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Randomplay commands and queries

randomplay

<playerid> randomplay <tracks|albums|contributors|year|disable>

The randomplay command starts a random mix of the given type. The disable type would disable continuation of the currently playing mix. It would cause the current playlist to play to the end and no new tracks be added.

Example: 

Request: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplay albums<LF>"
Response: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplay albums<LF>"

randomplaygenrelist

<playerid> randomplaygenrelist

This returns a formatted list of genres which is for use on the Jive platform.

Example: 

Request: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplaygenrelist<LF>"
Response: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplaygenrelist count%3A103
offset%3A0 actions%3AHASH(0xb804350) checkbox%3A1 text%3A80s
actions%3AHASH(0xb8042a8) checkbox%3A1 text%3AAcid%20Jazz
actions%3AHASH(0xb80438c) checkbox%3A1 text%3AAcoustic
actions%3AHASH(0xb804494) checkbox%3A0 text%3AAdvertisement
actions%3AHASH(0xb8cdcc0) checkbox%3A1 text%3AAfropop
actions%3AHASH(0xb8cdf9c) checkbox%3A1 <LF>"

randomplaychoosegenre

<playerid> randomplaychoosegenre <0|1>

Turn a particular genre on/off in random mix.

Example: 

Request: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplaychoosegenre Afropop 1<LF>"
Response: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplaychoosegenre Afropop 1<LF>"

randomplaygenreselectall

<playerid> randomplaygenreselectall <0|1>

Turn all genres on/off in random mix.

Example: 

Request: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplaygenreselectall 1<LF>"
Response: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplaychoosegenre 1<LF>"

randomplayisactive

<playerid> randomplayisactive

Get to know whether RandomPlay is active for a given player, and what kind of mix it's playing.

Example: 

Request: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplaygisactive"
Response: "04:20:00:12:23:45 randomplayisactive album"