First about icons:
(+) means that track added at least 2 new tracks at the end of that song playback.
(*) means that this track was added (new track). (*) will disappear once that track is played.
No icons - track was not yet played or HomeDJ did not find similar songs for that track to add.

Now about how track are added in the mix.

Once song is close to the end of playback, at least 2 new songs will be added to the list.
In memory these songs will be added 2 positions below of currently playing song.
In database these songs will be added to the end of the list.

So while queue is playing it is expanding, but it is expanding from the 3rd song from the current position.

For example we have the following songs in the list:
A,B,C,D,E,F,G.

Let's say song B finished playback and added 2 more songs X and Y.
Now currently playing list will look like this in memory:
A,B,C,D,X,Y,E,F,G

But if it is saved as a playlist in internal database it looks like this:
A,B,C,D,E,F,G,X,Y.

I see you point.

In the next release I will make the following changes to this:
1. Rename item "Add to Queue" to "Add to Mix" in case if Queue is a mix;
2. Add to Mix will add song not to the end of the queue, but right after the currently playing song.

What do you mean by "how to make it influence the direction mix takes"?

I just got the latest update this morning and noticed that the "add to mix" functionality was there. Just to report back, this feature works really well for me, it adds my manually chosen song in the next-but-one position from the currently playing song, and when it gets played, it determines the next two songs added to the mix.

This is an incredibly useful feature; I have noticed that after a long time (over 100 songs), the mixes start to either drift away from the original root song, or they start to sound really "samey"; adding a new song manually really mixes things up if the playlist has become "samey", and it helps to push it back in the right direction if it drifts. It also allows me to change up the mix a bit, since it kind of inserts the new sound (with my manually added song) into the middle of the old one, and now the mix swings back-and-forth between the two sounds every 2 songs.

With this new feature, I don't think I will ever re-start a mix, I'll just add songs manually to change it up a bit.

Great work guys, a nice feature in a really short time.

I didn't notice auto mode, but after you mentioned I checked. I have almost exactly 20,000 songs in my library, so I'll enable it and see what happens. What exactly does it do; does it implement a sliding value for style based on number of songs (e.g. less songs mean looser style, more songs mean stricter style)?

I have started using thumb down with good effect, because I think I understand how it affects the mix, but I haven't used thumb up because I didn't really understand how it affected the mix:

- Are you saying that if I thumb up a song, this song will always be used to choose the next two to add to the mix, rather than the last song played?

- In this case, if I thumb up multiple songs, does it pick one of them at random to use as the "root" for the next two songs added?

- Does this also mean that if I thumb up any songs in the mix, then my manually added songs will never be used to determine any new songs added to the mix?

If these are all true, then maybe manually added songs should get an auto thumb up if (and only if) there are already thumb up songs in the mix?

Thanks

Edited by user Thursday, October 16, 2014 6:26:26 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified