[mythtv] MythMusic Feature Attempt

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Mon Feb 24 12:47:05 EST 2003


On Monday 24 February 2003 11:33 am, m0j0.j0j0 wrote:
> <DISCLAIMER>
> I am not a programmer (other than the occasional Perl script).
>
> In an attempt to see if I could learn some C++, I tried to add a feature
> to MythMusic. If the code is too pathetic or the idea too lame, please
> just ignore my post. If anyone has constructive criticism feel free to
> send it my way.
>
> What I am trying to add...
>
> Basically I want to add something similar to the Smart Playlists in
> iTunes. To do this, I made another shufflemode that is a little less
> random. It picks songs (at least I think it does) based on user assigned
> ratings, the last time it was played, how many times its been played
> along with a little randomness.
>
> If this looks like it'll be useful, I'll try to polish it a bit. I need
> to add icons for the user ratings buttons yet and I would like to add a
> column to display individual song ratings. The formula used for picking
> songs also probably needs tuning.
>
> Is this useful or am I just wasting people's time?

Looks fun, if you'd like to make more changes to it, I'd be glad to include it 
whenever you think it's ready.

Isaac



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