2006-03-08, 22:42
hi all,
i just added loading of smart playlist files for xbmc.
smart playlists basically define a set of rules for songs from the music library. they're in the form of an xml file (renamed to .xsp) and can only be loaded from xbmc (ie cannot be set up from within the xbmc gui at present). the .xsp's should be placed in your playlist/music location (usually in the albums/ folder). they cannot be loaded off remote shares at this point. if they're in the music playlists folder, then you'll ne able to view them in the playlists entry in the music library view.
they allow you to define rules for which to filter your music library. for instance, the following .xsp
grabs all u2 music from after 1990.
you can have as many <rule>'s as you like.
more information is on the file format and the allowed tags and attributes are available in the online manual:
http://manual.xboxmediacenter.de/wakka.p....p;v=tep
enjoy, and please let us know what other stuff you'd like to see on this front (such as other filtering fields and matching methods etc.)
cheers,
jonathan
i just added loading of smart playlist files for xbmc.
smart playlists basically define a set of rules for songs from the music library. they're in the form of an xml file (renamed to .xsp) and can only be loaded from xbmc (ie cannot be set up from within the xbmc gui at present). the .xsp's should be placed in your playlist/music location (usually in the albums/ folder). they cannot be loaded off remote shares at this point. if they're in the music playlists folder, then you'll ne able to view them in the playlists entry in the music library view.
they allow you to define rules for which to filter your music library. for instance, the following .xsp
Quote:<smartplaylist>
<name>party mode</name>
<match>all</match>
<rule field="artist" operator="is">u2</rule>
<rule field="year" operator="greaterthan">1990</rule>
</smartplaylist>
grabs all u2 music from after 1990.
you can have as many <rule>'s as you like.
more information is on the file format and the allowed tags and attributes are available in the online manual:
http://manual.xboxmediacenter.de/wakka.p....p;v=tep
enjoy, and please let us know what other stuff you'd like to see on this front (such as other filtering fields and matching methods etc.)
cheers,
jonathan