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Why does playlist insert replace the current playlist when stopped?
fml2:
--- Quote ---If we're going to allow any playlist manipulation while stopped, shouldn't there then be an option to clear a playlist, or start a new playlist without starting playback then?
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For the sake of completeness -- yes, there could be such option. But I think a list would only be cleared just before adding something to it. And that can be made either by "Play Next" or by selecting a song. In the latter case, playback is automatically started as well.
If we would treat the playlist as non-existent (or not active) as you suggest, each Insert operation would empty it, right? So it wouldn't be possible to sequentially add several songs to the list while in Stopped.
Llorean:
The first insert starts playback (but doesn't enter the WPS). This is in line with the theory "The playlist isn't there (or 'active') when playback has stopped."
fml2:
--- Quote from: Llorean on October 02, 2007, 11:23:05 AM ---The first insert starts playback (but doesn't enter the WPS). This is in line with the theory "The playlist isn't there (or 'active') when playback has stopped."
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He-he, I can't agree. "The playlist isn't there (or 'active') when playback has stopped." doesn't mean "If there's a playlist then playback should start." I.e. I dont' understand why an Insert should start playback. I'll speculate: this is just to make possible insertion of several songs while staying in line with your proposal (stop=no playlist). Right?
Llorean:
There's no reason to have an active playlist if playback isn't happening, though. If you need to prepare one in advance, the PC is far better, and even then if you don't want to hear anything, don't plug in your headphones, but if you're starting a new, empty playlist on a player, the assumption is that you're playing it. I don't quite understand what exactly you're asking, though.
fml2:
--- Quote ---There's no reason to have an active playlist if playback isn't happening, though.
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For you
--- Quote ---If you need to prepare one in advance
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For me, this is a perfectly reasonable reason to have a playlist without playback. This is also in the line with the facts that you can see the playlist while stopped.
I look at this from the perspective of a user. I'm not interested in the fact that the playlist (technically speaking) isn't there but is restored in the moment you want to see it. If I cann see it anytime, it's there. This is the perception.
--- Quote ---the PC is far better, and even then if you don't want to hear anything, don't plug in your headphones
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Well, THAT is really errr... a trick
--- Quote ---but if you're starting a new, empty playlist on a player, the assumption is that you're playing it.
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Again, this is your assumption.
--- Quote ---I don't quite understand what exactly you're asking, though.
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Agreed. If not many are inteersted in it then there's no point in argueing. I won't make a patch for this. If cc does then it's up to him to persuade everybody that it's good. But I'd be rather on his side.
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