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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Shuffle playlists (sometimes)RE: Shuffle playlists (sometimes)
From: Christian D <QInter_at_gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:15:46 +0100 (MET) > > > yes this would be nice !!! > > i think (4.) is a bit wierd.... and that (2 would be simpler (4.) > but i don't like the idea of putting information next to a file when we > can > put it INTO the file... > > i like the idea of (2.), like playlists with an extension .m3ur for > instance > > henri I wouldn't like a solution that puts the information in the .m3u file, because I use zshuffle and id3browse for playlist creation and I suppose that the information would be overwritten. I would prefer the .cfg file solution with an optional default.cfg. Christian > > > > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Johan Vromans wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > There's this even more generic and in my view even better suggestion: > > > > 4. Put a .cfg file next to the playlist using the same name (only > > a different extension), and then when we load the playlist, > > we check if > > there is a particular .cfg for it and then use/load that one. > > > > Regarding number three, toggling shuffle is easily done using the > > quick-screen on F2 (for recorders). > > > > -- > > Daniel Stenberg -- http://rockbox.haxx.se/ -- http://daniel.haxx.se/ > > > Received on 2003-03-07 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |