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Subject: Re: Advanced shuffle / auto-insert tracks
From: "Hans Chen" <hanswchen () gmail ! com>
Date: 2007-03-28 10:29:16
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Hi,
Yes, dynamic playlist sounds like what you're looking for. As Jeff said,
it's not complicated; however, there is a guide on the Amarok wiki that
could be worth reading:
http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Dynamic_Playlist_Walkthrough
Good luck!
Best regards,
Hans Chen
On 3/26/07, Jeff Mitchell <kde-dev@emailgoeshere.com> wrote:
>
> Mark--
>
> Have you played with the Smart Playlists and Dynamic Playlists? Smart
> playlists let you define criteria to pick what music you want, like
> song rating, length, artist, etc etc etc. You can require a song to
> have any or all of the selected characteristics. Dynamic playlists
> take an existing playlist or smart playlist and randomly add songs
> from it. So you can define a smart playlist to get whatever songs
> you'd like to play, and then make a dynamic playlist that uses that
> smart playlist for the content.
>
> It's not as complicated as it sounds, and it seems like it might be
> just what you're looking for.
>
> --Jeff
>
> Quoting Mark <mark@voidzero.net>:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have subscribed to this list after reading a similar idea on marc.info
> .
> >
> > There has been a plugin for winamp out there together with the source
> > code. The plugin is called ROBODJ, and someone has told me that it uses
> > a distinguishable and sophisticated shuffling method. Because he told me
> > this years ago, I can't recall much about it. I just know it adds n
> > songs to the playlist when there are x songs left in it, and using a
> > very nice preference method. Unfortunately this plugin hasn't been in
> > development for years.
> >
> > I am hoping, and have been hoping for years that there would be someone
> > inspired to re-create this plugin, for amarok. I myself am not a
> > developer. I do know that this plugin could boost up the popularity for
> > Amarok. I have read that ITunes has a similar shuffling feature, but it
> > have been many years since I have worked with windows, so I'm not
> > familiar with this program.
> >
> > The source, as well as a precompiled version are to be downloaded from
> > http://www.burnap.net/RoboDJ/source/RoboDJ_1_0rc1.zip resp.
> > http://www.burnap.net/RoboDJ/downloads/RoboDJ_1_0rc1.exe
> >
> > I am eagerly awaiting the reply of readers.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> > --
> >
> > |~ Mark van Dijk, mark@voidzero.net.
> > ~| "If you put your supper dish to your ear
> > ~| you can hear the sounds of a restaurant."
> > ~| -- Snoopy.
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Hi,<br><br>Yes, dynamic playlist sounds like what you're looking for. As Jeff \
said, it's not complicated; however, there is a guide on the Amarok wiki \
that could be worth reading:<br><a \
href="http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Dynamic_Playlist_Walkthrough"> \
http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Dynamic_Playlist_Walkthrough</a><br><br>Good \
luck!<br><br>Best regards,<br>Hans Chen<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On \
3/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeff Mitchell</b> <<a \
href="mailto:kde-dev@emailgoeshere.com"> kde-dev@emailgoeshere.com</a>> \
wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Mark--<br><br>Have you \
played with the Smart Playlists and Dynamic Playlists? Smart <br>playlists \
let you define criteria to pick what music you want, like<br>song rating, length, \
artist, etc etc etc. You can require a song to<br>have any or all of the \
selected characteristics. Dynamic playlists<br>take an existing playlist \
or smart playlist and randomly add songs <br>from it. So you can define a \
smart playlist to get whatever songs<br>you'd like to play, and then make a \
dynamic playlist that uses that<br>smart playlist for the content.<br><br>It's \
not as complicated as it sounds, and it seems like it might be <br>just what \
you're looking for.<br><br>--Jeff<br><br>Quoting Mark <<a \
href="mailto:mark@voidzero.net">mark@voidzero.net</a>>:<br><br>> \
Hello,<br>><br>> I have subscribed to this list after reading a similar idea on \
<a href="http://marc.info">marc.info</a>.<br>><br>> There has been a plugin \
for winamp out there together with the source<br>> code. The plugin is called \
ROBODJ, and someone has told me that it uses<br>> a distinguishable and \
sophisticated shuffling method. Because he told me <br>> this years ago, I \
can't recall much about it. I just know it adds n<br>> songs to the playlist \
when there are x songs left in it, and using a<br>> very nice preference method. \
Unfortunately this plugin hasn't been in <br>> development for \
years.<br>><br>> I am hoping, and have been hoping for years that there would \
be someone<br>> inspired to re-create this plugin, for amarok. I myself am not \
a<br>> developer. I do know that this plugin could boost up the popularity for \
<br>> Amarok. I have read that ITunes has a similar shuffling feature, but \
it<br>> have been many years since I have worked with windows, so I'm \
not<br>> familiar with this program.<br>><br>> The source, as well as a \
precompiled version are to be downloaded from <br>> <a \
href="http://www.burnap.net/RoboDJ/source/RoboDJ_1_0rc1.zip">http://www.burnap.net/RoboDJ/source/RoboDJ_1_0rc1.zip</a> \
resp.<br>> <a href="http://www.burnap.net/RoboDJ/downloads/RoboDJ_1_0rc1.exe">http://www.burnap.net/RoboDJ/downloads/RoboDJ_1_0rc1.exe
</a><br>><br>> I am eagerly awaiting the reply of readers.<br>><br>> \
Thank you,<br>><br>> Mark.<br>><br>> --<br>><br>> |~ \
Mark van Dijk, <a href="mailto:mark@voidzero.net">mark@voidzero.net \
</a>.<br>> ~| "If you put your supper dish to your \
ear<br>> ~| you can hear the sounds of a \
restaurant."<br>> ~| -- Snoopy.<br>> \
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