Three small suggestions for PlexAmp

[d2freak]

The fact you can right click on the visualizer to get the visualizer change menu is annoying and I often click it on accident while trying to right click the top of the player to minimize it. It’s already in the “main” click menu anyway so I think it would be better if right clicking the visualization just brings up the usual windows menu.

The smart playlists PlexAmp creates on a new sign in is fantastic. But since you are tweaking them continuously, maybe the “fresh love” should also have a parameter to not bring up recently skipped tracks? Currently if I skip a track, it can come back a few times, which i don’t think feels so fresh

Make a button (buried in settings?) that starts the wizard again. In case a user want’s to re-do the smart playlists or just make different choices. Also, as it is now, a (non Plex pass) Home User can not get the wizard at all I think.

[OttoKerner]

1. Tip: click on the task bar item of PA instead, to minimize it. It is less fiddly.
2. totally subjective, I think. Some ppl don’t mind hearing their favorite tracks again and again. Just look at all the requests for a repeat button
3. Delete the playlist, then uninstall PA and re install it.

[d2freak]

@OttoKerner

totally subjective, I think. Some ppl don’t mind hearing their favorite tracks again and again. Just look at all the requests for a repeat button

Yes, but for that the other playlist “love tracks” exists. Fresh is supposed to be fresh, for repetition I use the other one.

[sekthree]

@OttoKerner

Delete the playlist, then uninstall PA and re install it.

to get the wizard, i think you can just delete the playlists, sign out and sing back in.

[TeknoJunky]

Not quite the same thing, and I agree completely that the playlist would be better with some recently played skipped restrictions.

That said check below and create your own playlist filters.

[TIP] --- how to create an autoplaylist with random sort

have you ever wanted to create an autoplaylist that returned a different set list of items every time you viewed it ? in plex you can create a filter, and you can sort by different fields, however there is no visible shuffle or random sort. This post will show you how to create a filter which will give you a set of tracks/videos that changes every time it is refreshed. load Plex Web navigate to the library of your choice (it works on music, movies, episodes. video of course you might choose…

[sekthree]

to add to this…
they’ve released PMS in where smart playlists can now EDITED, i believe they will be rolling out a change that auto generated smart playlists, so you if you don’t like the frequency or whatever of auto generated FRESH or <3,then you’ll be able to edit it to your liking.

[OttoKerner]

Unfortunately, those 2 lists cannot be edited (yet?), since they use some advanced filters which are not supported by the Custom Filters dialog in the web app.

[elan]

@d2freak

maybe the “fresh love” should also have a parameter to not bring up recently skipped tracks

interesting thought, maybe something like “not skipped in the last week”?

@d2freak

Make a button (buried in settings?) that starts the wizard again

Another interesting thought! Don’t have an obvious/great place to put it, but we’ll keep it in mind.

[d2freak]

Thanks for considering it.

@elan

interesting thought, maybe something like “not skipped in the last week”?

That sounds good to me <3

@elan

Another interesting thought! Don’t have an obvious/great place to put it, but we’ll keep it in mind.

How about making it part of “reset to defaults” that exists already under advanced? In the sense that, if a user clicks that to reset, the wizard will pop up as with a fresh start again?

[d2freak]

@elan

interesting thought, maybe something like “not skipped in the last week”?

Is this included in the PlexAmp released today? I wonder because if so I need to re-add the playlists but the changelog doesn’t mention it.

[elan]

not yet, sorry still percolating