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[Scronch]

In multiple smartlists, I use Not Last Played: <999999 to avoid playing songs that have been played since Recently Played was last cleared.  This is a truly powerful implementation, because it survives changing Playing Now by various methods, and even stopping and starting MJ.  But it appears that if I have Party Mode turned on, then when MJ is stopped and restarted, Recently Played reverts to what it was when Party Mode was turned on.  This makes sense for Playing Now, but I don't think it's the right approach for Recently Played.  The idea behind Party Mode is to stop people from messing up your database and settings, but it shouldn't disable the ability to filter out songs which have been played.  Right?

Scronch

[Scronch]

...bump

[Scronch]

Hmmm, doesn't anyone else use SmartLists to remove previously-played songs, and use Party Mode?  I thought this was pretty basic stuff.

Scronch

[Scronch]

I feel so... alone.

[Matt]

I guess our thinking is that Recently Played is a part of the database, and therefore should be protected.

Maybe version 9 can offer some beefed up party mode options.  We'd have to start throwing some parties though...

[Scronch]

From an implementation standpoint, including Recently Played within Party mode protection makes sense.  From a user standpoint, Party Mode allows others to "safely" play from the database without wrecking it, but the songs are being played, so having Recently Played survive close/opens would make more sense.  But I understand that the database boundary has to be drawn somewhere, and that RP is currently within that boundary.

I will have to run MJ in non-Party Mode.  If I can find a utility you described, to hide/show a running application, that will help.  Although I do expect at some point someone will need to change something in PN, and will end up wrecking the database.

Scronch

[KingSparta]

Scronch

>> I feel so... alone.

Here Is a Puppy

[Scronch]

I've had dogs my whole life.  Speaking from experience, those are not shadows--they are wet spots on the rug.

Scronch

[Scronch]

I tried "Quick Hide Windows", but it won't hide MJ when in Mini-me.  I looked at some other "hiding" programs, but they didn't fit well.  I'll probably have to lock the computer each time with ctl-alt-del.  All this because Party Mode clears Recently Played on MJ close/open.  Frustrating.

Scronch