On 1/28/2011 2:56 AM, Max Kellermann wrote: > On 2011/01/27 18:11, Tim Carter<t...@frontierdigital.com> wrote: >> What I need is for MPD to retain persistent play history for a given >> playlist. The goal is to enhance the 'repeat' functionality so that a >> given song would not repeat until the entire list had been played >> through completely, even if another playlist were loaded in the interim. >> >> For example, if playlist_1 has tracks 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D'; playlist_2 >> has 'E', 'F' and 'G'. >> playlist_1 is loaded (with repeat& random enabled). Tracks 'B', 'D' >> and 'C' play. Playlist_2 is then loaded and track 'E' and 'F' are played. >> Finally, playlist_1 is re-loaded. I want track 'A' to be played before >> 'B', 'D' or 'C' are played again. > What about a client which keeps track of songs already played, and > when that song is added to the queue again, it will auto-remove it? > > That client could run as an accompanying daemon next to mpd. > > Max In fact, there is a 'controller' that runs alongside MPD now. It is responsible for setting various MPD parameters and for loading playlists per a predefined schedule.
I had considered making the controller responsible for maintaining persistent play history but I'm trying to limit it's role to 'fire-and-forget' and allow MPD to do what it does best; play the music. This separation also contributes to the robustness of the system as playback is not dependent on the controller; if the controller goes pear-shaped MPD just keeps on playing the last thing it was told to do -- nice. As I typing this I wonder if there some way to use the 'consume' mode together with saving the remnants of a playlist when switching to a new one to achieve much of this goal... I'll have to noddle on that a bit more. In the meantime, my offer stands to fund development of this feature (in mainline MPD) either through direct payment to a developer, or, to a charity of his/her choice. Thanks for your thoughts. T. Tim Carter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
