Taiko2k/TauonMusicBox v5.3.0

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Welcome to the super 5 star update 🌟

In addition to various bug fixes, this release brings three new features.

Note: Downgrading from this version is not supported.

Track and album ratings

Its now possible to set ratings for tracks. You can sort and filter by these new ratings too.

To enable: Go, MENU > Settings... > Tracklist and click Show track ratings.
If you also enable Show playtime stars a suggested rating will be shown.

By default, ratings are saved to the local database and not written to tags on track files.

Subsonic/Airsonic streaming support

Basic support has been added for importing and streaming music from a Subsonic (or API compatible) server. See here for instructions.

Also, network streaming support has been improved when using the GStreaming backend.

Auto reloading playlists

Generated playlists can now automatically update when new tracks are imported, when the new Update generated playlists on import setting is enabled. With this, you no longer need to delete and re-create generated playlists in order to update them.

There is also a new menu function called Regenerate that allows triggering this manually per playlist.

Generator strings (Smart Playlists)

You can now manually edit strings that generate playlists. This allows you to combine different filters and sorting options to a single playlist.

Quick example

Say you want a playlist of 10 random tracks.

1. Create a new playlist by clicking MENU then New Playlist.
2. Right click the new playlists tab and click Rename.
3. With the rename playlist box shown, press Tab. The box should turn purple.
4. Type the text: a st n10 then click away to enter.
5. Right click the playlist tab again and click Regenerate

For a detailed list of available codes and how they work, see here.