Another Play Counter?

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 06:27:44PM -0600, David Berg wrote:
> A useful statistic for me to know would be how many
times play on a
> song was aborted.  Just as the Play Count variable
helps to point out
> the most popular songs, an Abort Count could mark songs
that should
> just be archived or deleted to free space for songs
that might be
> played more.
> 
> Implementing should be straight forward.  Add a counter
that is
> incremented when a song starts then subtract
"Play Count" from "Start
> Count" to get "Abort Count".

Depending on how the play counter works already, this might
be almost
already built in for you.  If the play counter only
increments after a
song gets to 100% (or 80 or 90%) then aborted plays won't
increment
song counts and skew statistics.

If the play counter doesn't already work this way, then I
think this
would be a useful enhancement to add in.

Regards,

Alan


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Current behaviour of "play count" would cause
extra "aborts".  It only
increments when the song reaches 100%.  This means the
"start count"
would increment when the song starts and then "play
count" would not
be incremented when the app closes.

Joel D.

On 3/7/06, Alan <alanufies.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 06:27:44PM -0600, David Berg
wrote:
> > A useful statistic for me to know would be how
many times play on a
> > song was aborted.  Just as the Play Count variable
helps to point out
> > the most popular songs, an Abort Count could mark
songs that should
> > just be archived or deleted to free space for
songs that might be
> > played more.
> >
> > Implementing should be straight forward.  Add a
counter that is
> > incremented when a song starts then subtract
"Play Count" from "Start
> > Count" to get "Abort Count".
>
> Depending on how the play counter works already, this
might be almost
> already built in for you.  If the play counter only
increments after a
> song gets to 100% (or 80 or 90%) then aborted plays
won't increment
> song counts and skew statistics.
>
> If the play counter doesn't already work this way,
then I think this
> would be a useful enhancement to add in.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan
>
>
> --
> Alan <alanufies.org> - http://arcterex.net
>
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