Add field to music database

by **DlDuff** on Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:04 pm

There is a command to get the number of songs in the playlist, but not one (that I know of) to get the total play time. I was thinking one way to do this would consist of adding a time field to the music database. I probably could write a script to update the music xml file, but it would be easier and more consistent if the time was created on database import. Is this something I can do myself or is this a request that should be sent to the creator?

by **P3rv3rt B3ar** on Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:19 pm

I had planned to implement it in next release of xPerT. Well, functions which count total, or avarage of any numeric field in any database.

by **rembetis** on Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:07 pm

Actually, if you are using Foobar as your player, there is a new command to retrieve playlist length. Check the bottom of this thread for more info.

by **DlDuff** on Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:46 pm

rembetis,

That may be a good option for me. I'll try it as soon as I can.

Thanks

by **DlDuff** on Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:51 pm

OK, Steve says that "variable>totalplaylisttime" will have the playlist time. How does this work? Do I enter this verbatim in the text tab of skin editor to see the time? (can't get that to work)

by **rembetis** on Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:55 pm

I can't get it to work either. I know I'm overlooking something simple. Anyway, I posted in the other thread. Hopefully Steven will re-emerge and take a look.