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Easy way to clear the playlist without stopping play?

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mborus:
Hi

is there an easy way to clear the playlist without stopping play?

Currently, when I play a track in a directory, the whole directory is created as a playlist. (If I do this from the "Tracks"-List in database view, the whole player content becomes a playlist).

I'm looking for a way to clear this playlist without stopping play. The list should either be completely empty or just contain the currently playing track. If that's not possible, is there a way to clear the playlist without starting a new one?

Febs:
This is not directly responsive to your question, but if you want to play a song without creating a playlist of the current directory, instead of selecting the file, press and hold select/navi/joystick on the file and select "insert" or "queue."

bascule:

--- Quote from: mborus on December 10, 2006, 10:35:52 AM ---Currently, when I play a track in a directory, the whole directory is created as a playlist. (If I do this from the "Tracks"-List in database view, the whole player content becomes a playlist).

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Yes, that's the designed behaviour.


--- Quote from: mborus on December 10, 2006, 10:35:52 AM ---I'm looking for a way to clear this playlist without stopping play. The list should either be completely empty or just contain the currently playing track. If that's not possible, is there a way to clear the playlist without starting a new one?

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There is no way currently to do exactly what you have described, but as usual with this sort of question, it is why you want to do this that is important.

There is usually a way of achieving most things, but it may not involve answering the actual question asked...

mborus:

--- Quote ---it is why you want to do this
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The situation is this:

The player is connected to a (rather large) stereo system and plays to a room full of people at pretty high volume. I don't want to stop playback (as this annoys the others) but get rid of the rest of the playlist to fill it again with other titles to play after the currently running track.

Normally I use the "insert/queue" functions to fill up the playlist. But once in a while over an evening I make a mistake and just select the track. This instantly messes up my playlist. There's the party mode - I can change to that to prevent this mistake. Still there's no way to clear the playlist before entering party mode (or while in it) unless you delete each entry manually.

bascule:
Ok, here we go...  ;D

Start your player
Press 'Stop', so that you return to the File Browser/Database view
Navigate to your first track of the day
Press and hold select/navi/joystick on the file and select "insert" (as per Febs' suggestion)
[Track starts playing in a playlist of 1]
Change to Party Mode

...et voilá!

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