INTERACT FORUM
More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 24 for Mac => Topic started by: MrBiff on January 03, 2019, 08:12:53 pm
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Would you be able to support a delimited list of keys as the Key parameter in Playback/PlayByKey ?
Currently only one key is supported (unlike PlayByFilename).
I see the request here also:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,90662.msg682857.html#msg682857
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Crickets?
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So it would just start a playlist of files instead of a single file?
If that's the idea, it seems pretty good and I could probably code it soon.
Thanks.
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Thank you.
To clarify...
When I do a search:
http://127.0.0.1:52199/MCWS/v1/Files/Search?Action=MPL&Fields....
and ask for (at least) Field=Key to be returned, I get a good list returned of files and fields.
But, later, If I want to play these keys, I want to send that list of file keys via Playback/PlayByKey in one call. A pipe- or comma- separated list is what I'd want to send.
It might also be good to have the Files/Search option for Action=Play return the resulting files in the MPL as well (using the requested Fields). Without this, Action=Play with a Search criteria provides no feedback about the files that were returned and played.
Now, I have to make two identical calls - one to Search and get the MPL returned with my fields, and a second call doing the same exact search, but this time changing Action=MPL to Action=Play. This seems wasteful.
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What if there was a play command that accepted the same MPL?
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There are other operations where I also want to send a list of file keys for replacing (or adding to) playing now. The example I gave was just one. File keys are lightweight, and I can save a large list of them for upcoming operations.
I can reconstruct an MPL if necessary.
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Coming in MC25, we'll have this:
Changed: Made the MCWS function Playback/PlayByKey take an array of keys (separated by comma) instead of only a single key.