Roon Extension: Random Radio v0.2.0 (do the album shuffle)

[Jan_Koudijs]

Hi @kneville,

To fix this you should install apparmor in the DietPi VM:

apt install apparmor

You can find more info in the Extension Manager thread:

Roon Extension Manager 1.x (currently at v1.1.2)

@Anthony_Lester and @Dennis_Mutsaers: Can you check if the docker container effectively running roon-extension-manager is up? Do you see it after running sudo docker ps? If that’s not the case can you check the service status via sudo systemctl status roon-extension-manager? You might find that the service has been stopped due tu to many restarts. If this is the case, can you check for any reference to apparmor in the service logs? I’ve encoutered the same issue recently during an update o…

[kneville (Coffee tastes like music)]

That did the trick, back in business, thank you!

A general question - is it a good idea to keep dietpi up to date or should I not fiddle with things that are working the way I need them to?

Thanks again for your help, glad to have album shuffle back!

[Jan_Koudijs]

@kneville

A general question - is it a good idea to keep dietpi up to date or should I not fiddle with things that are working the way I need them to?

From the 2 options I think that keeping software up to date is the better choice. Of course an update can break things but threads like this one are there to find a fix or workaround and move forward.

[miguelito (Miguel Barrio)]

This is interesting, but… What I would prefer is a way to randomize the albums I see in the album view. For example, in Albums view, I would like to choose a Focus (say a genre) and then sort the albums displayed randomly. This will dig up albums in my library that I don’t recall. From that random list I would choose what to play.

Add "randomize" sorting to album view

Simple request: When I go to “Albums” view, and possibly have a Focus, I would like to be able to choose “Sorted by Random”. Why? Because I would like to discover things burried in my library.

I don’t think this is achievable through a plug-in unfortunately.

[Mikio_Imaeda]

It is very nice to listen album to album randomly.

But it would be more nice if you could add “works” to the choices.
I would like to listen piano sonatas, symphonies or other music which consist of plural tracks randomly.

[Sloop_John_B (John B)]

This may have been asked before but would it be possible to set random album to just select albums from my library that are not from streaming platforms?

I’m keen to listen to the albums I’ve actually bought rather than the myriad I’ve added to my library from streaming platforms.

Just as an option as I realise many here are fully streaming integrated but I don’t consider an album mine until I’ve actually bought it.

.sjb

[SvenM]

Love the extension. It reminds me of the 5 disc changer I used to have. But it fits all my albums

The ability to filter would indeed be a nice enhancement. I don’t know if/what is actually possible, but being able to select a bookmark from which to pick would be ideal for me.

[Jan_Koudijs]

@Sloop_John_B

would it be possible to set random album to just select albums from my library that are not from streaming platforms?

Not using a streaming service myself but I’m pretty sure that the Roon API does not differentiate between local albums and those that were added from a streaming service.

The workaround would be to disable the streaming services for an afternoon (or whatever length) and stay local that way.

[Sloop_John_B (John B)]

What are the differences in the 3 randomisation choices?

.sjb

[Jan_Koudijs]

@Sloop_John_B

What are the differences in the 3 randomisation choices?

It are different implementations of a random number generator. It’s a bit of a theoretical option that I added for those who like to tweak their system

The Just Random section of the first post gives some details about the option.