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[xj32]

Is there a way in playlists to mimic the look of MC when it is in Artist or more specifically Pane mode?

I listen to most of my music in playlists, but I miss having larger album art and having each album show up with one cover for all of the tracks.

Right now each file has a tiny icon (small) version of the album cover. Large image does not work in playlist mode as it does in Pane view. Am I missing something or if it cannot, can you guys consider adding this in a future update?

Thanks!

XJ

[MrC]

Create a new view; maybe a categories or panes view.

Customize the view and Set rules for file display to the custom expression (paste using the dialog that appears after pressing the Import/Export button):

   [=IsInPlayingNow()]=1

Configure the view as you want.  Use F5 to refresh the view if/when necessary.

You might also like to have some identifiers on your current views that shows which files are in the Playing Now list, and which file is currently playing.

Here's my Name column:

IfElse(
    IsPlaying(),    <font color="ff0000">♪ <//font>,
    IsInPlayingNow(), ♪/
)[Name]

[xj32]

I am sorry...I understood none of that.  ? Is this something I need to do playlist by playlist or can it be a global view?

Do I start with

Customize View -> View as Panes -> add?

Is this where I start?

Sorry the programing aspect of MC does my head in...

XJ

[MrC]

1. Right-click on Audio in the tree and select Add Library View.
2. Enter a Name you want to call the view - perhaps In Playing Now, and click OK
3. Set the View As to Categories
4. Click the Add button to add a category - add Album
5. Set the View Details > Always show files option
6. Click Set rules for file display and then click the Import / Export button.  Paste in (with no leading or trailing spaces):

      [=IsInPlayingNow()]=1

and click OK and OK again.

Now you have a view that you can leave open, say, in a Tab that will show you all the items in your Playing Now playlist, and you can group these however you want.

[xj32]

Thanks that does work! Any way to get rid of the albums view at the top? I have a second window along the top which duplicates the album view?

[MrC]

Change the view type from Categories to File List (right-click the view in the tree, Customize View)

[xj32]

Thanks again

[xj32]

Ok, so this visually works, but for some reason now I open and start playing a playlist and then switch to this new view it looks the way I want, but it does not keep the albums and songs in the order that I have them in the playlist.

All I am trying to do here is mimic the look of playing playlists in iTunes.

[MrC]

There's no way to track the order of the Playing Now playlist in another view, so the best you can do is list its contents.

And the Playing Now file list doesn't have any grouping (which is required for the Large Thumbnails).  You can set the list style to Thumbnails, but I don't think this is what you want.

Its been this way a long time - maybe JRiver will make changes here in the future.  If you could set a Group By, then you could group by a unique value such that each group contains a single track, but you'd have large album artwork and the details you want.