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Topic: Creating an Autoplaylist for a large array of Codecs (Read 1171 times) previous topic - next topic
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Creating an Autoplaylist for a large array of Codecs

I want to create an autoplaylist which covers numerous formats, namely those supported by foo_input_adplug. I currently have most music in these formats (but not all of it) stored in one root directory, with an autoplaylist that simply reads that directory, but in the long-run I would like to dismantle said directory and move the files to more appropriate locations in my file structure.

However, because this component supports dozens of different sound formats, I can't figure out a way to create an autoplaylist to cover all of them that isn't cumbersome. I have used the following query for e.g. foo_openmpt54 formats, which are far fewer in number, so it is a fallback option:

Code: [Select]
%CODEC% IS "a" OR %CODEC% IS "b" OR %CODEC% IS "c" OR %CODEC% IS "d" OR ... (x36)

... but I was hoping there may be a more elegant manner of formatting the query, something to the effect of:

Code: [Select]
%CODEC% HAS "a"; "b"; "c"; "d"; (...)

I've read the Title Formatting and Query Syntax bibles but haven't ascertained whether it is possible to achieve something like this. Another option I've considered is mass-tagging genre fields with "#adlib" and querying that, as I am already using hashtags in genre fields for many other purposes, but I'd like to call this a last resort... Any suggestions?
Thanks.