Media service

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• accessing collection metadata that describes media files included within a collection of media files;
• accessing seed metadata, the seed metadata being a basis on which a first subset of the collection of media files is to be defined;
• machine-generating a station set from the collection metadata based on the seed metadata, the machine-generated station set defining a station library by defining the first subset of the collection and referencing each media file in the first subset;
• modifying the machine-generated station set based on a human-contributed input received from an editor device, the modified station set modifying the station library by defining a second subset of the collection and referencing each media file in the second subset;
• and
• configuring a media server to provide a user device with a media datastream that streams media files selected from the second subset defined by the modified machine-generated station list, the user device being distinct from the editor device.

A system comprising:

• a collection module configured to access collection metadata that describes media files included within a collection of media files;
• a processor configured by a station module to:
• access seed metadata, the seed metadata being a basis on which a first subset of the collection of media files is to be defined;
• and
• machine-generate a station set from the collection metadata based on the seed metadata, the machine-generated station set defining a station library by defining the first subset of the collection and referencing each media file in the first subset;
• an edit module configured to modify the machine-generated station set based on a human-contributed input received from an editor device, the modified station set modifying the station library by defining a second subset of the collection and referencing each media file in the second subset;
• and
• a service module configured to provide a user device with a media datastream that streams media files selected from the second subset defined by the modified machine-generated station list, the user device being distinct from the editor device.