Chained playlists

Posted by: schofiel

Chained playlists - 10/09/1999 04:53

There should be a mechanism whereby you can create a "super-Playlist" of playlists, so that they play back in sequence, one after the other until you interrupt or the super-list finishes.

An example would be to allow the playlists of an individual artist's albums to be chained to allow *all* the tracks for that artist to play back in a continuous chain, without you losing the ability to group tracks by album.

Posted by: Jazzwire

Re: Chained playlists - 10/09/1999 05:17

You can do this already
I've got top level playlists of Artists, with their Album's as sub playlists.
eg,

The Egg -> Albumen -> Albumen Tracks
-> Travelator -> Travelator Tracks

In this way, I can play All by an Artist or just an Album.
I also have a top level Item Called Techno, with Albums by Juno Reactor, Eat Static etc in it, so I can play a whole Genre =)

Jazz
(List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
Posted by: schofiel

Re: Chained playlists - 10/09/1999 06:25

Aggh! How come I didn't see this? I have exactly the same structural arrangement as you have. I suppose that an "Artists/Names ordered by alphabet/Albums" superlist of superlists is the thing to build now, in parallel with my "By Genre" structure, referencing the same album playlists. Smart cookie!

I suppose I should have sussed this from the "empeg-car" superlist. Well spotted, thanks!

Posted by: Jazzwire

Re: Chained playlists - 10/09/1999 06:33

No problem... Now all we need is that hierarchical playlists interface to make it easier to navigate.. =)

Jazz
(List 112, S/N 00030, 4 gig blue)
Posted by: schofiel

Re: Chained playlists - 10/09/1999 06:43

My thoughts exactly on the matter... {8^)

I have just tried it out, and whaddaya know? The simplest solutions are often the best.