Author Topic: Playlists: hotkeys and issues  (Read 2279 times)

Ceraus

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Hotkeys are missing for:
- New Playlist
- New Auto-Playlist
- New Playlist Mixer
- New Folder
- Edit Playlist

And I have a few other nitpicks with playlists:
- Folder drag-and-drop appears to be non-functional; you have to get your folder hierarchy right on the first try, it can't be changed afterwards.
- I would enjoy ordering playlists arbitrarily, just dragging them to the place I want.
- Changing a playlist's name or place breaks playlists that depend on it (mixers, at least, can't find it anymore).

Those issues make managing my library through playlists more of a hassle than it should be...

Thanks for reading!

Ceraus

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Another playlist bug: "Play Shuffled" automatically TURNS OFF shuffle! o_O

psychoadept

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Another playlist bug: "Play Shuffled" automatically TURNS OFF shuffle! o_O

This is not a bug, but it is a little confusing.  "Play Shuffled" adds the playlist to the play queue in an already-shuffled order, so the shuffle setting is not necessary.

+1 to playlist hotkeys, and fixing the naming and folder issues.
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Ceraus

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"Play Shuffled" adds the playlist to the play queue in an already-shuffled order, so the shuffle setting is not necessary.

Not in my case! :-(

My playlists are usually ordered so that the last-added come first, and they get enqueued in that same exact order. "Play Shuffled" just adds the whole playlist as-is to "Now Playing". And turns off shuffle (which I then reflexively turn back on with a hotkey).

Ceraus

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Also, is there a way to avoid duplicates in a Playlist Mixer?

Ceraus

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Much more minor bug, but I'll add it here to be thorough: when adding a song to a playlist, MusicBee determines duplicates by checking title and artist only. Many artists remake or remaster their songs, not to mention a music collection might have a variety of live versions of the same song.