radio stations playlist

[ggross]

Hi,

As far as I know the best way to handle a large list of radio stations (~350) wit Aimp is with a playlist. Is there any better way?

By using a playlist I'm missing several functions to classify/order/manage the list:

• Set genre of radio stations.
• Rating of radio stations, the rating column is missing for radio stations.
• The grouping of the playlist only groups all radio stations under Radio.

Is it possible to get this functionality somehow?

Additionally: Is it possible to avoid the playlist tu update with current playing song of radio? I would prefer to see the radio station name.

[sveakul]

You can set the genre of radio stations and group/sort using it.

Right-click the station playlist entry and choose File Info, then hit the "Information" tab and choose (or create) the genre from the genre drop-box.  Hit save.  Then you can go to Managing Playlists and under Personal Settings check "Enable groups" and in the space below type %Genre.  Apply/Close.  Make a "Sort by" template for %Genre and you're done.

I don't use Ratings so can't help there.

[ggross]

You can set the genre of radio stations and group/sort using it.

You are right, but the only way to save it is by using XSPF or AIMPPL4 format, because there seems to be no support for genre with M3U8 format (#EXTGENRE:).

I was using M3U8 because I have all data of radio stations (Name, URL, ImageURL, Genre) stored in an Excel file from which I generate the playlist, and M3U8 seemed an easier format to generate. I will give a try to XSPF format.

[ggross]

I've succeeded to put the genre by using a XSPF playlist, and can now sort/group by genre.

The only real problem is related with my later coment: when radio station is playing, the info of the playlist (radio station name, genre, etc) is replaced with the playing song info, and therefore the sorting/grouping will change at each song.
How can I avoid this?

The other problem remaining is the rating: I've not seen a way store this info in any playlist.

Thanks, for any answer.