From: Rocker <rocker_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:46:36 -0700

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian" <GCRockboxer13_at_columbus.rr.com>
To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:40 PM
Subject: IN FAVOR say i


> So, anyone else in favor of this idea?
>
> summary:
> current play function becomes queue (and auto-play)
> current queue function remains the same
> and add a new function play (including other songs in that directory)
>
> Brian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian
> To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:50 PM
> Subject: Good or bad idea?
>
>
> One day i was listening to my Rockbox, on random play all like i always
do,
> and i heard a song that i absolutely love, but havent heard in a very long
> time. And i thought about some songs that just so happen to play more
often
> than others, etc... This happens because I usually want to listen to a
> specific song at one point, and dont want to go through the 5-button combo
> (3 to queue, 1 to return to WPS, and 1 to hit next to the next song), i
lose
> the point of which i was in the 1000-song shuffled playlist. Then, when i
> decide to go back to random mode, i play the playlist and it reshuffles.
>
> So, the problem? I want to know what the best way to make sure i listen
to
> every song at least once before i hear the same song three or four times.
> And if we can all agree on one way that this can be changed, maybe this
> change can be implemented in CVS.
>
> I say this: Want to play a song, but then return to the playlist at the
> same spot? Well, my idea would be to have "play" and "queue" exchanged in
> the browser. So if you press play, that song would be queued, and
possibly
> at the same time rockbox would hit "next," which would do the same thing
(on
> rockbox as it is now) as queueing the file, then pressing next. If you
> still want the option to queue without playing, that could be another
option
> in the ON + PLAY menu (queue). To play a song (which would in current
> rockbox include all other songs in that directory), that option can be put
> into the ON + PLAY menu as well (play directory).
>
> Any comments on this would be helpful. I just put this in because I have
> lots of accidents where i lose my place in the playlist because i
> accidentally hit play on a song to hear it.
>
> If any of this confuses you, just ask... i'm pretty hard to understand
> sometimes.
>
> Brian
>
Received on 2003-10-31