Bugzilla – Bug 347
select alarm clock playlists from remote
Last modified: 2011-03-16 04:18:39 UTC
Using the 6/7 nightly build, no playlists are accessible from the alarm clock setting. All playlists appear when browsing playlists, and I can select any alarm clock playlist from the web interface, just not from the remote (settings/alarm clock/select playlist) (slim remote). The only choice available is the Shoucast browser*recent selection. This is the case with both Squeezebox and Slimp3. I am using iTunes 4.5. Julius
Created attachment 41 [details] should load the playlists properly with this patch the playlists were moved from itunes and moodlogic and into control of Info.pm. This patch calls the playlists from there.
I tried placing this patch in "/Users/juliusf/Library/PreferencePanes/SlimServer.prefPane/Contents/ server/Slim/Buttons/AlarmClock.pm" as a replacement for the original AlarmClock.pm, but it doesn't work. Rather, the server will not start with this file in place. How and where do I use this patch correctly? TIA, Julius
There is another problem I am ,having with the 6/7 build, but I don't know if it is related. Just like with some of the early 5.x builds, this one will not recognize my Music folder, be it via iTunes or a directly entered path. I get the "Oops" message again. If I rebuild the iTunes XML file the server recognizes the music, but the next time the server is stopped and started, the server (or my music) is lost. This is not a problem with the 6/3 build. Julius
I have gone as far back as the 5/31 nightly build, which definitely used to work fine as far as the alarm clock ability to select playlists, and this build no longer works either. All I see there is the Shoutcast Recently played choice. This I do not understand. Could something have gotten corrupted so that an older build that used to work no longer does? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Julius
I think this bug should also be considered since it is a "regression" I guess. I tried the patch supplied but it did not work, as I previously reported. I use (used) this feature quite a bit. Admittedly it does work properly from the web interface, but even attempting it from the remote resets the choice and I must goe back to the server to reset it. Not a killer, but an inconvenience.
Hi Julius... I can't reproduce this problem. The Alarm Clock looks in your playlists folder and provides a list of all the playlists there. Is your playlists folder set up correctly? I will apply kevin's fix, but you should be able to see the non-itunes playlists already.
My playlists show up fine when I'm browsing playlists, and they show up via the web interface when I am choosing a playlist for the alarm clock. The only situation they don't appear in is when I am choosing a playlist for the alarm clock with the remote. With the remote they do appear if I just want to play a playlist now. When attempting to select a playlist for the alarm, only the Shoutcast - recent choice is available. SInce I can access my playlists in all other situations, I would tend to think that my playlist folder is set up properly. This problem started in late May, although I don't remember the exact build, but I used to be able to select a playlist for the alarm via the remote. I keep a playlist of obnoxious tones that I use as an alarm (don't ask), so I tend not to change it very often. I only noticed it when nothing played one morning and I discovered that there was nothing to select.
the 6/16 nightly build seems to have resolved the problem. I don't know if it was software or the new firmware that did it, but as of now this problem is resolved for me. Good work guys. Julius
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