My random thoughts and observations...
I made a test
Auto-Playlist and test
Static playlist.
I don't see the
Auto-Playlist in the
Add to Playlist submenu.
I do see the
Static playlist displayed twice though. Only the second one is ticked if a track is in the playlist.
I'm assuming the only way this could work with
Auto-Playlists is by adding the full path of the file as an exception.
(Like editing the playlist and clicking
Add Files)
Which should make it easy to reversible by just removing the same file path.
Currently, selecting an already checked playlist will add another copy of the track (and prompt if configured to do so).
There might be some scenarios in which people want multiple copies of one track in a playlist. e.g. To add a banger to a party playlist.
The proposed change means it will no longer be possible to use the context menu to do this.
Any change would need to be implemented in a way that makes sure the right-click menu can still be displayed quickly.
It seems some people have dozens of playlists and they won't like waiting 10 seconds every time they display the menu while MusicBee works out which playlists a track appears in.
I guess if that was going to be a problem it would have manifested already though.
MusicBee doesn't handle multiple track selections at all.
If I select two tracks, only one of which is in a playlist, it still shows the playlist with a checkmark, suggesting both tracks are included.
Working out how to handle that could get messy, so the way it works now may be as good as it gets.
If the
Add to Playlist menu already shows which playlists a track is in (and includes
Auto-Playlists), it appears to overlap heavily with the
Search... > Locate in Playlist command.
Are both needed just because the second one doesn't show
all playlists, just the ones the track appears in?
I see how that could be easier for people with lots of playlists so they don't have to look through the whole menu.
If I rename it from "Add to Playlist" and just name it "Playlist" where you would tick or untick to add or remove from playlists do you think that is obvious enough?
From a strictly UI point of view, just "Playlist" wouldn't provide enough context. It would need to be "Included in Playlists..." or something similar.
By the way
phred, you can use the
Original Artist tag to replace your
Covers by... playlists with
Filters.
Though of course you may prefer to keep them next to your other playlists.