Posted by: canuckInOR
Custom shuffle modes - 24/07/2002 12:14
Hi all,
I was browsing through the developer's page over on riocar.org, and I discovered that you can have custom shuffle modes. That's awesome -- one of the shuffle modes that I really want (especially after uploading new tunes) is "most recently added".
That sounds like it's a function with CTIME as priority. To see how CTIME orders the playlist, I set up the following shuffles in my config.ini:
[custom]
shuffle0=By ctime,CTIME=1,RANDOM=0
shuffle1=By -ctime,-CTIME=1,RANDOM=0
shuffle2=By -ctime=32768,-CTIME=32768,RANDOM=0
shuffle3=By ctime=32768,CTIME=32768,RANDOM=0
shuffle4=By ctime=32700,CTIME=32700,RANDOM=0
Then I hit down,down,down to play everything. I remember what the first tunes I put on the player are, as well as the last tunes I put on.
Since ctime is gets larger for newer files, I would expect shuffle0 to order the playlist in order that the files were added (since shuffle plays the highest score first). I have shuffle1 set up to see if it's the reverse of shuffle0. Since TIME is scaled from 0 to 32000 with higher values being least recently played, shuffle0 and shuffle1 could produce a shuffle order in the reverse of what I'm expecting. Shuffle2 and shuffle3 I added under the idea that if CTIME is scaled from 0 to 32000, the CTIME values might be down at one end of the range. I was looking at the shuffle by year example when I added those. shuffle4 I added to see if I might be dealing with an overflow issue. I also tried various permutations like CTIME=1000 and -CTIME=1000.
None of the shuffles I've tried has given me what I expected to see. Shuffle2 came close a couple times, but it doesn't do it consistently.
Ultimately, I'd like something that shuffles like this (I think):
(ctime for newest),-PLAYS=10,RANDOM=1
That should play the newest unplayed songs before the newest played songs, with a touch of randomness.
Any suggestions?
I was browsing through the developer's page over on riocar.org, and I discovered that you can have custom shuffle modes. That's awesome -- one of the shuffle modes that I really want (especially after uploading new tunes) is "most recently added".
That sounds like it's a function with CTIME as priority. To see how CTIME orders the playlist, I set up the following shuffles in my config.ini:
[custom]
shuffle0=By ctime,CTIME=1,RANDOM=0
shuffle1=By -ctime,-CTIME=1,RANDOM=0
shuffle2=By -ctime=32768,-CTIME=32768,RANDOM=0
shuffle3=By ctime=32768,CTIME=32768,RANDOM=0
shuffle4=By ctime=32700,CTIME=32700,RANDOM=0
Then I hit down,down,down to play everything. I remember what the first tunes I put on the player are, as well as the last tunes I put on.
Since ctime is gets larger for newer files, I would expect shuffle0 to order the playlist in order that the files were added (since shuffle plays the highest score first). I have shuffle1 set up to see if it's the reverse of shuffle0. Since TIME is scaled from 0 to 32000 with higher values being least recently played, shuffle0 and shuffle1 could produce a shuffle order in the reverse of what I'm expecting. Shuffle2 and shuffle3 I added under the idea that if CTIME is scaled from 0 to 32000, the CTIME values might be down at one end of the range. I was looking at the shuffle by year example when I added those. shuffle4 I added to see if I might be dealing with an overflow issue. I also tried various permutations like CTIME=1000 and -CTIME=1000.
None of the shuffles I've tried has given me what I expected to see. Shuffle2 came close a couple times, but it doesn't do it consistently.
Ultimately, I'd like something that shuffles like this (I think):
(ctime for newest),-PLAYS=10,RANDOM=1
That should play the newest unplayed songs before the newest played songs, with a touch of randomness.
Any suggestions?
