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dtc:
Thanks. That is awesome.
dtc:
It seems like Play Artist has changed its selection criteria. It used to randomly select tracks. Now, it seems to select an album and play all of that, then continue on to another album and play all of that, etc. I am not sure why this change happened. It seems like playing random tracks is the preferred option. That would be consistent with how other online services work.
Play Artist also seems to include Christmas songs. Most services do not include them in a Play Artist type command. Can they be excluded from Play Artist?
cncb:
--- Quote from: dtc on September 06, 2022, 09:29:11 am ---It seems like Play Artist has changed its selection criteria. It used to randomly select tracks. Now, it seems to select an album and play all of that, then continue on to another album and play all of that, etc. I am not sure why this change happened. It seems like playing random tracks is the preferred option. That would be consistent with how other online services work.
Play Artist also seems to include Christmas songs. Most services do not include them in a Play Artist type command. Can they be excluded from Play Artist?
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It has always sorted like this. Append "with options shuffle" to the command if you want random.
There is not an easy general way to exclude certain genres.
dtc:
--- Quote from: cncb on September 06, 2022, 09:35:23 am ---It has always sorted like this. Append "with options shuffle" to the command if you want random.
There is not an easy general way to exclude certain genres.
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I am pretty sure Play Artist used to select songs from different albums. I am pretty sure one of my artist selections always started with one Christmas song then skipped to other songs. That has been one of my test cases. In any case, random seems like it should be the default. Having to add a shuffle command every time is a bit of a deal breaker for my family, given it is not necessary on other services.
Having to explicitly exclude Christmas music with the Play Artist command seems like a limitation. I think it should be the default. That is standard in other online services. I think people are going to be surprised when Christmas music starts playing.
Please consider these changes to Play Artist.
JimH:
We could probably safely assume the list should be shuffled by default and even omit Christmas music by default.
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