Request: Intelligent Sync (or so)

bruder_s · 13th February 2005, 09:13

Hi,

just discovered your plugin.
I haven't tested it very much, but I guess it is good ;-)
But it has one major problem (like all comparable programs):
if your library is bigger than the capacity of your iPod, syncing the whole library becomes pointless...
I would suggest something like this:
Instead of one library for your iPod, you will have two: one for songs/albums you want permanently on your iPod and the other one for new songs (or maybe last played in winamp, and so on). You can decide how big the partitions should be (maybe 15/5 for a 20GB iPod).
So the first partition will be almost static and you will always have your favourites on the iPod.
The second partition is dynamic and is auto-filled according to a strategy, which could be 'add the last songs added to the winamp media library, remove the oldest added songs (if space needed)' or 'add the most recently played songs in winamp, remove songs with the lowest ratings (if space needed)' and so on...

Just a suggestion ;-)

FaMiNe · 1st March 2005, 02:41

You should be able to only transfer songs with a required rating to the iPod.

There's a rather robust query you can edit for ml_ipod to determine whether or not a song should be transferred.

So you can just rate the songs you want to be on the ipod to 3+stars, then only those will be transferred.

Thunder Pussy · 1st March 2005, 15:28

You can use ratings to sync. ml_ipod uses the same query language as media library views, so anything you can achieve with a view can be used as a sync parameter. Go to Winamp preferences > iPod support >Transfer Settings tab > Sync Settings

add

AND rating >= 3

You can use the query builder in the media library to make the query, then copy and paste it at the end of the advamced sync settings field. Or make the whole query as a media library view to see if it works before copying it to the sync field.

Using the query builder from the media library you can add time-based filters to your sync settings. For instance

lastupd >= [3 days ago]
lastplay >= [3 days ago]

and you can include the directory in the sync setting. For instance

filename HAS "C:\Music\" will limit the sync to files only in C:\Music\. If you have more than one directory, use the OR command between filename HAS statements.

Make sure and don't forget the AND and OR when adding to the sync settings field.

Regards,

13th February 2005, 09:13	#1
bruder_s Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 34	Request: Intelligent Sync (or so) Hi, just discovered your plugin. I haven't tested it very much, but I guess it is good ;-) But it has one major problem (like all comparable programs): if your library is bigger than the capacity of your iPod, syncing the whole library becomes pointless... I would suggest something like this: Instead of one library for your iPod, you will have two: one for songs/albums you want permanently on your iPod and the other one for new songs (or maybe last played in winamp, and so on). You can decide how big the partitions should be (maybe 15/5 for a 20GB iPod). So the first partition will be almost static and you will always have your favourites on the iPod. The second partition is dynamic and is auto-filled according to a strategy, which could be 'add the last songs added to the winamp media library, remove the oldest added songs (if space needed)' or 'add the most recently played songs in winamp, remove songs with the lowest ratings (if space needed)' and so on... Just a suggestion ;-)

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1st March 2005, 02:41	#2
FaMiNe Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 12	You should be able to only transfer songs with a required rating to the iPod. There's a rather robust query you can edit for ml_ipod to determine whether or not a song should be transferred. So you can just rate the songs you want to be on the ipod to 3+stars, then only those will be transferred.

1st March 2005, 15:28	#3
Thunder Pussy Feed me a stray dog (Major Dude) Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,122	You can use ratings to sync. ml_ipod uses the same query language as media library views, so anything you can achieve with a view can be used as a sync parameter. Go to Winamp preferences > iPod support >Transfer Settings tab > Sync Settings add AND rating >= 3 You can use the query builder in the media library to make the query, then copy and paste it at the end of the advamced sync settings field. Or make the whole query as a media library view to see if it works before copying it to the sync field. Using the query builder from the media library you can add time-based filters to your sync settings. For instance lastupd >= [3 days ago] lastplay >= [3 days ago] and you can include the directory in the sync setting. For instance filename HAS "C:\Music\" will limit the sync to files only in C:\Music\. If you have more than one directory, use the OR command between filename HAS statements. Make sure and don't forget the AND and OR when adding to the sync settings field. Regards,