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Subject: Re: brain dump regarding playlist management

Re: brain dump regarding playlist management

From: Jonathan Gordon <jdgordy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:09:11 +1100

On 17 November 2010 18:03, <rajoo_at_mail.com> wrote:
> I've been thinking the same thing and totally agree. Playlists at the moment
> is a bit tricky to grasp and handle.
>
> Another feature I'm missing from iTunes/iPod is the dynamic playlists. I
> know one can filter the database by ID3-tags but that's not really what I
> mean. I mean a playlist which contains say all songs where genre equals
> rock, and if I exchange some songs on the device, the playlist automatically
> updates with the new songs.
>
> Maybe one can extend the m3u syntax with somethink like this:
>
> --- playlist.m3d ----------------
> genre:Rock
> artist:Metallica
> album:Battle Studies
> -------------------------------------
>
> Which will pick all songs from the database where ID3-tags are set to either
> genre Rock, artist Metallica or album Battle Studies. Some logic (not, and,
> or) probably needs to be added in some way, this is just an idea.
>
> //RiJo
>

1) don't top post
2) use the database for that.
Received on 2010-11-17

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