Advanced shuffle / auto-insert tracks

[Hans Chen]

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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> >  ~|   you can hear the sounds of a restaurant."
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