Spicefly SugarCube Settings
Player Level Settings - Can be different for each Player
SugarCube Status
Enabled or Disabled, this is a per player setting.Display Options (None, Show Coming Up Next, Show Technical Information, When Random Track Selected)
Displays specified message type on the player, normally on each track changeSugarCube Mix Mode (Standard MusicIP Mode, FreeStyle Mode)
SugarCube Support two methods. First is using MusicIP, second is a FreeStyle Mode.FreeStyle Mode selects tracks from the main Logitech Media Server database. There are a few options available for FreeStyle mixing;
Restrict by Year range, MP3 or FLAC, Short or Long Tracks
Sync Settings Across ALL Players
When you click Apply all settings will be applied for all players in your systemMusicIP Settings
How much Mix Style (0..200)
How much like the Artist's style of the seed track, default is 0 Ignore, 200 is strictHow much Mix Variety
How much Variety in the mix, default is 0 Less, 9 is MoreMix by Song or Album
Use the Album as the seed or the individual songRestrict Mixing to Genre of Seed Track
Use to restrict the mix to just the specific genre of the seed track. Note you can use filters in MusicIP to virtually slice your library and therefore havemultiple genres.
Select Mix Type
Mix by Filters, Genres or Artists
Filters - Create filters in the MusicIP Mixer and then refresh the MusicIP Headless web page.You can use filters in MusicIP to virtually slice your library, it is a powerful function.
Further details here; https://www.spicefly.com/article.php?page=musicip-filters
Available MIP Genres
Use this to restrict mixing to the genre only. Note Genres are what MusicIP sees when scanning your music files so may mismatch with Logitech Media Server ifyou have multiple genres.
Available MIP Artists
Seed using tracks in the style of the seed track ArtistOptionally Add a MusicIP Recipe
You can further tweak the mix, the Betty Croker recipe, no idea its meaning is lost in time!Reset SugarCube Live View Stats
When Apply is clicked, reset the Live View Statistics on the Live View Page (Number of Tracks Queued and Random Count)Auto Set "Play Other Songs In Album"
Set player "Play Other Songs in Album" Client Setting when SugarCube is Enabled or Disabled.Dynamic Queuing
Only Queue a New Track if player is playing the last Track on the Playlist, this keeps the music going indefiniately without causing a huge playlist that canslow things down.
SugarCube Wobble
The first result from MusicIP will be the closest match to the seed track. Wobbling adds a subtle tweak to the mix, randomly choosing from the recommendedtracks returned to give a slight change in direction but in the same general theme.
MusicIP Vintage Mode
All track selections returned from MusicIP are queued up, as per the original MusicIP Mix. Note; As SugarCube doesn't interfere with Vintage Mode, tracks with-in the returned results may be duplicates and/or from the same album.Override Shuffle
If Shuffle is turned on, disable it when mixing so that the MusicIP mix integrity is retained.Weighting Functions
These all apply for MusicIP mixing and not for FreeStyle mixingBlock Artist Repeating for x Tracks
Self ExplanatoryDo not Block "Various Artists"
If Artist tag is "Various Artists" (case-insensitive) do not treat it as the same artist and therefore don't block it repeating.Always Block Selected Artist
Self ExplanatoryAlways Block this Genre
Self ExplanatoryBlock Album Repeating for x Tracks
Self ExplanatoryRemember This Many Played Tracks
Block the track from playing again, if its been played within x TracksForget when Playlist Cleared
Wipe our memory of played tracks when clicking the Playlist clear button on Logitech Media ServerTracks to keep in Playlist View
Number of tracks to show in the Logitech Media Server playlist view on the right hand side.TrackStat Integration Settings
(Enable TrackStat Integration from the Plugins/Settings/Spicefly SugarCube Page)These options require TrackStat to be installed
Track Played Setting
Prefer tracks recently played, or not recently playedTrack Playcount Setting
Prefer tracks with a high played count, or low played countTrack Rating Setting
Prefer with low rating, or high ratingBlock Tracks with Played Count Equal and Above
Self ExplanatoryBlock Tracks Rated x and Below
Self ExplanatoryBlock Tracks Played in last x days
Self ExplanatoryAuto Start and Alarm Clock Settings
When selecting Auto Start from the web interface or from the player, it will seed from either the specified filter or genre. Use to wake up to a nice Ambienttrack selection rather than Rock
Enabled Volume Reduction
These settings enable the volume to be gradually reduced over time, useful for sleepingEnable Player Sleep
If player is playing between these times, automatically activate Sleep Mode which will then shut off after the specified timeGlobal Settings
From the Plugins page, these settings affect all playersMusicIP Port (Default; 10002)
MusicIP Host Location (Default; localhost)
These settings are where to find the MusicIP HTTP API. If you reach the web page in a browser by http://localhost:10002/ then the defaults will work fine.If you don't have MusicIP Headless configured, find out more at; https://www.spicefly.com/article.php?page=musicip-headless-windows10
SQLite Timeout in Seconds
On low powered systems you may need to increase the wait time for the SQLite database queries to run.Enable Dynamic Path Conversion
This enables MusicIP and the Music location to be on seperate systems. More details at;https://www.spicefly.com/article.php?page=spicefly-dynamic-path-conversion
Enable Delay Mode
On low powered systems you may want Logitech Media Server to finish its work changing tracks and buffering, before SugarCube then does track selecting. Add aspecified wait time from track change until SugarCube starts work.
Spicefly SugarCube Live View Width
Album Art Size in SugarCube LiveViewReduce the size of the Live View and size of the icons