GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 330477
Select song as "next song" being played
Last modified: 2008-02-08 04:16:22 UTC
An entry in the context menu of a song "Set as next song". If this entry is selected, the song becomes marked as "next played" (maybe a small icon) and is played after the currently played song. This way I can choose the next song, that should be played without changing the current order of the playlist.
An improvement over this would be some kind of queueing concept (much like introduced in the latest version of Rhythmbox - certainly 0.9.3 has it). Songs dragged to a queue region of the window are queued until after the current song has been played, then the queue is played, then the player resumes where it previously was. Skipping moves first through the queue list. The rhythmbox implementation works well and intuitively.
I didn't know, that rhythmbox already has this, I was inspired by amarok. But the idea of a queue is even better, than a "next song" flag.
Moving to the User Interface component.
This could and should be implemented as a plugin mimicking rhythmbox's "Queue" concept. I'm no expert on banshee internals, but I imagine this wouldn't be to hard to implement for some with some C# skills and time to kill. Maybe something like the GNOME Love initiative is in order for Banshee, let's call it Banshee Love. :) Cheers!
I am working on a new playback model right now which will allow for dedicated playback from a selected source. This will solve a number of playback issues. Once this is done, a play queue source can be written to provide this specific functionality.
(In reply to comment #5) > I am working on a new playback model right now which will allow for dedicated > playback from a selected source. This will solve a number of playback issues. > Once this is done, a play queue source can be written to provide this specific > functionality. Could you explain this functionality a little more? I'm working on a plugin with very similar functionality (the shuffle playlist from way back when, which could easily become a play queue plugin with the option to autofill), so this sounds relevant.
*** Bug 354120 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 354770 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
It seems that banshee svn has the current queue capability. Sounds like this bug is coming much closer to resolution. Do we just need a menu option/drag&drop feature to add items to the queue to be added to the interface now?
See Bug 337308 for the queue feature.
I think the queue adds everything we need here. Closing, but feel free to reopen if there's anything else to be tracked here.