[mythtv-users] 'i' key doesn't work in Mythmusic playlist + other questions

[ffrr]

David Watkins wrote:

>On 07/11/05, ffrr <ffrr at tpg.com.au> wrote:
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>>ffrr wrote:
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>>>David Watkins wrote:
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>>>>>Can you jump down the list?  Example, I am looking at the list of
>>>>>artists, and all the A s are showing.  Can I jump down to those
>>>>>starting
>>>>>with 'S', or even filter the list so it only shows those starting
>>>>>with a
>>>>>certain letter?
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>>>>I'm running 18.1 and the number keys allow jumping down the list.  I
>>>>assume that it's like mobile phone text eg. '2' jumps to the 'A's and
>>>>'9' to the 'W's.  However I haven't checked this.  It's useful though.
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>>>Thanks, I will experiment.
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>>Nope, it's just thoroughly weird.  For example, a 1 key jumps halfway
>>through the B section.  Maybe it's just dividing the list into 10%
>>chunks, so for example, 4 jumps to 40%.
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>OK that figures.  I thought it didn't feel quite right, but I'm not
>good at texting and assumed that I was getting confused.  So far I've
>only got about 30 albums captured, so navigation isn't difficult.  I
>can see it would get tricky with a few hundred though.
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Yes it does.


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>>What I really want is to be able to select files as per the directory
>>structure I keep them in.  Funny, but that seems the easiest way.
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>Have you looked at the music area of Media Setting, in the frontend setup up?
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>I believe you can change the way listings are displayed by reordering
>the keywords such as /GENRE/YEAR/ARTIST/TRACK etc etc.
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>Without knowing your directory structure I'm not sure whether this
>will do what you want though.
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I will try

Thanks for your help