Rockbox Development > Feature Ideas
Playlisting
soap:
--- Quote from: darkenvy on November 14, 2010, 04:59:44 PM ---Woah! This if far from what I'm saying. I am NOT describing the smart playlist, but a static playlist that I would have created which would have been a collection of songs from different artists. Like Goa-Psytrance favorites in one playlist; many artists but static playlist.
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Thank you for clarifing. I took your words "it would then play a similar song by a different artist" to mean "it" was making the decision, not your predetermined list.
--- Quote from: darkenvy on November 14, 2010, 04:59:44 PM ---I don't understand why I cant look inside (for the contents of the playlist) without having to execute (play the first track) of the playlist.
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Open with the text editor?
darkenvy:
I already am using my own custom search filter using the tagnavi and the comment tags of the ID3s. I have over 200GB of music. I need these multiple 'shortcuts' to get around ;). The thing is that I could use comment section of the ID3 tags to view my playlists in the database but this defeats the entire purpose of ease of use and I would have to use a ID3 editor every time.
Thanks for the effort, seriously. But I am not looking for an alternative to this, I want to be able to navigate like so:
Rockbox Root Menu -> Playlists -> View Catalog -> [playlist-name] -> select song -> Now Playing
Currently it is like this:
Rockbox Root Menu -> Playlists -> View Catalog -> [playlist-name] -> (plays random song) -> View Current Playlist -> select song -> (plays song)
The problem with the way it is currently is it takes time to load, more menu navigation and it chooses a random song in the playlist to start playing. Even with the shuffle off I dont want the first song to start playing. I desire to peer within the playlist(s) before even deciding that is the playlist I want. Oh this is important because I drive with my iPod a lot and silent loading times and too much menu navigation sucks.
I am willing to go far to modify what I need to. As for compiling, I took a programming course but I don't know how to get started here though. (SVG trunk, preparing compiler, ect). So if it comes to that I might need help :P
Llorean:
So you're willing to manually add a song to dozens of playlists, but not willing to tag the song with categories in the comment tag?
How is using an ID3 editor any different than using a playlist editor?
I mean they're called "playlists" because they're play lists. They're meant to be played... There might be some use for "playlist editing without starting playback" but they're not really intended as a primary organization tactic for finding music, but rather for a way to group music that's meant to be played as a group.
soap:
Ok, I grok what you are doing, but how again is the Apple firmware faster in this? I am not familiar with how it does the same (or similar) thing faster.
I appreciate the step-by-step for Rockbox.
What is the step-by-step for Apple?
darkenvy:
Llorean, I may only put one song in one playlists, I dont usually overlap. But yes I am willing, and already did, tag the comment section of the ID3. Why don't you think I did so? Especially when I said I did (about me using the custom tagnavi). Also I don't want to use a ID3 editor because it has to be connected to a computer. I want to do everything I need on the ipod.
@soap
The Apple basicly does the same as what I'm trying to accomplish.
Apple's Root Menu -> Playlists -> [playlist-name] -> select song -> Now Playing
Takes only 3 clicks [no loading time in-between clicks]
Rockbox Root Menu -> Playlists -> View Catalog -> [playlist-name] -> (plays random song) -> View Current Playlist -> select song -> (plays song)
Takes 5-6 clicks [3 clicks then loads, pause song [optional], 2 clicks then loads]
Apple's is faster because you can jump right into a playlist without having to load it up, start playing a song then redirect the menu to "View Current Playlist" just to get in it.
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