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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: [Summary] Shuffle playlists (sometimes)Re: [Summary] Shuffle playlists (sometimes)
From: Christian D <QInter_at_gmx.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 17:57:05 +0100 (MET) > > A summary of the things discussed in this recent thread. Original > > message follows the signature. > > > > - Changing the format of the playlist is a bad idea, since it would > > violate other (formal and informal) standards. > > - A better idea would be to have a playlist/config couple (e.g., > > foo.m3u + foo.cfg). Loading the playlist would automatically load > > the config of the same name. > > - This can be enhanced with a default.cfg, a default config to be > > loaded for every playlist in a particular directory. > The idea was to have one default.cfg in a directory with many playlists. > When playing the foo.m3u and no foo.cfg is found, the default.cfg in the > _same_ > directory will be used instead. > > > - A slightly different approach would be to add a playlist setting > > (command) to the config file. Running the config file would perform > > the settings and then start the playlist. Multiple configs are > > possible for the same playlist (e.g., one "straight" and one > > "shuffle"). > Nice idea. > > > - It would be nice if the settings could be stacked, so that the > original > > settings are restored upon completion of the playlist. > > This idea sounds very good and it should be easy to implement. Because the > _settings saver_ is just done (patch will be submitted today) and for > restoring, we have the cfg-loader. > Moreover we should also have an option in settings menu to turn this feature on or off. Christian > > > > -- Johan > > > > --- original message --- > > > > Just brainstorming... > > > > I have a number of playlists. Sometimes I want to play a playlist > > straight, sometimes I want to play it shuffled. In general, I want > > straight play except for certain playlists. So I'm considering: > > > > 1. An additional shuffle setting: "once". > > The next Play command will shuffle, and reset it to "straight". > > 2. Mark a playlist that it should be played shuffled. A distinct > > extension, or some special data in the first line. > > 3. A keypress (or combination thereof) that will have the next Play > > command executed in shuffle mode. > > > > Alternatives 1 and 3 would also be applicable to playing directories. > > > > Ideas? Suggestions? > > > > -- Johan > > > Received on 2003-03-09 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |