GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 339796
explicit activation of a track shouldn't be overriden by the queue.
Last modified: 2006-06-11 11:21:28 UTC
That bug has been opened on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/39129 "After I accidentally double-clicked the Podcasts items (in the Sources list), Rhythmbox started play the first track available in the 'Queued songs' list, which makes no sense. ... I can reproduce this. But I think it is not a bug but a feature. Double-clicking the podcast would start playing the available podcasts. If none exist, proceed playing normal tracks, if some tracks are queued, play them first. ... I have podcasts available (LUGRadio), but still the first song in the queue is played... "
This could be related to lugradio problems, see bug #330766.
This isn't related to 330766. The queue overrides normal play-order behaviour, and the reporter is asking that double-clicking (or otherwise activating) a track shouldn't be overridden by the queue. It makes sense to me, because the use has explicitly asked that the track be played - I'm retitling the bug to be clearer.
Activation of a track (or podcast episode, or whatever else) is not overridden by the queue, but activation of a source is. I think the current behaviour is correct. Activating a source is more or less saying "play me something", which seems to me to be a lower priority than playing the queued tracks.
Ah, good point. I agree that "play something" should be a lower priority, and changing it would result in other odd situations, so the behaviour is by design.
I really don't agree. For example, when I activate the 'Podcasts' source I'm basically saying, 'play me a podcast', not 'play me something/anything'... There is no logic to be found in always playing the queue, the queue shouldn't override anything. Otherwise folks would have to clear their queue to regain control over their music player. Which is not a good thing (tm).