[JohnFen]

You need to have an account to do the survey, so I'll just respond here.

I have my own music server and so don't use streaming services. Therefore, I have no issues with ads or audio quality. The music in my library is tagged, and "focus" is one of the tags. I have an auto-playlist that just randomly plays tracks that have that tag. When I add new music to my library, I also add the tags.

It works extremely well for me. Zero friction and I always get the music I want.

[samuraikmc]

I have removed that restriction. Apologies for the inconvenience.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxfFY5_mueTHuZr2_h...

Could I kindly request you to fill out this survey.

Regarding your own server, that's very interesting. So a DB of mp3 files that are tagged? And then simply suggested to you with seamless playback? Any further details you can share? Not trying to pry but generally curious.

[JohnFen]

It's still asking me to log in, sorry.

I have a machine running Kodi as my music server, using a high-quality external DAC for the output. That allows me to play directly through my stereo with the native UI as well as stream to my phone or over a web interface to any computer. Although with my phone, I rarely stream. I usually just download a selection of albums so that I don't have to have internet connectivity to listen to them.

> So a DB of mp3 files that are tagged?

A mix of MP3 and FLAC. The MP3s were added to my collection years ago. I switched to FLAC after that. But yes, all tagged. Not with great detail -- my tags are Focus, Party, Mellow, and NoPlay (NoPlay means that it's not suitable for randomized playing -- I have some nonmusical tracks that I don't want coming up at all when I'm listening to music) [I edited this because I forgot that I switched my system from a tag saying "this is music" to the NoPlay tag].

> And then simply suggested to you with seamless playback?

I have dynamic playlists that key on the tags. The playlists are a random selection of tracks with the respective tag [or, with NoPlay, a selection of tracks without that tag]. The way it works is that the playlist always has 20 items, so you can see the next 20 tracks coming (and remove them if you wish). When a track is removed from the playlist, because you removed it or it was played or skipped, then enough random tracks are added to the end to bring it up to 20 again.

I've been doing this for 30 years or so (not always using Kodi, of course), so my music collection is very large and encompasses a wide range of genres. According to Kodi, it would take about a year and a half of constant listening to listen to everything in the collection. And I'm constantly adding more as I find music I like.

All of my collection is kept on a NAS.

Hope this helps! I don't mind sharing any further details. None of this is terribly sensitive information. :)