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dtc:
--- Quote from: cncb on September 06, 2022, 10:32:08 am ---It may be that you have a Christmas compilation album so there would only be one song by that artist from that album and then it would move on to their other individual albums. Shuffle will randomize the first song.
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It seems like if the genre is Christmas it should be excluded. If it is a Christmas song but with another genre, then I would expect it to be played.
I believe the idea of Play Artist is to play a random list of songs. Starting at the same song every time only works if it is a well known hit from that artist and after that things are randomized. Some services try to do that. I guess you could always start with the song with the highest rating, if there are ratings. Other than that, I really think it should be a random starting point. Adding a shuffle option each time you use Play Artist is really not an option. I like the unshuffle option, although I am not sure it will be used much.
Thanks.
cncb:
--- Quote from: dtc on September 06, 2022, 10:48:13 am ---It seems like if the genre is Christmas it should be excluded. If it is a Christmas song but with another genre, then I would expect it to be played.
I believe the idea of Play Artist is to play a random list of songs. Starting at the same song every time only works if it is a well known hit from that artist and after that things are randomized. Some services try to do that. I guess you could always start with the song with the highest rating, if there are ratings. Other than that, I really think it should be a random starting point. Adding a shuffle option each time you use Play Artist is really not an option. I like the unshuffle option, although I am not sure it will be used much.
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I was just trying to explain what was probably happening. It always starts with the same song because it is not shuffling by default.
I will try shuffling "play artist" and "play genre" by default. I will also try excluding Christmas, but we probably need a way of setting that since people might be using a different genre name.
cncb:
--- Quote from: vairulez on September 06, 2022, 10:32:43 am ---@cncb if you need help for the french translation you can count on me
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Thanks.
dtc:
--- Quote from: cncb on September 06, 2022, 11:04:18 am ---I was just trying to explain what was probably happening. It always starts with the same song because it is not shuffling by default.
I will try shuffling "play artist" and "play genre" by default. I will also try excluding Christmas, but we probably need a way of setting that since people might be using a different genre name.
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Thanks! And, yes, I use XMAS for a genre so it goes to the bottom of any genre sort. Others may use other names. Maybe a new Christmas tag (Y or N) would help, like the Playability tag. Or maybe a Playability Alexa tag, like the current Playability tag. Or maybe an Include modifier which could include any Genre you specify.
EDIT : I did turn off Playability on all my Christmas albums and that works. Christmas albums are excluded from Play Artist. That may be a temporary work around.
cncb:
--- Quote from: dtc on September 06, 2022, 11:50:01 am ---EDIT : I did turn off Playability on all my Christmas albums and that works. Christmas albums are excluded from Play Artist. That may be a temporary work around.
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I just was about to write this as I didn't see your edit. I think you are saying the same thing. If you uncheck the "Playable" tag for your Christmas files, then they don't play with other artist tracks. Is this sufficient or would you prefer a new library field specifically for the JTalk Play Artist? We could potentially use the "Custom" tag for this.
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