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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Solomon on February 23, 2006, 04:06:01 pm

Title: How to play a playlist group?
Post by: Solomon on February 23, 2006, 04:06:01 pm

It used to be easy to add an entire playlist group to the Playing Now - I would just right-click on the group and select "play" or "add to playing now".  This feature seems to have disappeared in 11.1.  As best I can tell, I now have to left-click on the group, then double-click in the view pane, then select all, and then right-click to select "play".  WTF?

Solomon

Title: Re: How to play a playlist group?
Post by: MrHaugen on February 23, 2006, 06:40:48 pm

Thats strange. I'm using MC 11.1.121. Got no problem with that. I can add any list I want by right clicking and "add to playing now". I can even add my mothers grocarie list in .txt format :D

Title: Re: How to play a playlist group?
Post by: Matt on February 23, 2006, 07:27:21 pm

Calculating a playlist group can be very slow if there are a lot of children.  For this reason, we don't do this automatically on basic operations like right-click.

A simple workaround is to grab the group and drop it on the player area at the top of the program.

Title: Re: How to play a playlist group?
Post by: Solomon on February 28, 2006, 01:42:45 am

Quote from: MrHaugen on February 23, 2006, 06:40:48 pm

Thats strange. I'm using MC 11.1.121. Got no problem with that. I can add any list I want by right clicking and "add to playing now". I can even add my mothers grocarie list in .txt format :D

Yeah, works fine for playlists and smartlists.  I'm talking about playlist groups.

Title: Re: How to play a playlist group?
Post by: Solomon on February 28, 2006, 01:44:02 am

Quote from: Matt on February 23, 2006, 07:27:21 pm

Calculating a playlist group can be very slow if there are a lot of children.  For this reason, we don't do this automatically on basic operations like right-click.

I'm not asking for the list to be calculated when I right-click.  I want it to be calculated when I "Add to Playing Now".  Simply right-clicking shouldn't require any calculating.

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A simple workaround is to grab the group and drop it on the player area at the top of the program.

Hmm yes that works.  Sort of a drag though.  (Pun intended.)

Title: Re: How to play a playlist group?
Post by: newflavour on February 28, 2006, 03:55:42 am

this feature would be so handy.

Title: Re: How to play a playlist group?
Post by: wombat66 on June 29, 2006, 11:22:57 pm

Okay, now this IS confusing.

I'm running 11.1.187 and the help file says:

Play a Playlist Group
Select the Playlist Group in the organization tree, right click and select Play. This will play all the files in the Playlists and/or Smartlists within this group.

But as the above posts point out, the option is not there.

What's up?

After months of ripping, tagging, building playlists, etc. I am now putting MC into regular use. I just had a party and MC is now my only music source. I needed this option to play a playlist group but alas the option was not there, even though the help file says it should be.