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Wishlist - auto switch between gapless and crossfade

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gpvillamil:
Here's a simple idea that would make life much easier: auto switch between gapless and crossfade playback. It can be implemented with a simple rule.

If the next track is from the same album, and the track # is consecutive, then make a gapless transition (ie you are hearing the album as the artist intended).

If the next track is from another album OR the track # is not consecutive, then crossfade (ie you have made your own mix, either by shuffling, building a playlist, etc).

For me this would totally remove the need to switch between alternate playback modes.

Doof:
That would rock.

Another thing I've often wanted but I have no idea how you'd make a good gui handle it would be to somehow mark certain tracks that always stick together in a certain order when you do a shuffle.

gpvillamil:

--- Quote from: Doof on June 27, 2006, 10:59:46 am ---That would rock.

Another thing I've often wanted but I have no idea how you'd make a good gui handle it would be to somehow mark certain tracks that always stick together in a certain order when you do a shuffle.

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Hmm - put them in a playlist, and have the option to treat playlists as if they were a single file? Whenever it appeared in another playlist or a playing now window, it could have a little handle to indicate that it contained other songs.

datdude:
Now were talking auto DJ type features, which is the last mile type of user experience thing that MC needs to be the player that slays them all.

gpvillamil:

--- Quote from: datdude on June 28, 2006, 01:52:12 am ---Now were talking auto DJ type features, which is the last mile type of user experience thing that MC needs to be the player that slays them all.

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Yeah, I agree.

It would be cool if MC had some kind of neato auto-DJ, collaborative filtering, Liveplasma-like, total entertainment experience creation capability.

It's almost there - the ability to put the UI and the fullscreen display on separate monitors, the system of zones, automatic panning and zooming of images, handling of multiple media types...

If nailed down properly, this could open up the corporate/trade-show installation market.

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