reviewed the wiki. But nowhere can I locate anything that looks like this image (from the thread I mention), yet this is exactly the kind of capability I want. How do I create or get to a menu that looks like this? Can anyone point me in the right direction? I am running SBS on a Mac Mini. +---+ |Filename: custombrowse.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10908| +---+ -- cjfreitag cjfreitag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41363 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83489 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Looking for help with Custom Browse
Erland Isaksson is the author of that plugin and regularly contributes to this forum. He is the final authority of plugin details. I will try to help you. I struggled with this plugin several times (and giving up) before finally figuring it out. I'd start off by mentioning you will usually load other plugins by Erland to work alongside Custom Browse. I use Custom Browse, MultiMenu, and Custom Scan. The dialog you show is obtained by creating a new CustomBrowse menu. Go to the server admin page and click on the Advanced tab. From there you choose the popup menu that shows advanced settings for various plugins. Select Custom Browse. The custom browse page has yet *-another-* popup menu that chooses from sections within custom browse. You want that popup to say *Manage Menus.* From there, find the link that says *Create New Menu.* Then you will see a bunch of templates for various types of menus. The particular screenshot you listed resulted from clicking a link for the Filtered Deep Albums template listed there. I am not 100% sure of the last comment because I deleted most of my templates. I hope this gets you started. Custom Browse has a very (overly) busy interface so I feel your pain. Also, you may need to occasionally use the refresh/forward/back buttons on your browser to get back to familiar territory. Those complex interfaces have a way of hiding the controls you need to navigate back cleanly. -- Danny8 Danny8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=27606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83489 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Looking for help with Custom Browse
I set up Custom Browse to organize classical music on my SB Classic. After reading the wiki, I reluctantly embraced the concept of tagging classical tracks by substituting the name of the work for the name of the album. So if I have a single CD with three works--say twelve tracks--those tracks are tagged as if they made up three separate albums. I also tagged tracks with Composer as well as non-standard, 'made up' tags. One of my tags is WORK, another is called MOVMT. Surprisingly, various specifications include dozens of industry-specific tags but none are specifically designed for tagging classical music. Anyway, I was able to set up my box so I have a top-level Composer menu. Go right and all composer names are listed. Pick a composer, go right, and all his works (albums) are listed. Go right again and separate tracks (usually three or four for a typical sypmphony/concerto) for that work are listed. Pressing play on a 'work' plays all tracks for that work. Pressing play on a 'composer' plays all tracks for that composer (a long time for certain oeuvres). -- Danny8 Danny8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=27606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83489 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Looking for help with Custom Browse
Thanks! That's exactly the kind of guidance I was hoping for. I will load the other plug-ins and play around. I really appreciate the help. -- cjfreitag cjfreitag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41363 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83489 ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
