Re: idleStreams

mherger wrote: 
> Sometimes it is helpful to describe the thing you'd like to do, rather
> than ask for a specific solution. I don't understand yet, why this
> process couldn't be part of the scanner. And why it is that heavy.
Users of -Dynamic Playlists 3- asked me if they could use a dynamic
playlist (definition) to create a static, i.e. normal playlist (file).
Basically instead of continuously adding limited batches of tracks (max.
50) to a client's playlist for -playback-, you'd create a static
playlist with them (and a much higher track limit).

More testing (exec times) shows that the exec times are more or less
what I should expect considering the SQLite track limit (4000), the size
of my (artificially upscaled) library (500.000), and the performance of
my 10+ year old hardware. So 4000 out of 500000 using the '*-Songs -
random- dynamic playlist SQLite code*'
(https://github.com/AF-1/lms-dynamicplaylists/blob/main/DynamicPlaylists3/Playlists/songs/songs_01_random.sql)
=> ~32 secs. I got ~2 mins exec time when I split those 4000 into chunks
of 200 (= multiple SQLite queries). Sorry for the confusion.

I've uploaded the latest (unfinished) code to '*GitHub*'
(https://github.com/AF-1/lms-dynamicplaylists/blob/main/DynamicPlaylists3/Plugin.pm#L1190)
that contains the '*function*'
(https://github.com/AF-1/lms-dynamicplaylists/blob/main/DynamicPlaylists3/Plugin.pm#L1190)
to save dynamic playlist (definitions) as static playlists.
In case you want to test it with the dynamic playlist -Songs - random-
mentioned above, I've only added the -Save as static playlist- option to
the LMS default skin so far (--> the antique floppy disk icon next to
the name of the dynamic playlist). The code includes *info* log messages
to measure exec times.

I've browsed the code of other plugins with scanner/importer code. What
plugins like iTunes, fulltextsearch or even my own RatingsLight... put
in their importers actually makes sense in the scanner context because
they import stuff into the db or modify db contents. My function is just
about creating a static playlist (file). If you think it makes sense to
use an importer for that, I probably need some pointers on how to
implement this, for starters how to start this importer if nobody has
requested a regular rescan.
Thanks.

P.S. Do you know how to get the nice input slider (*sliderinput*) (for
numeric input values in the settings UI) in the main/player UI (LMS
default skin)?



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