The real limitation here is not the direction in which it scrolls, but the fact that we've only got 128 pixels to play with. The player is already smart enough to use the small 5 pixel font when a playlist/song is too long, that's about all it can do.

Umm, no... With a vertically scrolling playlist you can also horizontally scroll the currently selected item if it's too long to display. That would let you see its full text.

I wrote a wish item about this already (maybe not in its own message unfortunately), along with a wish to show the artist name next to the track name in the Now&Next info display.

I do agree with Sven however. A custom option in the ini or otherwise set in emplode's player options. This is significant enough that I would not want to forcibly saddle everyone with it.

Bruno