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Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

Hi Fabien44,

Your plugin is "a must", I use it everytime to listen to music.

It will be a great addition to be able to create a dynamic playlists based on list of values (based on the music tags). IMHO, this should be included as a standard function in MediaPortal...

Anyway, for this plugin.

Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

Hi FillR,

thanks for your comment.
Concerning your demand, i think it's already possible with a a SQL statement. You could create a custom SQL query with your tags and proper values.
Give me an example what you want.

Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

Hi Fabien44,

My idea would be to have a new screen allowing to select dynamically what the user wants to listen (without the need to build the xml file with the SQL statements).

In this screen, you will have some areas like "Interpret", "Genre", "Year", each related to an information stored in the music tags, and the ability to choose a value. For example, I can choose to select "U2" in the interpret column and click "OK" to build the playlist allowing to listen all the U2 songs I have.

This could also extended with some multiple conditions, for example U2 AND YEAR > 2000.

Of course, we can already do this with your plugin, but it's static, you have to build and name the query in a file.

Mu idea will be to have a kind of simple SQL statement builder avoiding to define statically and manually the xml file.

Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

Yes it's a good idea. Same tool like WMP automatic playlist creator.
I think about a form with
- an add sql query button
- an delete query button
- for a new one query an add critera button (for WHERE clause) and a delete criteria
- a listbox with all metatags and textbox for value
- RAMDOM checkbox
- LIMIT checkbox and text field

Maybe such a form already exists in C#?

Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

Hi Fabien44,

I think you've got it...

"- an add sql query button
- an delete query button"
but also and mainly a "what do you want to listen now" query button

Combined to some fanarts, I think your plugin can be "the standard music plugin" as we have tv-series for series or moving-pictures for movies.

Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

What do you mean by "What do you want to listen now"? is it to browse into the music library?

Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

Hi Fabien44,

I mean a screen "what do you want to listen now" allowing to define an evoluted playlist, generate the playlist and start to play:

for example: the ability to build dynamically a playlist like and start to play immediatly

(U2 or Genesis) and year > 2000 limited to 20 songs random
genre = pop or genre = pop-rock
any song added after 01-01-11
100 songs where comment contains *night party*
...

This will add an evoluted way to program what the user wants to listen to Mediaportal

Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

Personnaly, i think about a form to create dynamically playlists in the config area! Because i guess that we use almost always same playlists so it useless to provide such a tool in the application.

Finally, i thought the smartplaylist feature like an extension of music section. The aim is to listen to music, that's why i would integer smartplaylist within the music plugin or to display by default the home music page.

Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

Hi Fabien44,

That's really not the case for me.
Depending of what I've listened some minutes ago, or what my wife or my daughter want, the number of playlist is huge and I can't prebuild them. that's why I think this funtion would be very helpful

Re: SmartPlaylists (1.1.3)

Do you use with a remote control? Because if yes it would be not convenient at all to write all criteria values!