Advanced shuffle / auto-insert tracks

[Mark]

Would it be possible to get a feature like "maximum n songs by
artist/album" into the dynamic playlists? I'd like dynamic lists with
one artist per generated list. :)

M

On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 06:33:51PM CEST, Mark spoke 4.4K bytes, saying:

> Hi Hans and Jeff,                                                                                                                                       
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> Thanks for the reply,                                                                                                                       
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> I have indeed noticed that there are these options, yes. However, it is not as
> powerful and almost 'magic' as the RoboDJ shuffler. This is why I included a
> link to the source code of the actual plugin, so that whoever that would
> understand it could see if there are juicy elements in it that could be for
> Amaroks benefit. In the mean while I will use the dynamic playlists :)
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> Mark.   
> 
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:29:16PM CEST, Hans Chen spoke 7.3K bytes, saying:
> 
> > 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 at 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 at 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 at voidzero.net.
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> 
> Greetz,
> Mark.
> 
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Greetz,
Mark.

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  |~ Mark van Dijk, mark at voidzero.net.
 ~|  "If you put your supper dish to your ear
 ~|   you can hear the sounds of a restaurant."
 ~|    -- Snoopy.