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"Add To Playlist" patch

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LinusN:
Re-read that message. It says "/Playlists doesn't exist". It means that the directory where the playlists are to be stored doesn't exist.

Mmmm:
Maybe it would be better if the mesage read "playlist directory doesn't exist" to avoid confusion. Or is it customisable? I haven't had a chance to have a proper play with it yet! :)

Febs:
Would someone be kind enough to write a short description of what this patch does and how it operates, and post it either in this thread or on the patch tracker?  It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a basic rundown that I can use to write an entry for the manual for this feature without having to read through 9 pages of posts.

Sweet Spot:

--- Quote from: LinusN on July 20, 2006, 05:08:36 PM ---Re-read that message. It says "/Playlists doesn't exist". It means that the directory where the playlists are to be stored doesn't exist.


--- End quote ---

Alright, I'll accept that but, previously, as in older builds with this same patch, using the method that I described, actually just added which ever tracks I selected and allowed me to save those tracks in the root directory. So, essentially, it was next to the "root" playlist, as were any other playlists I chose to create. Why all of a sudden has this functionality changed ? It seemed pretty simple the way it was.

So please tell me then, what has to be done now in order to actually work with this ?

Sweet Spot:
 So using the literal translation of what you said Linus, I created a directory named "playlists.m3u", that didn't work. Next I tried just "playlists", and that of course as you know ...worked.

This is how it goes, for those of you who need to know (I'll post it in an edit so that no one else bothers)


It's actually very simple, but a bit different from how it was done before, which is why I was confused. Rather than saving the playlist name after adding the files, you are to save the playlist name before hand.

Step one:

1) Create a directory in the root folder called "Playlists" (no quotation marks)

2) To create a NEW playlist, select the files or album folder of your choice, long click the select button, and choose "playlist catalogue"

3) Now from the 2 choices, select "Add to new playlist"

4) If you're only adding music to an already existing playlist, then choose "add to playlist", upon which you'll be shown your existing playlists.

So yeah, pretty damned simple, yet I had no idea why I couldn't access the function due to a slight change in its mechanics, and no explaination of it.

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