Re: [Banshee-List] 2 feature suggestions: syncing to playlist / autosync

[Christopher Friedt <cfriedt visible-assets com>]

Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> #2: Are you saying that you want a manual sync that would work like
> the full library sync, but only with a playlist instead of the full
> library?

really this is #1, and then #2 would be to give the above system memory.

device_is_connected() {
select {
  case ( hash = <device #1 hash-id> ):
    sync to playlist associated with device #1 (if it exists)

  case (has = <device #2 hash-id>):
    sync to playlist associated with device #2 (if it exists)
}

> On 2/12/07, Christopher Friedt <cfriedt visible-assets com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have 2 suggestions for a features that I hope might be useful to
> > others as well:
> >
> > --
> >
> > 1) syncing to a playlist
> >
> > Would it be possible to allow a device to be synchronized only to a
> > certain playlist?
> >
> > This is useful for me, because I have a playlist 'General' which is a
> > subset of my 'Music Library', and those are the only songs which I
> > actually want on my device.
> >
> > Some of the songs in my library I just never listen to, but it is also
> > possible that people would want to have a subset of music on their
> > device for size reasons as well.
> >
> > 2) autosync on a per-device basis
> >
> > Then that would eventually lead to the topic of autosyncing, which would
> > be based on some device ID / hash, I suppose, as well as a value in
> > preferences for which playlist to use.
> >
> > The auto-sync to playlist would be good, because I usually filter out
> > songs on my playlist on my laptop, or correct song metadata, and then I
> > end up wiping out the device totally and copying everything back.
> >
> > --
> >
> > If both of these were implemented, only the changes to tracks would be
> > altered, or tracks would be deleted from the player, and it would be
> > fairly automated.
> >
> > I am unfortunately not a C# programmer. I can program in C(very
> > well)/C++(medially)/Java(medially) and bash. Otherwise, I would be happy
> > to do everything myself.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > ~/Chris
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