MM3 - 2680 Fixed playcount algorithm

chrisjj · Post by **chrisjj** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:04 pm

So Dave you're suggesting:

Count track as played after [X] [....]% or [X] [....] seconds of play

(where [X] is a checkbox)

?

ninerays · Post by **ninerays** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:21 pm

Just a suggestion:-
How about having the played field have decimals? eg Played 8.4 times etc.
This would work well with podcasts where you could see how much of one you have actually listened to.

DaledeSilva(notloggedin) · Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:46 pm

decimals is a really interesting idea and I didn't even think of it...

but then you have the problem of.. if users play a track halfway through twice... does that really count as 1?

not sure of the answer.. but interesting suggestion.

If you keep skipping a song right at the start.. it will keep registering a fraction and eventually get a playcount.. even though, technically, you've always skipped it.

Dale.

Tylast · Post by **Tylast** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:11 pm

Did this ever get sorted out?

Volition · Post by **Volition** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:53 pm

This Feature is needed desperatly, I concur re podcasts. Or let me just manually edit the played #.

Either way everyones Percentage, will be different. However i'd like to choose mine.

As i would be after say 40%. And others would like different figures. Though to have it at 100% and that is it won't work for everybody.

Pls Pls Developers. Or when the db is settled, we could write scripts.

Product still looking good. Cant wait for it all to be totally settled.

Post by **rusty** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:31 pm

Hi,

This was changed so that it advances after track is fully played.

This may not be perfect for everyone, but we're really focusing on stabilization at this stage...

Re. podcasts, bookmarking is supported per podcast so you can see exactly where you are on any given podcast. But I agree with this idea--adding to the todo list (post 3.0).

-Rusty

Tylast · Post by **Tylast** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:10 pm

OK, we're at Beta 2. MM3 is working with NO real issues for me now...just a reminder about this feature.

Big_Berny · Post by **Big_Berny** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:19 pm

Yeah, would be great if that could be changed. Also the solution of MM2 was better IMHO.

caasland · Post by **caasland** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:20 pm

I would like the ability to consider a track 'played' once it has been synchronized.

emalvick · Post by **emalvick** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:42 pm

Big_Berny wrote:Yeah, would be great if that could be changed. Also the solution of MM2 was better IMHO.

I have to agree here. I'd like things to change a bit too. Ideally, an option would allow a user to determine whether a track must finish or not and what percentage qualifies as "played".

martialartsguy · Post by **martialartsguy** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:51 pm

I'll also vote for user-controlled times to apply to tracks (no matter what they are - 50% or 100%). I'm another user who doesn't listen to the entire track every time - I definitely liked MM2 better for this.

djkor · Post by **djkor** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:31 pm

50% OR 4:00 - i think this is best way for regular tracks, like in last.fm counter (audioscrobbler).

metalgorilla · Post by **metalgorilla** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:49 pm

Add another vote for user configurable option to define what constitutes "played." A percentage slider or something similar makes sense to me.

Tylast · Post by **Tylast** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:43 pm

Glad I'm not the only one.

Tylast · Post by **Tylast** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:07 am

OK, so is this dead?

MM3 - 2680 Fixed playcount algorithm

I agree Totally, And I Don't

play counter logic

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