local playback...

hey all, a while back I said I'd post a list of "features" I'd like to see in 
local playback, I've been really busy with school so I haven't been able to 
post it. Now I have not installed a newer copy of netjuke to see if any of 
this is implemented, so if it has, just say so, and if it hasn't, put it on a 
list of features requested. I'm basing this list off how I would like to use 
Netjuke for local playback. So I'm writing it that way, so its a little 
me-centric, but I'm just using this format to make it easier to tell what 
features I'd like, obviously doing more than this is a great thing. I just 
wish I had the ability or even found programming enjoyable, but I can't/don't 
so I leave it up to the people that can/do...

Playlist selection for netjuke should have two modes, random and selected. In 
random mode, we should be able to select one or more or all "Genres" from 
which the list can be created(that way you can have random "Rock" or random 
"Jazz" or random "Classical" music or a combination of "Rock", "Indie", 
"Classic Rock", etc chosen from at the same time. Of course this works best 
when using the id3v2.x list of genres since it lets you seperate music into 
more distinct groups.
The other mode, selected mode would be a playlist of songs selected by the 
user. Obviously the ability to add whole albums, individual tracks, all 
albums/tracks by a particular artist, etc. This playlist would be played 
through then it would kick back to random mode(either a default or the last 
selected genre list, or the option to be able to choose which method of going 
back to random).
There should also be a page(not a pop up window, pop up windows make it 
difficult to output the screen to a tv and have a single browsing window open 
for netjuke control) that lists the current selected playlist(shown as empty 
if so) and the current random playlist(showing which genres are being chosen 
from and what songs are in the random playlist) with the ability to delete a 
track from the lists before they get played, etc. This page should also 
refresh every so often(10 or 30seconds or?) so that it is kept current)
Now, the way I'd like to see this all layed out is under a "Jukebox" section 
with a single page showing the two current plalists side by side at the 
bottom of the page and the Jukebox options above it. So a scroll box to 
select the genres for random playback, plus the options to add songs to the 
selected list and the ability to put a created playlist into the selected 
list.
This way I can create playlists for jukebox play and save them, or just create 
them and not save them, or have random songs selected from certain genres, 
all from a single page that that updates so I know whats being played.

Ok, now I'll go and install the new version of Netjuke since i had to format 
our apartment firewall....

thanks!

-- 
Steven Adeff
[email protected]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
AOLIM:"IndieRockSteve"



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