afriend wrote: > First off, there is actually a section on how to revert to DPL v2.+ and > not auto-update to DPL v3+ in the future. Just in case. BTW if you did a > *wipe* (=clear) & rescan (not simply scan for new & changed files) > -after- you'd renamed your files your database should be ok. > > And yes, DPL adds "only" a max. of 15 new tracks *by default* but *you > can change that number* on the plugin's settings page (up to 50 tracks), > it's actually the first setting. > Customskip used to be more closely integrated with DPL but DPL playlists > can still enable customskip filters even though the goal would be to > filter out unwanted tracks etc. in SQL queries from the very beginning. > > The built-in DPL lists are just a starting point. The real power of DPL > is that you can create tailor-made dynamic playlists (within the limits > that SQLite allows) that should give you exactly what you want. And > since you can filter/exclude anything unwanted from the very start you > won't even need CustomSkip. You can use these user-provided custom > dynamic playlists -directly- in DPL 3+, without any other plugin like > SQLPlayList or TrackStat. > > This would be a very specific playlist tailored to your personal needs > so I'd obviously not add it to the built-in playlists. > But I could help you create it by posting the sql playlist definition of > such a dynamic playlist here so you can test it. But I'd need to know > -all- the parameters. > > So it's > - an *album* playlist, > - never played before: -entire- album never played before or just > -containing 1 or more tracks- never played before? > - *excluding albums from which genres?* (exact name of genres) > - no min. track duration? > - for all albums or only those with a -minium number of tracks- in it? > (thereby excluding "albums" like CD singles with only 2 tracks for > example) > - in album order or randomly ordered? > ... > > If you want to give this a try please list all the parameters you can > think of incl. what CustomSkip would have skipped. > Otherwise if you prefer to revert to DPL 2.x please visit the github > page for more information on how to do that.
Regarding Custom Skip, the way I use it is to omit certain songs that I keep in a static playlist called "Skip" which omits them from any random playlist that I create with DPL. I'm assuming that functionality still exists (I hope). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nyindieguy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62092 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115073 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
