I definitely support your request for some sort of
library/collection/profile system.
In particular, I think the idea of defining collections as some of
filtered specification of the entire database of scanned tracks has
quite a bit of merit.
Whether the filter keys of path, user, or some other attribute such as a
tag is up for discussion.
I'm not sure there's a clear winner, but I tend to think about this in
terms of paths to music directories. Combine this with the ability to
define profiles(users) and connect profiles to whichever of these paths
they like and I think you've gone a long way to solving this. Some
means of indicating which profile should be active would needed for both
the web and player UI.
Interestingly, these profiles wouldn't need to be defined just for
individuals. They could be defined for moods, styles, periods, party
themes, etc.
There has been discussion of this before, but as the feature is still
pending, I don't think it's out of bounds to continue it.
Some references:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15651
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15652
And there are some bugzilla bug IDs for related enhancements mentioned
in those threads.
Implementation of this feature is highly dependent on having a database
that performs well for filtered queries and with multiple concurrent
users. It's likely that some of the delay in getting this out has had
to do with sorting all of those bits first. Getting SS on mySQL should
open up the possibilities.
--rt
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