I use xmms for playing the music, but until now have used a mysql database
to generate the playlists.
What I'm actually trying to do is learn how to talk to OpenQM with qmclilib.
I've managed to create a python wrapper for the library, and have now built
the database using the same program I wrote to learn how to program python.
I've just stripped out the mysql bits and put in the OpenQM equivalent. (The
database structure has also changed, of course, to take advantage of
multivalues!)
I'll eventually put a pretty face on the frontend with PyQT, and possibly
give it multiple personalities with apache2 and mod_python.
But I have to learn to walk before I can run, and an mp3 application is the
easiest way I have to generate a fair sized database. I can populate it from
the mp3 tags themselves, and do so many fun things with it after it's built!
Thanks for the comments,
--
Dave Walker
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Allen
> E. Elwood
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 12:11 PM
> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> Subject: RE: [U2] True random select lists?
>
>
> The I-desc is a nice idea, however you're going to get
> multiple hits on the
> same song, and don't we all hate that when we hear the same song?
>
> The basic idea is very similar to something that I did with
> the thought of
> the day. I used to select the entire file put it into an
> array, and then
> base the random number based off of the time of the day with
> a modulo of a
> prime number close to the total number of records selected
> and use that to
> prime RND. Or maybe visa versa. It was a LONG time ago in a
> universe very
> very far away ;)
>
> This was similar to hashing in pick, and where I got the
> idea. Using the
> time, gave as close to a really random number as possible.
> Since I was only
> selecting one record a day, I would post a 1 to that record
> so it would not
> be selected the next time. When my select didn't return any
> records I would
> just clear all the 1's in the file and start over. Worked great!
>
> But but but, why not just get the free winamp www.winamp.com
> and just click
> on random???
>
> Allen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Walker
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 08:22
> To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org'
> Subject: RE: [U2] True random select lists?
>
>
> Yes, I would like a DIFFERENT 100 every time, otherwise the
> FIRST would have
> worked. The first thing I thought of was your basic routine,
> but I just
> wondered if I'd overlooked a SELECT option that I wasn't
> familiar with.
>
> I'm wondering which would be more efficient; the basic subroutine or
> Christophe's suggestion of an I descriptor?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Dave Walker
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>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> > Martin Phillips
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 10:46 AM
> > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> > Subject: Re: [U2] True random select lists?
> >
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > > I've built a database of all my mp3s. Now I want to
> > generate a random list
> > > of 100 songs. s there a way to do that with a SELECT
> > statement, or must I
> > > muck around in basic to do so.
> >
> > This depends what you mean by "random". If you are happy to
> > agree that the
> > hashing process is effectively random from an external point
> > of view, simply
> > use
> > SELECT filename FIRST 100
> >
> > However, you seem to want a different 100 records each time.
> > I cannot see
> > any way to do this aside from using a Basic program. Even
> > then, you will
> > have to start with a list of all the records and then extract
> > 100 items
> > randomly...
> >
> > OPEN 'filename' TO FVAR ELSE STOP
> > SELECT FVAR
> > READLIST LIST THEN
> > N = DCOUNT(LIST, @FM)
> > FOR I = 1 TO 100
> > X = RND(N) + 1
> > ID = LIST<X>
> > DEL LIST<X>
> > N -= 1
> > NEXT I
> > END
> >
> > The above idea assumes that the list has over 100 items in it
> >
> > The basic problem here is that computers are supposed to be
> > repeatable. What
> > you want is random behaviour so you are unlikely to find it
> > in the standard
> > toolset.
> >
> >
> > Martin Phillips
> > Ladybridge Systems
> > 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB
> > +44-(0)1604-709200
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