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Title: Playlist Post by bogl on 6th Feb, 2005 at 6:05am
Hi progmaster. Still listening, and delighted to hear some Gentle Giant (Way Of Life) on the station.
Quick question: do you have a playlist for visitors to peruse? And how are you doing with Eddie Jobson/Zinc? Could I make this part of a "vinyl night", for I do have it in said format? bogl |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 6th Feb, 2005 at 6:59am
Hey bogl !!
Good to hear you're still tuning-in. I've added a huge amount of GG recently - keep on the look-out for more of their material which is on the playlist. I'm working on some php code that will automatically display the playlist on the website. I'm getting there, please bear with me on this one as I know it has been requested several times - but I am on the case ... In the meantime, if your chosen media player doesn't display the name and artist of the track being played automatically, is to check-out the front page of the site as this now has a live, 'what's playing now', section on it. Updates will follow on this as soon as possible. Cheers for now. Dee |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 6th Feb, 2005 at 8:12am Quote:
I'm on the case ... ;) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by bogl on 6th Feb, 2005 at 2:56pm
Thanks for that, progmaster. The prospect of faffing with php code fills me with horror, so all the best to you in trying.
As a Linux user, I dug around in xmms's settings and worked out how to display current track playing, so no problem there. I'm just intrigued as to what *is* on the database, that's all. Keep up the good work, bogl |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by fatrhino on 1st May, 2005 at 9:09am Quote:
i'm also using xmms, what settings did you change? |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 3rd May, 2005 at 11:46pm
Hi there fatrhino
Not a Linux user myself so I can't give you any advice as to the settings within xmms - I assume you can actually tune-in though ? |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by fatrhino on 7th May, 2005 at 6:39am
ya, I can listen just fine
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Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 7th May, 2005 at 6:48am
I'll see what I can find out and will let you know soonest fatrhino ... in the meantime, all I can suggest is to refresh the front page of the website which has a 'what's currently playing' section ... ::)
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Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 20th Aug, 2005 at 2:25am Quote:
bogl - how's your SQL ?? ::) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by JestersTear on 30th Sep, 2008 at 9:41pm
I know this is an old subject but hey i'm new. Is there a way to view the playlist and is it possible to even make a request?
THANKS JT 8-) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ino_100 on 30th Sep, 2008 at 10:05pm
For the playlist answer JT, you can only see what will play next and what is the last 5 song played on the SA main page (http://www.stellar-attraction.com/)
A list of the entire playlist avaible for us to summon dosen't exist to my knowledge. The closer there is, it's when Darran put on a list of the new album/artist recently added to SA. This situation is different when we have the chance to listen to a session of one of the DJ. At that time, the DJ can put a list of the bands/songs/artists at his own discretion (incomplete or complete). For the request, you can post a message in the request section of the forum (here). The next time Progmaster is online, he will gadly queue your asked songs (that is if you are still online). Personnaly, I wait until ProgMaster is online and send him a personnal message for my request. I don't know if this method is preferable for ProgMaster, so I would advise you to put your request on the forum and wait for an answer from ProgMaster. He will surely answer my question when he is back (I miss him). Hope this helps! Max Ps: I know that I'm not the admin, but considering the fact that PM is absent for the time being, I've taken initiative to answer your questions. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by JestersTear on 30th Sep, 2008 at 11:10pm
Thanks Max--still trying to figure out the nuances of SA. 8-)
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Title: Re: Playlist Post by Tux on 1st Oct, 2008 at 8:41am JestersTear wrote on 30th Sep, 2008 at 9:41pm:
When my radio at work is playing, my mute script makes a log of what is played. Feel free to grab it here. No guarantee it will stay there forever. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ino_100 on 1st Oct, 2008 at 2:13pm Tux wrote on 1st Oct, 2008 at 8:41am:
Wow , thanks Tux, that does look like an extensive list! Max |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Tux on 2nd Oct, 2008 at 6:25pm
Why do I love statistics so much? Because it is so easy to do with perl?
Maybe my play-log is not the most reliable source, but it shows nice figures: Top 20 groups: 1200 Pink Floyd 1197 Yes 826 Genesis 714 King Crimson 559 Marillion 472 Jethro Tull 367 Rick Wakeman 365 Mike Oldfield 363 Porcupine Tree 341 Gentle Giant 323 Dream Theater 304 Emerson, Lake And Palmer 283 Roger Waters 277 Steve Hackett 274 Peter Gabriel 271 Can 258 Rush 257 Camel 232 Caravan 231 Fish Top 20 songs: 42 King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare 36 Yes - Turn Of The Century 34 Dervish LI - Dervish LI AD2604 (liveIreland, Indepe 33 Emerson, Lake And Palmer - The Hut of Baba Yaga 33 The Mars Volta - Concertina 31 Velofax - Cent Mille 31 Starcastle - Lady Of The Lake 29 Dream Theater - Finally Free 29 Dark - Maypole 29 Metaphor - In The Cave 27 Dust - Love Me Hard 26 Wigwam - Cafffkaff, The Country Psychologist 25 Arena - The Hour Glass 25 Mew - Behind The Drapes 25 Anthony Phillips - Wise After The Event 25 Babe Ruth - Joker 25 The Watch - Sound Of Sirens 25 Magma - Maahnt 25 Unicorn - Ain't Got A Lot Of Future 25 Moth Conspiracy - Turkish Delight The numbers in front are just a count in the playlog since 2008-02-05 BTW SysAdmin, the font "Lucida Console" (or Liberation Mono" would be a welcome addition. I'd love to show this list in a monospaced font, but for me Courier is unacceptable: too ugly. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ino_100 on 2nd Oct, 2008 at 7:15pm
I think there is a little trick you could do Tux:
Code:
I don't know if this is what your asking for... Could you explain what is a monospaced font? BTW thanks for the stats, very neat and interesting! |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Tux on 2nd Oct, 2008 at 7:39pm
the code tags show here in a Courier font. Courier is butt-ugly.
I tried that. Unacceptable :) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ino_100 on 2nd Oct, 2008 at 7:47pm Tux wrote on 2nd Oct, 2008 at 7:39pm:
Well, I can't help you. Sorry |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Dan Joy on 3rd Oct, 2008 at 8:02am Tux wrote on 2nd Oct, 2008 at 7:39pm:
I worked briefly as a word processor at a law school in San Francisco where there was a requirement that ALL DOCUMENTS were in Courier New 12 pt!!! |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Tux on 3rd Oct, 2008 at 8:32am
Would have been a reason for me to quit the job.
Sans-serif for me for all fonts. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by JestersTear on 4th Oct, 2008 at 1:05am
hey---i haven't been on SA very long and don't listen 24/7 but i haven't heard any Flower Kings yet. Are they on the playlist ever? They are one of my fav prog groups, i have ALL they're cd's (although i prefer the early work better).
just wondering, JT :) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Dan Joy on 4th Oct, 2008 at 1:10am JestersTear wrote on 4th Oct, 2008 at 1:05am:
Oh, definitely, JT. I've heard quite a bit of Flower Kings here, both studio and live, since I started listening in May or June. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by JestersTear on 4th Oct, 2008 at 1:14am
Thanks Dan--i was hoping it was just a coincidence.
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Title: Re: Playlist Post by Dan Joy on 4th Oct, 2008 at 4:40am JestersTear wrote on 4th Oct, 2008 at 1:14am:
My pleasure, JT! Too bad our beloved Progmaster, Darran, hasn't been around recently to answer your questions, but meanwhile the rest of us are I'm sure more than happy to oblige to the extent that we can. And I know you'll really enjoy interacting with Darran when he comes back. Meanwhile, I wanted to tell you, I really like your signature--"The prog side of my brain is inherently euphoric." That's excellent--I really resonate with that! |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by JestersTear on 4th Oct, 2008 at 7:35pm
thanks dan--came up with that one some years ago. lol
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Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 5th Oct, 2008 at 7:23pm JestersTear wrote on 30th Sep, 2008 at 9:41pm:
No problem with you resurrecting this thread JT. An often asked question and one which I would consider as two-fold :-
I hope that this answers the question, JT but feel free to post again if you'd like further information. That or drop me a line if you'd like to hear a specific track played. ;) 8-) D |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 5th Oct, 2008 at 7:24pm JestersTear wrote on 30th Sep, 2008 at 11:10pm:
Please feel free to start a new thread within this board about any quesiton that you have with S.A.'s functionality, JT. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 5th Oct, 2008 at 7:25pm Tux wrote on 2nd Oct, 2008 at 6:25pm:
Not exactly a priority, Tux but something that I'll look into. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 5th Oct, 2008 at 7:26pm JestersTear wrote on 4th Oct, 2008 at 1:05am:
There are quite a number of Flower Kings albums on the S.A. database, JT. Feel free to make a request anytime. 8-) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 5th Oct, 2008 at 7:28pm Dan Joy wrote on 4th Oct, 2008 at 4:40am:
Work overload, I'm afraid Dan. Have to earn the cash to keep these servers running ... ;) But I'm back at S.A. H.Q. now. 8-) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Dan Joy on 6th Oct, 2008 at 3:58am ProgMaster wrote on 5th Oct, 2008 at 7:23pm:
I hope, Darran, that some provision will be made so that the track won't que if it's been played in the last couple of hours...perhaps the requester could be asked by the system to pick another track? Thx |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Dan Joy on 6th Oct, 2008 at 4:03am ProgMaster wrote on 5th Oct, 2008 at 7:28pm:
It's great to have you back, Darran. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ino_100 on 6th Oct, 2008 at 4:59am Dan Joy wrote on 6th Oct, 2008 at 3:58am:
Great news and an excellent idea ProgMaster! I believe this will be very time consuming... good luck! Max |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Tux on 6th Oct, 2008 at 8:59am ProgMaster wrote on 5th Oct, 2008 at 7:25pm:
Thank you. Indeed, not exactly a priority. FYI "Liberation Mono" has been designed to be a cross platform Free font with the same metrics as Arial and Courier to make exchanging documents in a somewhat portable layout possible. See here for more details. Downloads are available for True-Type and Linux. No font is perfect, but for me this one showed that making documents look the same on windows and Linux (or Word and OpenOffice) actually is possible. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 6th Oct, 2008 at 8:06pm Dan Joy wrote on 6th Oct, 2008 at 3:58am:
As mentioned, it's a very big task but have no fear, there will be a lot of song-weighting / rotating logic behind it to avoid such problems. 8-) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 6th Oct, 2008 at 8:06pm Tux wrote on 6th Oct, 2008 at 8:59am:
Thanks for the info., Tux. Something I shall look at ... |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Oldrocker on 6th Oct, 2008 at 9:24pm
Looking forward to the new development !!
All your work is always appreciated !! |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 6th Oct, 2008 at 9:30pm
Patience being a key word here, Jim. ::)
Again, I still have to post a list of all of the recent updates that have occurred but I'll also post a list of forthcoming updates (next year) and a 'wish list' at some point too. ;) 8-) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Dan Joy on 6th Oct, 2008 at 11:15pm ProgMaster wrote on 6th Oct, 2008 at 8:06pm:
Awesome! Excellent! |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Dan Joy on 6th Oct, 2008 at 11:18pm Tux wrote on 6th Oct, 2008 at 8:59am:
I can't believe you've got me all psyched up about a *font*! 8-) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by JestersTear on 6th Oct, 2008 at 11:38pm ProgMaster wrote on 5th Oct, 2008 at 7:24pm:
Will do Darran--thanks and look forward to the new playlist features coming !! :) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by Tux on 7th Oct, 2008 at 1:34am Dan Joy wrote on 6th Oct, 2008 at 11:18pm:
* is terribly sorry about that :P Just wanted to be informative. In the end it is just like with music: all about taste. Why do you think XP and Vista are so polular amongst the younsters? They get skins, and moving backgrounds! All useless rubbish that just eats away their CPU power, but hey, just give them what they want :) Why do people buy a news-paper? Because the way the paper brings the news matches what they like to read and how to read it. Same reason why I do NOT have a newspaper. Here there is no newspaper that I would read without being annoyed by the font or layout. For music however, we are very lucky to have a huge choice (unless you are walking in a shop, where they play stuff that isn't worth calling music, but that aside). We, the listeners of SA have chosen to listen to this station because we If there is a shortage of time, please put it in the music and forget all about the fonts and layout. We'll listen anyway. |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by JestersTear on 28th Oct, 2008 at 12:38am
Is Unifaun in the SA library?
Thanks, JT :) |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by ProgMaster on 28th Oct, 2008 at 6:43pm
Never heard of them I'm afraid, JT.
Any suggestions ? |
Title: Re: Playlist Post by JestersTear on 30th Oct, 2008 at 12:12am
They're a duo that records early Genesis type music. You could call them a clone but I have other Genesis-like band cd's and Unifaun has more originality with their work.
Imo the cd is sort of a "lost" Genesis album. It's that good. Would make a great addition to SA imo. JT :) |
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