[slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-09-24 Thread erland
JJZolx;123325 Wrote: > How cool would it be to have a browse mode where a page of randomly > selected albums is displayed? It wouldn't necessarily even have to be > paged like all the other browse modes - all it would really need to do > is present a single page of randomly selected albums to lo

[slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-07-23 Thread erland
Marc Sherman Wrote: > > Interesting. Do the foreign keys it uses for albums and tracks in the > main SlimServer tables not change after a clear and rescan? > It uses the following as keys: - Musicbrainz Id if it exist - URL if musicbrainz id does not exist The result is that if you perform a

Re: [slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-07-23 Thread Marc Sherman
erland wrote: It is stored in a separate table in the database, this table is not cleared during rescan. However, the database file is stored in the cache directory so if the cache directory is deleted manually by the user the TrackStat data will also disappear. The TrackStat data can also be bac

[slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-07-23 Thread erland
Marc Sherman Wrote: > Where do you store the TrackStat data? When you say "survives a rescan", > > does it also survive a deletion of the cache directory? It is stored in a separate table in the database, this table is not cleared during rescan. However, the database file is stored in the cache

Re: [slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-07-23 Thread Marc Sherman
erland wrote: Functionality silimiar to serveral parts of my plugins are probably suitable to have in standard slimserver, stuff like: - Statistic data that survives a rescan. (TrackStat) - Smart playlists (SQLPlayList) - Set/View ratings (TrackStat) - Simplified playlist handling (DynamicPlayLi

[slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-07-23 Thread JJZolx
stinkingpig Wrote: > I like this idea quite a bit, you should post the ER number. Actually, I was talking about two different things. The enhancement request is just for a simple option for the current Browse Albums to start on either the first page, the page last visited, or some random page.

[slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-07-23 Thread erland
No offense taken, I completely agree with you that browsing functionallity should be part of the standard slimserver. I mentioned it as a temporary solution. The browsing that exists today in standard slimserver is good if you know what you want to listen to, but it is not enough if you want the s

[slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-07-22 Thread erland
It displays albums. The albums are displayed in a simple drop list, so you have to click on the droplist to see all albums. There is currently no way to display the cover art for the albums in the droplist. So its probably not exactly what you want, but I thought I mention it since it might work

[slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-07-22 Thread JJZolx
erland Wrote: > The latest version of SQLPlayList/DynamicPlayList plugins makes it > possible to create dynamic playlists that requests parameters from the > user. > > By using this funtionality it is possible to create a "Random album" > playlist that would show the user 10 random albums, the u

[slim] Re: Random album browsing?

2006-07-22 Thread erland
Just for information if you are interested. The latest version of SQLPlayList/DynamicPlayList plugins makes it possible to create dynamic playlists that requests parameters from the user. By using this funtionality it is possible to create a "Random album" playlist that would show the user 10 ra