Filter Music on Click of Button (WAF!!)

[a06lp]

Believe it or not, I am nearly done with my music needs!

The last item I need to implement into my music screen is to somehow add a button that will filter using the "genre" tag of id3.

It will be a regular button on my music screen (like shuffle, random, play, etc.), and when clicked, will change the list of songs to ONLY show songs with a genre tag of "Wife".

This is to make it really simple for my wife (but the implications of this are widely useful: a button for 'Rock' genre; a button for your favorite artist; etc.) - All she will have to do is open the music screen, and click the button that says "Wife's Music", and only her songs show.

Can anyone help me do this?

[rika]

This is what the favorite button in dragon skin is doing.
Download and see how it´s done.
Your can just change the buttons to your own names in the button folder. you can allso set the tag wife favorite (or any user) from in the skin when playing a album or radio channel that you like and next time when you press the "wife button" that album or radio station will be added to her or your favorites.

Rika

[scottw]

Correct me if I am wrong, I am pretty new at this, but I think "custom search" under the "category" command is what you need.

Add an event and use the custom search command:
Category Name = (your music category)
Field= Genre
Value= Wife

Then assign the event to a button

This is what I use to only show my daughters movies and have it linked to a button and it works so it should work for music I would think.

Let me know,

[a06lp]

@scottw:

YES!
That's exactly what I wanted.

...But now I have another problem. What commands do I set to a different button to get it back to the default view? I tried messing with the custom search, but couldnt find a way.
(In other words, 1 button for Wife, 2nd button for all music)


EDIT:
Duh! I just figure it out- Music:Reset will accomplish that for me.
Thanks so much Scottw!

SOLVED!

[dalanik]

This is what the favorite button in dragon skin is doing.
Download and see how it´s done.
Your can just change the buttons to your own names in the button folder. you can allso set the tag wife favorite (or any user) from in the skin when playing a album or radio channel that you like and next time when you press the "wife button" that album or radio station will be added to her or your favorites.

Rika

Sorry if I'm jumping to conclusions, but when I think of it, wouldn't the favorites be lost on database update?

D.

[Colby]

dalanik, from what I always understood new tags or custom tags dont get lost when updating a database only why you re-import a database. Updating a database is only looking for new entrys to add or delete, it doesnt change the information about what is there.

[scottw]

@scottw:

YES!
That's exactly what I wanted.

...But now I have another problem. What commands do I set to a different button to get it back to the default view? I tried messing with the custom search, but couldnt find a way.
(In other words, 1 button for Wife, 2nd button for all music)


EDIT:
Duh! I just figure it out- Music:Reset will accomplish that for me.
Thanks so much Scottw!

SOLVED!

Glad you got it working

Also Music:Reset is what I use.

[rika]

Colby is right.

Rika

[dalanik]

dalanik, from what I always understood new tags or custom tags dont get lost when updating a database only why you re-import a database. Updating a database is only looking for new entrys to add or delete, it doesnt change the information about what is there.

OK, that's slightly better, but still I need to delete my database(s) from time to time.... because of the pace of change in XLobby, skins and exes are constantly changed so databases get corrupted easily....

[a06lp]

Glad you got it working

Ok, scott. Slight problem.

Now that Steven has added Mood Tag Support, I can REALLY test this out.

It works fine, except one bad situation (which occurs prety frequently, unfortunately):

When there is an album with many tracks, and only SOME of them have the mood tag, all the tracks still show up in the view.

I'm using Colby's skin - when I press the button designated to custom search (set to: mood; wife), it filters out any albums which don't have the wife mood tag. The problem is that when i then click an album, only the tracks with a mood tag of 'wife' should show - but thats not the case. ALL tracks for that album show.
any tips for this?

[scottw]

Glad you got it working

Ok, scott. Slight problem.

Now that Steven has added Mood Tag Support, I can REALLY test this out.

It works fine, except one bad situation (which occurs prety frequently, unfortunately):

When there is an album with many tracks, and only SOME of them have the mood tag, all the tracks still show up in the view.

I'm using Colby's skin - when I press the button designated to custom search (set to: mood; wife), it filters out any albums which don't have the wife mood tag. The problem is that when i then click an album, only the tracks with a mood tag of 'wife' should show - but thats not the case. ALL tracks for that album show.
any tips for this?

I understand what you are saying but I am not sure how to fix it. I am sure there is a way to have the custom search "stick" but I am not sure how. I will let you know if I find a way.
I am sure someone else will chime in

[a06lp]

bump.
anyone know about making custom searches 'stick'?