erland wrote: > Aren't there already other external applications that handles this well > already ?
i have not seen anything close to what i describe. erland wrote: > The reason I started this thread was to investigate what would be needed > to make something that works good for Squeezebox. > I don't really use static playlists myself much, so I need information > from people that actually use them to better understand the needs. > Personally I mostly use smart playlists (through SQL Playlist/Dynamic > Playlist) as I like to focus on listening to music rather than spending > the time maintaining playlists, but I could see scenarios, like parties > or special events, where the exact tracks and order of them could be > important and due to this static playlists would be needed. > > Still, I'm skeptical if it's possible to implement it as a plugin as I > think it requires a rich user interface to really work and I'm not sure > the SBS/LMS web interface is suitable for this kind of usage. i think the server UI sucks for just about anything. but my point was that if you are going to do something, do something that could work for any app, not just server. thats far more useful. to me playlists are mainly about what is or is not in them. order is a secondary concern, since any decent app can randomize a playlist. if a static order needs to be maintained, a proposed app should respect that, but leave that setting of the order to other apps to do, just respect it when done. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94988 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
