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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: benn600 on October 12, 2007, 07:40:15 pm

Title: Play from A to B (A->B)?
Post by: benn600 on October 12, 2007, 07:40:15 pm
Is there a way to play audio files, specifically FLAC, from a starting point to an ending point?  This is possible in iTunes and would be a great feature addition if it's not possible now.  In the preview options, there are play 30 seconds from 30 seconds in, etc... a custom option would work perfectly.

A user could specify: Start(2:00),End(2:50)
Or simply Start(2:00),End(0)

End(0) would indicate the end.
Title: Re: Play from A to B (A->B)?
Post by: Mr ChriZ on April 10, 2008, 04:36:57 am
A friends just asked if there's a way of doing this for a pub quiz,
where they preview parts of the audio.
Would be a nice feature
Title: Re: Play from A to B (A->B)?
Post by: Raphoune on April 10, 2008, 06:13:40 am
I was just looking for old "A-B Loop" requests (like this one (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=15979.0)) when I got back to the Media Center 12 section and found this thread.
If I understand correctly, you want to play a specific part of several songs. I need to play a specific part of one song several times. Maybe both functionalities could be merged into one.
The A-B repeat is a very old request (I found one in a June 2003 post), and I would definitely like to see it implemented in MC.

Title: Re: Play from A to B (A->B)?
Post by: akamia on June 29, 2008, 03:35:03 pm

Hi,

any news about A-->B loops?

In video mode we can use the "Use Bookmark" function to play from the last position. In a lot of songs only the middle part are interesting - but I don't like to use a modified version using an audio editor.

It should be possible to keep the start and the end point in the database.
Title: Re: Play from A to B (A->B)?
Post by: StFeder on June 30, 2008, 03:32:44 am
In video mode we can use the "Use Bookmark" function to play from the last position.

You're able to use bookmarking with audio files as well!

You may take a look at Larrys explanations (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=42615.msg296089#msg296089) to see how to use it. Here is a short extract:

[...] The "Use Bookmarking" field (i.e. NOT "Bookmark," but "Use Bookmarking") has 3 possible values:  Default, Yes, and No. [...] "Yes" enables bookmarking on a file. [...] When bookmarking is enabled, it puts a value in the "Bookmark" field.  [...]

The "Default" setting appears to look at the "Media Sub Type" field to determine whether or not bookmarking should be used.  [...] so far I've found that both "Audiobooks" and "Podcasts" default to "Yes."   [...]

The "Use Bookmarking" in MC can't be used to set "permanent" bookmarks [...]. The MC bookmarking feature is essentially a "resume playback" feature [...]

Larry