Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2020-11-10 Thread adhawkins
I'm not sure what could be going wrong here. All SimpleLibraryViews does is add an entry into the library_track table for each track id that exists within a particular library view. Everything else is down to the main SlimServer code displaying them. Wonder if @mherger has any thoughts? Andy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2020-11-09 Thread Grumpy Bob
adhawkins wrote: > Hi, > > It's been a long time since I looked at this. However, I can't think of > any reason why the plugin should make changes such as those you > describe. > > If you go back to your 'master' library list, are these artists also > listed? > > Andy Yes, they are also

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2020-11-09 Thread adhawkins
Hi, It's been a long time since I looked at this. However, I can't think of any reason why the plugin should make changes such as those you describe. If you go back to your 'master' library list, are these artists also listed? Andy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2020-11-09 Thread Grumpy Bob
I've just installed this plugin and implemented it with partial success. I wanted to help my partner find her albums amidst my much larger collection, and think that this plugin offers the simplest way of doing this - and it is working -almost- perfectly. I've defined a Library View with the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2020-05-12 Thread adhawkins
Great, thanks. Let me know if there's anything I can help with. Andy adhawkins's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=650 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105593

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2020-05-12 Thread frankd
adhawkins wrote: > I'd be interested in getting to the bottom of this if possible. Any > chance you could help debug this? > > Andy I will try during next weekend reinstalling the plugin. frankd's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2020-05-11 Thread adhawkins
frankd wrote: > My recent update to an LMS 7.9.3 April 30 (last one before was January) > caused a 100% processor load and a very unresponsive LMS with all kind > of side effects - Players disconnecting and not reconnecting, slow > response, no updated view on Screens for clients - basically a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2020-05-11 Thread frankd
Hi all, I just wanted to share a very painful experience in case others have the same issues - I am not sure if this is a general issue or if something particular about my setup caused the issue (LMS implemented as a Max2Play installation on a Rasperry Pi 4 with tons of extensions). My recent

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2019-11-18 Thread adhawkins
gorman wrote: > Did any further development go into this? I haven't done any work on this plugin in some time. It pretty much serves my needs as it stands. I did intend to implement the sub-folder style support, but didn't get round to it. The code is all on GitHub

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2019-11-17 Thread gorman
adhawkins wrote: > Ok, I'm going to start looking at this. Do you think the default should > be to search parent directories, or not to? I'd go for searching > personally, but wondered what the concensus was. > > AndyDid any further development go into this?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-09-19 Thread drmatt
For my purposes I would be ok with a library that is literally "untagged folders". Interesting stuff, thanks for working through this. drmatt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59498 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-09-19 Thread adhawkins
drmatt wrote: > One further request .. I have music all over the place depending on the > source, so is it possible to implement a view that's "everything, EXCEPT > tagged folders .. "? > > Right now I have numerous methods of producing a "kids" view, but I > really want a main view that's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-09-16 Thread drmatt
One further request .. I have music all over the place depending on the source, so is it possible to implement a view that's "everything, EXCEPT tagged folders .. "? Right now I have numerous methods of producing a "kids" view, but I really want a main view that's "everything but the kid's

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-09-08 Thread drmatt
Depends how you do the search. If the search occurs per-leaf then it's likely there will be a lot of them and it will be expensive. If you can hold a single value in memory and apply it to all subfolders until it finds a different value as it scans, then fine. In short, never find yourself at the

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-09-08 Thread Jackisidore
Or a special filename simple-library-views-subfolders-libraryviewname which triggers searching. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Jackisidore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33885 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-09-08 Thread adhawkins
Jackisidore wrote: > Thanks for this nice plugin. > Every folder with mp3 or flac files should have a file > 'simple-library-views-libraryviewname'? Would it be possible to place > one file 'simple-library-views-libraryviewname' which is valid for all > mp3 and flac files in subfolders? Ok, I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-08-22 Thread adhawkins
Jackisidore wrote: > Thanks for this nice plugin. > Every folder with mp3 or flac files should have a file > 'simple-library-views-libraryviewname'? Would it be possible to place > one file 'simple-library-views-libraryviewname' which is valid for all > mp3 and flac files in subfolders? I did

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-08-15 Thread drmatt
Seems to me it's a simple case of going into the parent folder of the tree you want to set a certain tag in and typing: "find . -type d -exec touch {}/simple-library-views-libraryviewname \;" drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-08-15 Thread emalvick
Jackisidore wrote: > Thanks for this nice plugin. > Every folder with mp3 or flac files should have a file > 'simple-library-views-libraryviewname'? Would it be possible to place > one file 'simple-library-views-libraryviewname' which is valid for all > mp3 and flac files in subfolders? This is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-08-15 Thread Jackisidore
Thanks for this nice plugin. Every folder with mp3 or flac files should have a file 'simple-library-views-libraryviewname'? Would it be possible to place one file 'simple-library-views-libraryviewname' which is valid for all mp3 and flac files in subfolders?

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-07-11 Thread adhawkins
I didn't realise you could add folders within Favourites. That'll help me clear up all the junk my daughter keeps putting in there :) Can an album / track / whatever appear in multiple Favourites folders then? Sounds like your idea is pretty neat. Andy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-07-05 Thread Phil Meyer
>Anyone finding this plugin useful? > I'm just trying it out now. It kind of gives what I want, to be able to customise a list of albums to include in libraries, but needing to manually create folders where music is located and rescan is a bit of a pain. It also won't work quite right for

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-09 Thread adhawkins
mherger wrote: > Yes, I've set up a beta.xml for this use case. Great, I'll put this in place in readiness for any further work I do. Andy adhawkins's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=650 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-08 Thread Michael Herger
If I want to maintain a 'pre-release' track for future releases, what's the best way to do that? To maintain a separate repo.xml that contains pre-release and stable versions, alongside this repo.xml that only contains stable releases? Yes, I've set up a beta.xml for this use case. -- Michael

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-08 Thread adhawkins
mherger wrote: > >> I've added your plugin to the main repository. Thanks! > > What does that mean exactly? People won't have to add my own > repo.xml? > > Yes. Cool! :) mherger wrote: > > > > Should I continue to maintain repo.xml? > > And yes again: our repository file is

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-08 Thread Michael Herger
I've added your plugin to the main repository. Thanks! What does that mean exactly? People won't have to add my own repo.xml? Yes. Should I continue to maintain repo.xml? And yes again: our repository file is semi-automatically built from your repository file (and mine, and the others).

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-08 Thread adhawkins
mherger wrote: > I've added your plugin to the main repository. Thanks! What does that mean exactly? People won't have to add my own repo.xml? Should I continue to maintain repo.xml? Andy adhawkins's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-08 Thread Michael Herger
I've just release v1.0.0. Not much changed, but I'd consider this 'stable' now. I've added your plugin to the main repository. Thanks! -- Michael ___ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-08 Thread adhawkins
I've just release v1.0.0. Not much changed, but I'd consider this 'stable' now. v1.0.0 -- * Correctly initialise preferences on new install Please let me know if you have any issues or suggestions. Best bet is via GitHub: https://github.com/adhawkins/SimpleLibraryViews/issues Andy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-03 Thread adhawkins
Thanks both for the response. If it's useful to more than just me, then I'll try to get a v1.0 release out in the next few days. I have some ideas for making it more useful, primarily around the configuration of library views. I'd like to be able to specify library views that are combinations of

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-03 Thread drmatt
I will find out useful when I get around to implementing it. Fed up with just genre tags, this is much more scriptable. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk drmatt's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-02 Thread srasher
adhawkins wrote: > Anyone finding this plugin useful? > > I think I've resolved the issue with uninitialized values, but not sure > it was actually causing a problem. > > Unless anyone has any problems, I'll release a v1.0 of this and consider > any potential future developments. > > Andy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-06-02 Thread adhawkins
Anyone finding this plugin useful? I think I've resolved the issue with uninitialized values, but not sure it was actually causing a problem. Unless anyone has any problems, I'll release a v1.0 of this and consider any potential future developments. Andy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-05-20 Thread adhawkins
Thanks for the confirmation @kidstypike, @mherger had provided me with some hints as to how to speed things up, but while I was in the middle of implementing them he submitted a pull request with them all done! Still, I learned a bit more about Perl database in the process, so no bad thing! I've

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-05-20 Thread Michael Herger
Wow! that's speeded up the "Create library views" some, was >3:00 mins, now 19 secs. Nice! Interesting ratio, as this pretty much reflects the improvement I've seen on my SSD based system - though at a different level :-) -- Michael ___ plugins

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-05-20 Thread kidstypike
adhawkins wrote: > I've just released v0.99.2. > > Release notes below: > > v0.99.2 > --- > > * Plugin now licensed under the GPL > * Correctly register and unregister library views when changes are made > in settings > * Only actually build library views from scanner process, trigger a

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-05-19 Thread adhawkins
I've just released v0.99.2. Release notes below: v0.99.2 --- * Plugin now licensed under the GPL * Correctly register and unregister library views when changes are made in settings * Only actually build library views from scanner process, trigger a scan when appropriate * Performance

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-05-15 Thread adhawkins
I've just release v0.99.1 of this plugin. The only real difference is that the file can now be called either: simple-library-views-libname or .simple-library-views-libname This means that the library view files can now be 'hidden' when used on a Linux OS. Andy

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-05-13 Thread kidstypike
Andy I uninstalled your original plugin, removed your old repo and old files from album folders, and deleted the old library views. Added your new repo and installed Simple Library Views, and ... everything seems to work as expected. :) Good work. kidstypike kidstypike LMS on Raspberry

[SlimDevices: Plugins] ANNOUNCE: Simple Library Views plugin

2016-05-13 Thread adhawkins
Hi all, I'm happy to announce the availability of the first version of the Simple Library Views plugin. This plugin allows you to easily define library views, simply by entering a list of views to create, and then creating appropriate files in album directories to add albums to a view. Full