Help save the planet Bluesound!
I recently started to minimise the power used by my Bluos devices to help save the planet
However the current way the Bluos app works on the devices means that, rthare than just starting by pressing the play button, I have to resort to loading the app and setting the source back to Paradise Radio (which we like to listen too every day)
I tried setting up a play list, but I am fed up with hearing the same songs, despite randomising the playlist
My request (the main part of which I previously asked for years ago, and has obviously been ignored) is as follows:
1) Whatever the current source is selected (or position in the playlist). Preserve this and go back to it after - program updates, power restarts, restarting after putting to sleep, and after the unit has been ungrouped [ I play through all my units using grouping from a PC running a DJ program, but i don't use that regularly]
2) Enable bulk selection of music (genres for instance) and enable the whole lot to be added to the current playlist in one go. Adding songs is tedious, and because you don't provide a truly random play facility, at least allow us to add loads of different music quickly
3) Add a feature to enble the bulk and random playing of a selected set of music (genres, albums, etc)
4) Either play a random list starting where the list was interrupted, or better still play completely randomly (as an option) after an interruption - as listed in point 1 above
A cheap radio will play what it was set at when turned off... why doesn't an expensive Bluos device with no means of getting back what you want to hear apart from using the app do the same
Please, please, please add this feature request
Will those that agree add their support to this request
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I agree completely.
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I think I'm in agreement with much of what you have suggested, but I think you'd be more successfull if the features were presented to bluesound as seperate items. Bluesound could be called out for not allowing more convenient restarting after sleep, poweron, etc (so more users may use sleep rather than leaving powered on)
On the more broad citicism of Bluesound ignoring user requests on many fronts I can only concur. Very poor, this is frustrating as I rate the product generaly. Personnaly I'd appreciate better configuration of the search facility which does not allow access to meta tags, etc So, for instance, I can't separate classical music from contemporary by accessing the genre tag (I think this may be item 3 in your list)
Cheers
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Trevor
Thank you for your support...
I am replying here, as I may have help with regard to selecting music genre's, apologies if I have missed your point
The Bluesound system, uses the tracks existing music genre, and I have found that tags get set very mixed names
So I used 'mp3tag' (on a 'de' website) very useful indeed, you can edit mp3 tags in a spreadsheet way, Once the tags have been set to your liking, then just reindex the music collection on the Bluesound app
You will find then that the genres are as you want them
Hope this helps
Malcolm
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Malcolm,
Ahhhh. I was wondering why some of my 'Contemporary' stuff got mixed with my 'Classical' stuff. I'll check the consistency of tag settings. Yes MP3TAG is a superb tool and I used to use its script capability as part of my post ripping process for FLACs. Don't need to do that now as dbpoweramp allows the same things to be done during the rip. I have a Contemporary script and a Classical script which can be selected in dbpoweramp prior to starting a series of rips.
I still use MP3TAG for maintenance . . such as what you have just suggested. Florian, the developer seems a bit of a character and sends an annual news letter to registered users . . . its a bit of a wierd read sometimes.
I'll check my tags, reindex and see what occurs, thnaks for the heads up.
Regards
Trevor
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