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More => Old Versions => Media Center 16 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: fidelious on August 05, 2011, 03:57:39 am

Title: shuffle Albums
Post by: fidelious on August 05, 2011, 03:57:39 am
as an addition to the current Shuffle options, which are track-oriented, I would love to see MC shuffle Albums (i.e. to play a randomly chosen Album after the current Album has finished). Would that be possible in a future build?
Title: Re: shuffle Albums
Post by: Lasse_Lus on August 05, 2011, 04:22:08 am
(meanwhile) will this do ?

~sort=Random ~limit=5,1,[album],[album artist (auto)] ~a

and maybe combine with this plugin http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=64132.0  :P
Title: Re: shuffle Albums
Post by: fidelious on August 05, 2011, 06:54:14 am
eehm... Thanks! I recently came across the plugin you refer to, but it did not seem to do what I'm looking for.

As to your line of (what seems to be) script code - I'd love to try, only: where in MC do I apply or enter it?
Title: Re: shuffle Albums
Post by: Lasse_Lus on August 05, 2011, 07:01:51 am
..across the plugin you refer to, but it did not seem to do what I'm looking for.

understand, i have not tried it myself

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As to your line of (what seems to be) script code - I'd love to try, only: where in MC do I apply or enter it?

it's smartlist syntax (read more here http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Smartlist_and_Search_-_Rules_and_Modifiers)

you can actually enter it almost anywhere, but start with create new smartlist, click import/export and paste the text above into the textbox
Title: Re: shuffle Albums
Post by: fidelious on August 05, 2011, 07:54:30 am
Thanks again. I got the smartlist working and it's a good in-between solution.

To me, having a 'Shuffle Albums' menu option, ideally combined with a 'jump to next album' command, would still be better. It would allow playlist-oriented listening, which is what I do most.
Title: Re: shuffle Albums
Post by: Lasse_Lus on August 05, 2011, 08:02:10 am
you can jump/play (to the) next playlist if that help