r/Symfonium

Something I have been wanting for a while now is a section on my home page that shows me albums that were released on this day in years past. If there was a way within Symfonium to use today's date for a rule of a smart playlist this would be straightforward but alas.

1. I created a smart playlist for Navidrome with a .nsp file in my library folder. The file has the rule to include songs that contain "-10-05" in the date.
2. I wrote a cron job on the server host that will change the date in that .nsp file every day at 12am to the new date and then triggers Navidrome to do a scan of my playlist's folder.
3. Imported the playlist into Symfonium as read-only. If I stopped here then everyday I would need to resync that playlist between Symfonium and Navidrome.
4. To automate the syncing, I use an app called Automate to trigger a sync everyday at 12:05am via Symfonium's API.
5. If you just want a list of songs from today then you can stop here. I wanted albums so I set the Symfonium playlist to hidden. I created an album smart playlist in symfonium where the only rule is the song must be in that hidden playlist.
6. Added the smart playlist to the home page!

If anyone knows a more straightforward way to achieve a similar result I would love to hear about it.

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