I would like to put this package on the main download page, but maybe my little elves can test it first.  

most of the  bugs have been ironed out.  The latest version is now 0.851.

you can get it on the main site.

http://voxcommando.com/downloads.asp

sweeet gonna check it out

The new commands seem to be working great for this release.

A question though, you once told me:

"but note that you can request your music as a random order list, which I much prefer because it then plays from top to bottom of the playlist without repeating songs the way shuffle does.  I guess it is like your "(in the playlist, edit=>randomize list)"

I tried looking for this in mediamonkey, but i cant seem to find the option you are referring too.

Anyway, great update!
Once again

if you are using the MM editions that I posted to the website if is actually requesting music as a random list by default.

click edit and browse the command tree on the left.

look in the group: "MM Play Music by Name"
then select the command "Play Artist  <Artist>"
right-click it and choose build, or just hover over it to see a preview of the actions (new feature)
the first action is MM.LoadBySQL, this is the command that tells MediaMonkey what music you want to play.  The parameter for this command is:
Artist Like "{1}" order by random() limit 200

if you want you could change the parameter to be only:
Artist Like "{1}"

by having the part: order by random()
we get a nowplaying list that is pre-shuffled.
the limit 200 is optional too.  If you changed it to limit 5 then you would only get 5 songs. This might be useful if you wanted to only hear a few songs and then continue with AutoDJ songs.

While I am on the topic you will notice that there is a similar command.
"Play Hits by <Artist>"
This is essentially the same command, but the parameter used is:
Artist Like "{1}" and rating>75 order by random() limit 200

by adding the part and rating>75 we get only songs rated 4 stars or higher.

Aha, i didn't notice this because i only tested the artist command once.
It seems however that this does not work for 'play playlist' command on which i tested the command more than once, but i guess that's because you can't randomise the playlists?
The main reason for wanting this is because i usually only listen to songs that are rated as 3 or more stars and i use a playlist for this.

And i could be wrong, but i think the link to VC standard version and MM version on the download page are both linked to the MM version.

Quote from: painy on November 20, 2010, 01:06:12 PM
Aha, i didn't notice this because i only tested the artist command once.
It seems however that this does not work for 'play playlist' command on which i tested the command more than once, but i guess that's because you can't randomise the playlists?

And i could be wrong, but i think the link to VC standard version and MM version are both linked to the MM version.

Doh!  You are right.  Thanks for catching that.  I have been making great breakthroughs lately, but also making a lot of stupid mistakes.  I guess I am trying to do too much, too fast.  Good thing I've got you all to keep an eye on me!

Yes the playlist command just opens the playist in its original state (order).  It is using a different command (not sql) and it loads super fast.  If you are using a AutoPlaylist, then then playlist itself can be defined as random.  It is also possible to create an autoplaylist, which is defined as containing all songs form a regular playlist, but sorted randomly.

The other options is just to turn shuffle on , but then the playback will jump around the nowplaying list instead of going from top to bottom.