mherger wrote: > > Is it possible to combine two or more library views into one? I > > Not easily. > > > sometimes want to create a subset of my library that cannot be > defined > > by a single search. > > You'll probably have to do this manually, but it's certainly possible. > The library definitions are just SQL instructions. > > What are you trying to do? > > -- > > Michael
The sordid truth is that what I was trying to do was avoid having to learn to deal with SQL commands! That's something I said I was going to do about a year ago, but so far it has not happened. That was in this thread: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?109818-Hoping-for-help-with-SQL-Playlist (That's purely for reference. I'll try to describe my goal here, so it should not be necessary to follow that link.) As I said in the second post in that thread, I would like to be able create random playlists (using either the built-in Random Mix or the SQL Playlist plugin) on the basis of relatively complex Boolean expressions, using both AND and OR filters, like this: (Country AND Instrumental) OR (Jazz AND Vocal) OR Rock Assuming those are all valid genre tags, I could easily create a library view containing all files with the Country genre tag, and from that another library view containing all of the Country files that also contain the Instrumental genre tag. I could do the same with Jazz and Vocal. And Rock would only require one step. Having done that, I would have three sublibraries that I would like my random mix to draw from. As far as I know, that is not possible; only one library view can be active, right? So I was hoping for a way to combine the three library views into one. But it's probably time for me to buckle down and learn a little SQL. Erland very generously provided some suggestions in the earlier thread and my only excuse for now following up is laziness. Thanks for replying Michael, but I really don't think this is something you need to worry with. LMS (recent) running on Debian X86_64; 5 Squeezelite players (3 in PiCorePlayer), 3 players connected via Airplay Bridge 1 Squeezebox Radio (upgraded UE Smart Radio) now mostly retired ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RobbH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67008 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111335 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
