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I think it is very good as it is, actually (for me, it's one of the killer features in Rockbox). True, I don't use the database, nor create dynamic playlists, so I don't really encounter the big limitations... 8-)
I think if music stops naturally (end of playlist) it should go back to the Main Menu (right now it doesn't), but if it's stopped by user input, it should go back to some other screen (since a user can VERY easily press Menu too).
stop: I understand the whole thing to make it easier for blind users, but the main menu was put in to be the home/start/main screen.. the one where you would be dumped in when nothing else is happening so you can choose easily where you want to go. imo it should work like this. stop->menu, select->browser/playlist/filearg.. I dunno... I dont like stop going to the browser....
The plugin buffer is used to buffer the filenames, which are (often) loaded from disk when getting a filename from a playlist. If the dircache is enabled, you might get away with not using the plugin buffer...
How 'bout "If music ends, go back to the selected 'start screen' unless that screen is also a playback screen of some sort, then go to wherever the WPS was invoked from" or something like that?
The main problem with bookmarks is that they are Folder-based. Â They need to be Playlist-based. Â I have an "AllRandom" playlist which I can jump to at any time when I don't really know what I'd like to listen to but I end up reshuffling it each time, when I should be able to carry on where I left off, using a bookmark. Â I'd like to be able to listen to my big playlist until I feel inspired enough to go and choose an album, then later return to where I left off. Â (Hope that makes some sense.)
Quote from: Lear on January 29, 2008, 06:32:32 AMThe plugin buffer is used to buffer the filenames, which are (often) loaded from disk when getting a filename from a playlist. If the dircache is enabled, you might get away with not using the plugin buffer...oh? that should only be the case when doing "dirplay" though
I also have a shuffled "All" playlist, and I resume that one all the time. I've had well over a hundred bookmarks for that playlist alone...
Huh? Bookmarks are based on folder or playlist, depending what you "played" (a file in a directory or a playlist). I also have a shuffled "All" playlist, and I resume that one all the time. I've had well over a hundred bookmarks for that playlist alone...
Hmm, I've never found it works reliably for a database generated playlist. Â Maybe it was broken last time I tried.
I don't see why there's a need for folder-based bookmarks; aren't folder selections just another method of generating a playlist really? Â I see the main job of both browsers to be playlist generation (albeit normally dynamic playlists).
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