ML2 Issues on PCH

[mvallevand]

I tested the patch and the first song is duplicated but the pls does play to the end, but ML2 doesn't start the sequence over after the media stop.

Martin

[psycik]

Martin, you could try this patch to queue file the same way sub does (for the first random)...

I have a fair chunk of other AddAudioFileToQueue entries i could change over to the same method, but this one is the one of the random playlist key (Ctrl-R).

Not sure what I'll do for the second random.

If I stored the first playlist and the new second playlist then passed it all back to PluginHelperFactory.PlayAudioFiles(queue)

Do you have enough control to be able to take my full playlist, and then, maybe an int with the track the user was up to? PluginHelperFactory.PlayAudioFiles(queue,currentTrack)

Ok so they'd have a stop and a restart, but only to the current track, not to the start of the whole playlist....

[sub]

Ok, I could do that. Is there a queue object?? I never seen one - but I suppose once this was working I had no reason to look further.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Its only really the limitations of the PCH, and the way we're trying to work around them that causes this problem.

The class was System.Collections.Queue.

[mvallevand]

psycik/sub that solves the first two problems but it doesn't restart and I'm not sure why exactly. However this would normally have sixty random songs which won't be too bad.

Code:

2008-03-29 16:04:42.233    VERBOSE    [6]    MusicLibrary2: Query returned 11
2008-03-29 16:04:42.233    VERBOSE    [6]    MusicLibrary2: Generating a random playlist of 60 length
2008-03-29 16:04:42.235    VERBOSE    [6]    MusicLibrary2: setting temporary playlist
2008-03-29 16:04:42.243    VERBOSE    [6]    MusicLibrary2:  Adding tracks to pluginHelper
2008-03-29 16:04:42.244    VERBOSE    [6]    MusicLibrary2: Tracks queued, passing to plugin helper
2008-03-29 16:04:42.248    VERBOSE    [6]    getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/RecordingsDirectory
2008-03-29 16:04:42.248    VERBOSE    [6]    getValue: /settings/RecordingsDirectory : C:\movies
2008-03-29 16:04:42.250    VERBOSE    [6]    Sending audio playback request: C:\movies\MVP000~1.PLS
2008-03-29 16:04:42.268    VERBOSE    [6]    MusicLibrary2:  tracks added to playlist they should start playing.11
2008-03-29 16:04:42.269    VERBOSE    [6]    MusicLibrary2: called GetAudioPlaylist again: 11
2008-03-29 16:04:42.269    VERBOSE    [6]    OnKeyDown() complete
2008-03-29 16:04:42.269    VERBOSE    [6]    MVP sending frame
2008-03-29 16:04:42.324    VERBOSE    [6]    sendIncrementalFrame3
2008-03-29 16:04:42.336    VERBOSE    [7]    MVP playback requested: C:\movies\MVP000~1.PLS (shortname)
2008-03-29 16:04:42.336    VERBOSE    [7]    MVP playback requested: C:\mp3\A1\00 flac.mp3 (longname)
..
08-03-29 16:10:52.217    VERBOSE    [6]    MVP waiting for data
2008-03-29 16:10:53.869    VERBOSE    [7]    MVP Streaming Server received STOP message.
2008-03-29 16:10:53.869    VERBOSE    [7]    MVP STOP @2
2008-03-29 16:10:53.869    VERBOSE    [7]    MVP STOP @3
2008-03-29 16:10:53.869    VERBOSE    [7]    MVP STOP @4
2008-03-29 16:10:53.869    VERBOSE    [7]    MVP STOP @5
2008-03-29 16:10:53.869    VERBOSE    [7]    MVP STOP @6
2008-03-29 16:10:53.869    VERBOSE    [7]    MVP STOP @6.1
2008-03-29 16:10:53.870    VERBOSE    [7]    Song ended. Checking if there are more songs to play.
2008-03-29 16:10:53.870    VERBOSE    [7]    Playlist size: 0    current index: 0

Martin

[sub]

Do you have enough control to be able to take my full playlist, and then, maybe an int with the track the user was up to? PluginHelperFactory.PlayAudioFiles(queue,currentTr ack)

Unfortunately no.

[sub]

I've got to shoot out for a bit, but I'll look into it further when I'm back.

[psycik]

But I suppose I might be able to store the current playlist, and the new one, and take off the tracks that have already been played..and then call PlayAudioFiles again.

You'd loose the ability to go back though.

[mvallevand]

You could always just raise the queue limit to 2000 or higher. For the Music Library adding 10 or 2500 didn't make much difference.

Martin

[psycik]

Well that's just it, all you'd need to do is go into the config and change you random minutes from 60 to lots more....

[mvallevand]

I appears the limit is 1000

"MusicLibrary2: Generating a random playlist of 1000 length"

But if there are fewer in the database I guess ML2 doesn't try and do repeats.

Martin