[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It's a shame it doesn't work on mobile

I tried Chrome and Firefox. I even switched to "Desktop version", but no dice.

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submitted 3 weeks ago by spizzat2@lemm.ee to c/plex@lemmy.ca

Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on how to create a playlist of songs from my library that have been released as "singles" or "Top 40s" across a time period?

Let's say I wanted to throw a 90s party, and I wanted to create a playlist from my library using only songs that people are likely to know. I recognize that's totally subjective, so maybe that's why I'm struggling to find what I want. I can create a playlist based on album release date, which gets me a bit of the way there, but the playlist is going to include a lot of "deep cut" tracks and whole albums that few people know. I'd rather not spend too long curating the list. I was hoping for a way to just find popular tracks, and it seems like basing it on "chart toppers" would be a good place to start. Ideally, it would be genre-independent, but limited to songs that got decent radio play, so Backstreet Boys to Korn to Shania Twain are fine. Yo Yo Ma maybe not so much.

It doesn't seem like Plex has information available in the filters to achieve that. It does have "Popularity" as an additional column header if I list my music by "Tracks", so I guess I could sort by that and limit the results to some value. It feels a little clunky, though, and I'm not sure where it's getting that information.

I know that Library Radio is a thing, but I can't seem to make it do what I want. I only have 4 stations on the web interface: "Library Radio", "Deep Cuts Radio", "Time Travel Radio", and "Random Album Radio". Clicking on them just starts playing music from a wide selection that I have no control over. I know that "Decade Radio" exists, but it doesn't seem to be giving me what I want, either. It frequently pulls instrumental tracks from movie soundtracks. I have "Smart Shuffle" enabled on my server. I'm not sure if that's helping or hurting my experience (I've seen some very mixed reviews on that feature). I also can't find "Decade Radio" on the web interface; it seems like Decade Radio is only available on Plexamp.

I'd rather just create a playlist. That way it would be available everywhere, and I could tailor it a little bit, if needed.

So, yeah... any tips? It seems like the "filter by decade, sort by popularity, and limit by count" might be my best option right now.

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 52 points 1 month ago

The transition from analog to digital really hurt my desire to watch OTA TV (you caught me! I'm not under 25).

With analog broadcast, any weak signal or interference produced a little bit of static, but you could still see and hear what was being said. With digital, any weak signal means dropped frames and silence or weird glitches. You completely lose what's happening. Even with a powered antenna, I have frequent issues with weak signal. I could probably try to get a rooftop antenna installed, but there's no guarantee it would be any better. It's just easier to find other entertainment at this point.

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That assumes you can unplug it. Most devices I own have the camera built right into the device, and it can sometimes be hard to find an option that doesn't include it. I have a Webcam cover on my desktop and laptop.

I haven't seen one that would work for my phone, but if someone has hacked my phone, I probably have bigger issues.

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 48 points 4 months ago

Close enough?

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 61 points 6 months ago

I can think of about four-twenty-ten-seven reasons not to learn French.

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 37 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Be the problem you wish to solve in the world?

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 58 points 9 months ago

I had a friend in high school. We were at a gas station, and he went in to get some additive to put in his tank. On the way back to his car he unscrewed the cap, and took a big swig. The bottle still had the foil cap, so he wasn't actually drinking anything; he just did it for the reaction. The thing was, he didn't actually check if anyone was watching.

Sometimes people are just weird...

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 53 points 10 months ago

Soy Biden, tambien. Todos somos Biden en este dia glorioso.

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 83 points 1 year ago

The headline made me think I must be missing something. It's not weird to me that games look better/more realistic over time. That's the progression of technology.

So I watched the video, and... if I was missing something in the headline, I missed it in the video, too. I want my 6 minutes back, please.

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's great, right up until Ring unilaterally decides to give the police access to your videos without a warrant, or when the police use a warrant to grab video from ALL of your cameras, even if you've already complied with their request, and the video is not relevant to their investigation.

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