Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-28 Thread erland
mps;628134 Wrote: > :( Is there an advantage that I am missing or just something that you > haven't gotten around to? No advantage, it was just easiest to implement it this way. If anyone is interested to see it changed and want it to happen soon, patches are always welcome. I will probably loo

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-28 Thread mps
erland;628130 Wrote: > TrackStat is currently designed to work like this, might be changed in a > future release. :( Is there an advantage that I am missing or just something that you haven't gotten around to? -- mps mps'

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-28 Thread erland
mps;628127 Wrote: > One followup issue. Whenever I play a song, it doesn't show up in > trackstat as played until I start playing another song. This is true > even an hour after the song has completed, even though it is obviously > not an unplayed song anymore. Any thoughts? > > Thanks again for

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-28 Thread mps
One followup issue. Whenever I play a song, it doesn't show up in trackstat as played until I start playing another song. This is true even an hour after the song has completed, even though it is obviously not an unplayed song anymore. Any thoughts? Thanks again for everyones help, Mike -- mp

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-27 Thread mps
erland;627587 Wrote: > That's right, I forgot about that, it's probably easier to just use the > "Only never played songs" option which is available in all "Filtered > ..." Custom Browse menu templates than using Multi Library. > > If you like to group them into a main menu with sub menus you c

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-26 Thread Phil Meyer
>If you or someone else provide updated template/xml files I'll be happy >to include them in next release. I had a brief look at the filteredgenres template, and couldn't see how the "never played" option was being picked up. Then I realised I was looking in the wrong place. I have templates in

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-26 Thread Phil Meyer
>I'm not sure exactly when SBS scanner set's it to 1 and 6, if the >artists you think is track artists is set to 1 it explains what you are >seeing. > Track Artist roles are only given to songs that are on albums/songs that also have an Album Artist. An album that doesn't have an album artist (i.e

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-26 Thread erland
Philip Meyer;627615 Wrote: > There isn't an equivalent template for Filtered Years though - I might > have a go at making a template for that one. > > Similarly, the templates don't have other options, such as "Not rated > songs", which would be really useful too (would simplify some of my > usa

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-26 Thread Phil Meyer
There isn't an equivalent template for Filtered Years though - I might have a go at making a template for that one. Similarly, the templates don't have other options, such as "Not rated songs", which would be really useful too (would simplify some of my usage patterns). Phil ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-25 Thread erland
Philip Meyer;627536 Wrote: > > > >Coming back to the auto-update, I was wondering if there was a way > that > >the played/unplayed libraries could be incrementally updated on the > end > >of a song. > Actually, I found that the Filtered Artist menu type has a filter for > "Only never played son

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-25 Thread erland
Philip Meyer;627544 Wrote: > Unless I also include the Various Artists option, Filter Artists > template doesn't seem to support the contributor "Roles to include" > settings. I've tried to configure it to be the same as the standard > Artists menu, effectively to ignore track artists (so I tick

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-25 Thread Phil Meyer
Unless I also include the Various Artists option, Filter Artists template doesn't seem to support the contributor "Roles to include" settings. I've tried to configure it to be the same as the standard Artists menu, effectively to ignore track artists (so I tick Artist and Album Artist), but I s

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-25 Thread Phil Meyer
>That worked! Thanks so much! > I found it a bit hit and miss for me. I still had issues (in Web UI at least) with visiting an artist, clicking an album and seeing no tracks, then going back and clicking the album name again and seeing tracks appear. >Coming back to the auto-update, I was wonde

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-25 Thread mps
erland;627463 Wrote: > Could you try if it works better if you use the "Filtered Artists" menu > provided by Custom Browse ? I think that should work better as it's > based on per track information instead of per album information. > > Just create the menu in Custom Browse and set the "Menu grou

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-25 Thread erland
mps;627447 Wrote: > > BTW, I am using the standard multilibrary artists menu. > Could you try if it works better if you use the "Filtered Artists" menu provided by Custom Browse ? I think that should work better as it's based on per track information instead of per album information. Just crea

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-25 Thread mps
erland;627370 Wrote: > Exactly which menu and which user interface do you have the problem in > ? > > I just did a quick test using your library definition and the > "Unplayed/Artists" menu in the web interface and it displays an artist > but below the artist there are only albums that contains

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-24 Thread erland
mps;627357 Wrote: > > At the moment, I'm most concerned about filtering out the empty albums, > which is pretty much of a showstopper. Do you have any suggestions about > that? > Exactly which menu and which user interface do you have the problem in ? I just did a quick test using your library

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-24 Thread mps
Thanks Erland erland;627337 Wrote: > How large library do you have ? > About 6200 songs > > How long does a refresh take ? > About 15 seconds on a ReadyNas Pro (Pentium E2160. Faster than an atom). > > I'm asking because if it takes short time there might be some way I > could improve Multi L

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-24 Thread Phil Meyer
>These are definitely albums where all the songs have been played. I >don't know why the albums aren't being filtered out. I'm guessing that multi-library is building menus based on the attributes of songs that match. i.e. if a song is by artist X, then artist X is displayed in a list of artists

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-24 Thread erland
How large library do you have ? How long does a refresh take ? I'm asking because if it takes short time there might be some way I could improve Multi Library to make it do automatic refresh operations at certain situations, for example immediately after a track has been played. -- erland Erl

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-24 Thread mps
Philip Meyer;627285 Wrote: > >2. As I play more songs, when will they be removed from the > >never-played library? > > > You have to refresh the library content. > In the WebUI, go to Extras > Multi Library, and press the Refresh > Libraries button. > Thanks, I can live with that. > > Regarding

Re: [SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-24 Thread Phil Meyer
>2. As I play more songs, when will they be removed from the >never-played library? > You have to refresh the library content. In the WebUI, go to Extras > Multi Library, and press the Refresh Libraries button. Regarding your first point, I find that if I click on an album, it initially appears

[SlimDevices: Plugins] "Never Played" library

2011-04-24 Thread mps
I wanted to make it easy to browse my never-played songs, so I could see what music I'd neglected. I created a "never-played" multilibrary with the attached customized SQL. While it sort of works, I have the following problems/questions: 1. "Completely played" artists do not appear in the "never-