Play all albums in database

[Njones]

Have an option to choose "Play all albums" from database. Not just "play all tracks" or "random play".

[saratoga]

Couldn't you just add a database entry that has all files, and then play that?

[Njones]

Do you mean putting all the albums into a single folder and then loading that folder onto the Fuze?

[saratoga]

Do you mean putting all the albums into a single folder and then loading that folder onto the Fuze?

You said "database" before so I assume you're talking about the database and not the file browser?  If so I think you could just create a database rule that adds everything and play that.

[GodEater]

That's actually quite hard - I tried it a while ago and the database syntax required to do it blows up. (Assuming you want to play all tracks from all albums, but have them sorted by album).

This is why I was bringing up sqlite again on the IRC channel as an alternative to our database system - but apparently it would still be enormous compared to our current implementation.

[wintermute23]

I have a playlist that includes all tracks (long select on the root folder => add to new playlist), which I play shuffled. That does what I suspect you want, though it doesn't use the database.

[saratoga]

Thats a good point, adding everything to a playlist from the database is quite inefficient.  I'm not sure what the best way to do this would be.

[Njones]

You can do it with the Sansa OF. If they can do it, it should be a piece of cake for RB.

[Chronon]

I have a playlist that includes all tracks (long select on the root folder => add to new playlist), which I play shuffled. That does what I suspect you want, though it doesn't use the database.

I think the OP wants the tracks sorted by album. 

[wintermute23]

Well, if you don't shuffle it, then that should work, right?

[Chronon]

Maybe.  It depends on how the user decided to organize their file tree.  It wouldn't work on iPods that have been synced by iTunes, for instance.