Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Random Play and continuous
Quoting smst [EMAIL PROTECTED]: kdf Wrote: I'll be posting another new version tonight, that will include FWD/REW as allowable commands and continue cycling.I missed your reply before; thanks for addressing the problem. I've grabbed a recent SlimServer nightly so will look forward to using the updated RandomPlay plugin later (though first I've got to work out which one I need to disable in the plugins list, since the old separate plugin is still listed...). Delete Plugins/Random.pm. In the plugins list, the old one will be listed as Random Play and the new, included version is Random Mix. Thanks again for writing this The included version is heavily rewritten by Dan to be much lighter and faster, plus the addition of a web interface. -- there was something psychologically unsatisfactory about shuffling the entire playlist... I think it was because I knew the order was fixed (after the shuffle) and that I was just working my way through a list of 1 songs. It felt sort of tedious. Odd, huh? I suspect more people share your feelings on this that you might think. -kdf ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Random Play and continuous
Quoting Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi KDF Those changes that I made earlier in this thread don't seem to work with Dan's version The code is in the plugin so I suspect it's to do with the custom mapping ie 7.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-tracks 8.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-albums 9.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.Random-artists Is this because the plugin is now in a subdirectory? Yes, exactly. Try: 7.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-tracks 8.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-albums 9.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-artists -k ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Random Play and continuous
Quoting JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED]: kdf, is it the intended behavior that when a track is deleted from the playlist, the continuous play stops? it was in my, so I would assume it still is. I think the only safe command is 'jump', so you can skip a song you can't stand or are embarassed to have guests hear. It should then be dropped and a new song added to the end. I also notice that if you click on a track down the list - say track #5, then the plugin continues to play the track at position #5, removing track #1 and adding a new track at #10. Seems to me that it would be the intention of the user to skip over tracks 1-4, so that the plugin should delete 1-5 after #5 has played and add 5 new ones. That seems logical, but I dont know offhand how well the server differentiates between playing a track later in the list vs playing some other track. I think they may both be 'play'. If it is simply a jump, or something else we can test then its possible. Might as well file a request and let someone come up with an idea. -k ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Random Play and continuous
Quoting Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Would it be possible to add continuous play to the Album and Artist modes so that it plays one random album or artist after another? possible: http://www.deane-freeman.com/slimserver/beta/Random.pm one current issue that I haven't bothered to trap, yet, is that it will not work with single-track albums or single-track artists. I'll be fixing that when I get another block of time. I think I'll add a few other modes for disabling. Currently, most changes to the playlist will cause the continuous mode to stop. I'm thinking of a mode where only power-off/stop disables, and another that is only a manual disable (continually cycling from where you left off until you turn off the cyclic mode or shut off from the plugin menu). After that, I expect I'll wrap it up and ship it :) -kdf ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Random Play and continuous
Quoting Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi KDF, Those changes seem to work fine if you start playback from the menu however if you start playback from a defined remote control key (as you explained in another thread) they don't work, I expanded your instructions and added some code to allow a button to start Album or Artist play too. If you jump in with the Play tracks command then the new FF RWD functions don't work and if you jump into Album or Artist Play then there's no cycling. which new FF and RWD functions? I cannot see any difference in the debug output between starting play from the menu or from a hotkey can you send me any diffs to the plugin, and a copy of your map file? thanks, kdf ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Random Play and continuous
Quoting Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi KDF, You made changes so that pressing fwd on the remote played the next random track and added a new one to the list whereas before it would break the cycle and play the playlist to the end. It's this doesn't seem to work if you use the custom map to start playback. seems to be working for me, but I'll add some more debug lines so you can get a better picture of what is happening for you. Album and Artist cycling is not going to happen on a track-by-track basis, as it is just too hard to keep track of when to start adding from a new album or not. Instead, it will delete the completed track and only add another random artist/album when the track count is down to 1. Again, this does not work if the album or artist has only one track, and I can't be sure that it will work if you FWD on the last track :) The only thing I can think of as to why FWD/REW might be stopping teh track cycling is if you are in some other mode that has these defined as a function other than 'playlist jump +/- 1'. The plugin is unable to monitor buttons, only the resulting function as reported by the command callback. I'll post an updated Beta for the morning. -kdf ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Random Play and continuous
Quoting Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi KDF, It's late here and I'm confusing myself now!!! Do those changes of mine look ok to you? seem fine :) I'm just thinking that there's some difference between starting play using the mapped key and using the menus and actually pressing play. Yes, there is. Pressing play from within the plugin happens only once. Pressing and holding from elsewhere can end up being repeated. These repeat calls appear to be causing an overlapping callback that cancels itself out. Then, it seems that refreshing the web interface can send unwanted commands...etc etc. -kdf ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] Re: Random Play and continuous
Quoting Bruce Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks a lot to KDF, this for me is the best plugin ever created. This should definitely make it into the core code. more than welcome. I expect something like it will at some point. It is always easier to do it with a plugin when the functions are something that a plugin is perfectly capable of doing. There are a few requests filed that would probably also make good functions for this feature. Also a player I am setting up at my parents, will mainly be used for random playing and the delays on startup of a huge playlist would not be acceptable to them. This was exactly why I created it. It is not fancy, but its quick :) its good to know it will be well-used. -kdf ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
