Author Topic: Is it possible to create a virtual tag that depends on the current playlist/view  (Read 572 times)

deviluke

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I know it's a wild shot.
Basically, I'm asking for a way to attach/display different values on a song depending on which playlist I am viewing the song in.
A simple usecase example:
For a playlist named "Songs played in February", you could show the play counts only for that month, while in "Songs played in March", the value would be different for the same song.

Is this possible to do with virtual tags?
I don't necessarily need to know the expression needed, just whether it's possible or not.
Thanks!
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frankz

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As musicbee only tracks the date and time of a track's most recent play (along with a total play count), that specific use is not possible.

Zak

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MusicBee doesn't provide any way to check which view or playlist etc. is currently active.
So even outside this specific scenario about monthly play counts, you couldn't have a virtual tag that displayed different values depending on the active context.
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deviluke

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Hi frankz, thanks for replying. For that usecase, I would take care of tracking playing counts myself :D
I just wanted to know whether it was possible to display dynamic values like that.
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https://github.com/iSplasher/musicbee-plugin

deviluke

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MusicBee doesn't provide any way to check which view or playlist etc. is currently active.
So even outside this specific scenario about monthly play counts, you couldn't have a virtual tag that displayed different values depending on the active context.

Oh okay bummer. I guess I will request for that in the API section.
I made a template for making MusicBee plugins.
Some conveniences have been added and should allow you to start developing right away.
https://github.com/iSplasher/musicbee-plugin