I have a question related to player library views and random mix
preferences.
My library is organised in multiple top folders, e.g. /music/alice,
/music/bob
I am using library views, created by saving advanced searches on each
library directories, e.g. 'Songs for Alice', 'Songs for Bob'
I use cron jobs that set players to get songs from either the default
(real) library or one of the library views, clears the current playlist,
then loads 'playlist add randomplay://tracks'. This is done
programmatically, mostly with squeezy.
The problem arises when a player is set, e.g. to pick from library view
'Bob', and at some time someone set, via the web interface, random mix
selections to operate on library view 'Alice'. In this case, 'playlist
add randomplay://tracks' returns empty.
'playlist add randomplay://tracks' will only return correct and
non-empty if random songs are set to be picked from the real library, or
from the same virtual library as the one the player is set to use.
I'm seeing this on a slightly seasoned LMS 7.9 arm build, but also on
Logitech Media Server Version: 8.1.1 - 1610364019 @ Thu Jan 14 06:23:13
CET 2021 (i686)
Questions:
- I'm unclear if the random mix preference is system-wide, tied to a
player or tied to the web client used to set the pref. Can someone
clarify?
- Is there a way for my players to get correct random playlist results
regardless of that preference? In other words, is using 'playlist add
randomplay://tracks' a bad idea? Or is there a CLI command that my
cron job could fire to ensure random songs will be picked from the
default database, at least for the initial elements of the random
playlist?
Thanks in advance!
2 SB 3 1 PCP 6 Libratone Loop, Zipp, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone +
iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC
iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Smart Mix, Music Walk
With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason
Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge
by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display,
SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins.
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