Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How random is random?
benh wrote: > For nearly 15 years, my most frequent use of LMS is to random mix my > entire library. When I'm awake and not otherwise doing something that > requires silence, I have music playing on random. I like hearing things > I've forgotten I have. > > Now and then, I will focus on a specific album or artist, usually right > after getting something new, but random song play is overwhelmingly my > primary use case. > > I exclude a few genres as a matter of course, but past that, I'm exactly > letting whatever comes up come up. Same here. :) *Server - LMS 8.2.0 *Pi4B 4GB/Argon one case/pCP v7.0.1 - 75K library, playlists & LMS cache on SSD (ntfs) *Study -* Pi3B/pCP 7.0.1/pi screen/AlloBoss DAC HAT/Ruark MR1 Mk2 *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 6.0.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5 *Dining Room* - Pi3B/pCP/Bluetooth/Echo Show 8 *Garage* - DAC32 > Edifier speakers *Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB Radio. 1xSB3, 6xRPi kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114355 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How random is random?
For nearly 15 years, my most frequent use of LMS is to random mix my entire library. When I'm awake and not otherwise doing something that requires silence, I have music playing on random. I like hearing things I've forgotten I have. Now and then, I will focus on a specific album or artist, usually right after getting something new, but random song play is overwhelmingly my primary use case. I exclude a few genres as a matter of course, but past that, I'm exactly letting whatever comes up come up. My playlist right now: Taylor Swift Larkin Poe The Beths Bettie Serveert The Wrens Michael Jackson Howlin Wolf Frank Zappa Loreena McKennitt The Cure Michell Shocked Concrete Blonde Capercaillie Broadcast Justin Townes Earle The Magnetic Fields Bob Marley Malcolm Holcombe Peter Murphy Tyler Childers Pink Martini Serge Gainsbourg Allen Toussaint Southern Culture On The Skids Descendents Beck Count Basie REM Miles Davis Tom Waits benh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6732 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114355 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] play now, API action play not working like before
Thunderbolt wrote: > I discovered a weird behaviour with LMS recently. When a player is in > status paused and I click via GUI play now, or HTTP API action play on a > title/playlist, the items are added to the playlist of the selected > player, but it won't start playing. I have to hit the Button play > additionaly to start playing. This only happens in context of the plugin > Favorite, or Spotty. Out of the local library, no problem to play > immediately. > > So behaviour is like clicking the add button. Is it just me? > > LMS: 8.2.0 - 1620119332 @ Tue May 4 11:44:29 CEST 2021 > PLayer: Type: squeezelite Firmware: v1.9.9-1372-pCP; Model: > Squeezelite-X Type: squeezelite Firmware: v1.9.9-1372 > API call: > http://192.168.0.20:9000/plugins/Favorites/index.html?action=play=1=XXIt > might just be you. It works for me. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114529 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] play now, API action play not working like before
I discovered a weird behaviour with LMS recently. When a player is in status paused and I click via GUI play now, or HTTP API action play on a title/playlist, the items are added to the playlist of the selected player, but it won't start playing. I have to hit the Button play additionaly to start playing. This only happens in context of the plugin Favorite, or Spotty. Out of the local library, no problem to play immediately. So behaviour is like clicking the add button. Is it just me? LMS: 8.2.0 - 1620119332 @ Tue May 4 11:44:29 CEST 2021 PLayer: Type: squeezelite Firmware: v1.9.9-1372-pCP; Model: Squeezelite-X Type: squeezelite Firmware: v1.9.9-1372 API call: http://192.168.0.20:9000/plugins/Favorites/index.html?action=play=1=XX Thunderbolt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=68209 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114529 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Parsing escape characters in tags
I think I'll stay away from separators al together and try to figure something uniform and coherent out. For flac using multiple 'artist' tags seems to work fine but it gets a bit trickier when it comes to the mp3s that I still have kicking about. And I need to decide if collaborations are well collaborations or a band. Oh well at least it is something to do ;) v2k's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=71576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114521 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How random is random?
RobbH wrote: > I might ask why some people want to hear slight variations on the same > thing, over and over again. That's just alien to me. > > But isn't it a good thing for LMS to provide the capability for whatever > the user wants, even if somebody else finds it incomprehensibly weird? > > I usually have some filters engaged to shape random play in the > direction I want. Here's a recent playlist, covering a little more than > an hour: > > artist: Billie Holiday > title: You're So Desirable > album: Lady Day on Columbia Disc 05 > > artist: B.B. King > title: I Need You So Bad > > artist: Duke Ellington > title: Cotton Club Stomp > album: Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, Master Recordings CD > 11 > > artist: The Allman Brothers Band > title: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed > album: Idlewild South > > artist: Dizzy Gillespie > title: Shaw 'Nuff > album: Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz vol 3 > > artist: King Crimson > title: Formentera Lady (take 2) > album: Islands > > artist: Floyd Dixon > title: I Wanna Rock Now > album: Wake Up And Live! > > artist: Sam Cooke > title: Twistin' The Night Away > album: The Man Who Invented Soul 2 > > artist: Elvis Presley > title: I Forgot To Remember To Forget > album: Sun Rise CD1 > > artist: Jess Stacy > title: After You've Gone No.3 > album: Complete Commodore Vol.2 Disc 19 > > artist: Seattle Symphony Chorale > title: IV. Thanksgiving & Forefathers' Day > album: Ives: New England Holidays & Orchestral Sets Nos. 1 & 2 > > artist: Dizzy Gillespie > title: That´s Earl, Brother > album: 1945-1950 Small Groups - Night In Tunisia > > artist: Claude Bolling, Jean-Pierre Rampal > title: Fugace > album: Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio > > artist: Charlie Parker, Miles Davis > title: Cheryl > album: The Savoy Recordings CD1 > > artist: Emmett Lee Brooks > title: Dancin' > album: Detroit After Hours Vol 1 > > artist: Sarah Vaughan > title: Make Believe > album: Chronological Sarah 1947-1949 > > artist: Rachmaninov > title: Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini > > artist: John McLaughlin > title: The Dolphin > album: Thieves and Poets Nice little playlist and point taken. All who have answered me have said they use filters so my point is sort of valid. No one actually seems to want total randomness but instead randomness based on a subset defined by exception. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s *Office* Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s *Dining Room* SB Boom *Kitchen* UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom* SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers *Guest Room* Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes Everything controlled by iPeng & Material on iOS d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114355 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How random is random?
d6jg wrote: > While I understand the question I dont actually understand why anyone > would want to have a truly random track based playlist. Its just alien > to me. > Why would I want to have the potential for say a Sex Pistols track > followed by a piece of Mozart followed by some lightweight pop? I much > prefer the more focused but random approach of LastMix/DSTM > Do people really opt for total randomness across their entire library or > is it focussed total randomness across a subset of genres thats being > sought? > > NB I do recognise that a smaller library with limited genre range might > make this desirable. I might ask why some people want to hear slight variations on the same thing, over and over again. That's just alien to me. But isn't it a good thing for LMS to provide the capability for whatever the user wants, even if somebody else finds it incomprehensibly weird? I usually have some filters engaged to shape random play in the direction I want. Here's a recent playlist, covering a little more than an hour: artist: Billie Holiday title: You're So Desirable album: Lady Day on Columbia Disc 05 artist: B.B. King title: I Need You So Bad artist: Duke Ellington title: Cotton Club Stomp album: Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia, Master Recordings CD 11 artist: The Allman Brothers Band title: In Memory of Elizabeth Reed album: Idlewild South artist: Dizzy Gillespie title: Shaw 'Nuff album: Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz vol 3 artist: King Crimson title: Formentera Lady (take 2) album: Islands artist: Floyd Dixon title: I Wanna Rock Now album: Wake Up And Live! artist: Sam Cooke title: Twistin' The Night Away album: The Man Who Invented Soul 2 artist: Elvis Presley title: I Forgot To Remember To Forget album: Sun Rise CD1 artist: Jess Stacy title: After You've Gone No.3 album: Complete Commodore Vol.2 Disc 19 artist: Seattle Symphony Chorale title: IV. Thanksgiving & Forefathers' Day album: Ives: New England Holidays & Orchestral Sets Nos. 1 & 2 artist: Dizzy Gillespie title: That´s Earl, Brother album: 1945-1950 Small Groups - Night In Tunisia artist: Claude Bolling, Jean-Pierre Rampal title: Fugace album: Suite For Flute & Jazz Piano Trio artist: Charlie Parker, Miles Davis title: Cheryl album: The Savoy Recordings CD1 artist: Emmett Lee Brooks title: Dancin' album: Detroit After Hours Vol 1 artist: Sarah Vaughan title: Make Believe album: Chronological Sarah 1947-1949 artist: Rachmaninov title: Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini artist: John McLaughlin title: The Dolphin album: Thieves and Poets LMS 8 nightly running on Raspberry Pi OS. Mostly virtual players, occasionally with SB Radio, Boom or Classic. RobbH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67008 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114355 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] How random is random?
d6jg wrote: > While I understand the question I dont actually understand why anyone > would want to have a truly random track based playlist. Its just alien > to me. > Why would I want to have the potential for say a Sex Pistols track > followed by a piece of Mozart followed by some lightweight pop? I much > prefer the more focused but random approach of LastMix/DSTM > Do people really opt for total randomness across their entire library or > is it focussed total randomness across a subset of genres thats being > sought? > > NB I do recognise that a smaller library with limited genre range might > make this desirable. I actually really value this wierd juxtaposition of music and have 2 random playlists constantly running that are my go to. One for Classical ( works only not parts of works generally an Op.x counts as a work; so around 1300 of them) Here's my next listening Don Juan Strauss R The Creation Haydn Concerts Royaux -concert 6Couperin Orchestral Suite #3 In D, BWV 1068 Bach Missa Brevis Kodály, One for Everything else including soundtracks around 22000 "songs" Angel Jack Johnson Colorbars Elliott Smith Fast ForwardJoe Jackson Night TerrorLaura Marling Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) Diana Krall For the record next time I listen to the Sex Pistols, it will be preceeded by Stevie Wonder and followed by Rae Morris. There you go - Mind blown? I would be amazed if anyone else does this tbh The Groundsman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=70305 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114355 ___ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
