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The DJ's Feature Request Thread
benjy:
Request:
Allow the user the ability to toggle the following on a per-zone basis:
* disable automatic increment of Number Plays
* disable automatic increment of Skip Count
* disable automatic updating of Last Played
* disable automatic updating of Last Skipped
I don't care if the setting toggles all of them or allows them to be toggled individually. For my uses, they would all be enabled or disabled together.
Problem and Rationale:
When previewing tracks while live DJing or putting together a set list before a performance, one does not want the stats on the previewed files to be updated. A lot of skipping around and sampling is expected. Playing whole songs is also expected. However, doing so is detrimental if that activity updates the attributes listed above because it destroys their use in other situations.
For example, if a DJ tries to "keep it fresh" by having smartlists set up that only include songs that have not been played within a certain timeframe, the act of live previewing and building set lists will destroy the usefulness of those smartlists. It is also currently impossible to have clean smartlists for "overplayed" and "recently popular" due to stats pollution during preview activity.
The same goes if the DJ is performing ad-hoc searches that key off of the Last Played attribute. If the DJ uses the play count to choose between two songs, having that stat polluted by previewing activity makes it less useful.
Likewise, since previewing involves a lot of skipping around, anything within MC that uses skip counts and times (as an indicator of "crappiness" for example) will also be working with polluted data.
Solution:
When previewing and building set lists, a DJ can use a particular zone which disables the listed attributes.
Thanks!
PS: Please move this topic to the latest Media Center thread. I will have a few more requests coming, and it seems like it is better to continue this thread than to start a new one.
MrC:
Disabling stats would fit nicely into the Audio > Alternate Mode settings and toggling.
laerm:
I, too, would like to have stats disabled for exactly the same reason. Doing so from Alternate Mode would be a decent enough solution, though I'd rather not as I already have AM configured for something else.
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