A-B Repeat

[Anti]

I'm learning a new language using lots of audio podcasts and tracks ripped from CD courses.
It would be useful to have an A-B repeat, to loop a section of a track.

The way I envisage it working is to have one button labelled 'A-B'
The first click designates the start point of the loop.
The second click designates the end point of the loop. The track would then jump to point 'A' and start looping.
The third click turns looping off again.

A button would be nice, but a keyboard shortcut would also work just as well.

Apart from language learning, this feature might also appeal to musicians who are trying to learn a song a section at a time.

What do you think?

EDIT: I noticed this was requested last year, but it did not generate discussion:
http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=1919.0

[findreq]

[Sarge]

I like the keyboard shortcut idea.

[Sarge]

Another use for this might be when you are creating your own lrc file, when editing the lyrics.

[ksvane]

If nothing else it would make all columns here green/saying "Yes" :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_player_software#Extended_features

[Anti]

lol.

Out of interest, why is the 'bookmarks' column ticked?
There isn't a bookmarking feature in MB, is there?

[cartman005]

There is. Enter a web address and the bookmark button will pop up next to the URL.

[Blinghound]

+1

haha, ksvane, I completely agree  - although MusicBee already has the most "Yes" boxes!

[Anti]

> Enter a web address and the bookmark button will pop up next to the URL

Ah... that's not what I thought bookmarking meant.
To me, in a music player context, bookmarking would mean linking within in a track, so you can jump to a place in the file easily.
Eg. a chapter of an audio book, or a certain part of an interview in a podcast.
My Cowon J3 allows 256 such bookmarks.
You can imagine that it is very useful for language learning, or for research when you have audio sources.

[VX]

+ 1.

I really miss the feature.

Thanks for the comparison,  ksvane

[Tom]

Could it be a workaround if you set the start and end time of that track in the tag editor? - Just an idea.

[ma_t14]

I only wonder why Wikipedia says that MusicBee features bookmarking 

[boroda]

Actually A-B repeat and bookmarking are not the same features, but they may be combined

[ma_t14]

Actually A-B repeat and bookmarking are not the same features

Who said they are? 

[Anti]

> Could it be a workaround if you set the start and end time of that track in the tag editor?

Nice idea.

However, I was hoping for something a little faster to set.
For example, a 20 minute language podcast might contain 50+ new phrases and sentences.
It would be nice to be able to easily repeat harder sentences a few times as you work your way through the track.
Setting an A-B repeat would allow you to concentrate on the content for a few minutes without having to break
concentration to manually move the timeline slider for each repetition.

And could we stop talking about bookmarking now. To clarify, this thread is about A-B repeat. 
I may start another thread about bookmarking, since it's been mentioned; that would certainly be another killer feature.

[Mayibongwe]

+1