[mythtv-users] Alternatives to MythMusic in 0.25, has anyone already found one?

[Scott and Nicole Harris]

> On 25/04/2012 17:29, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Mike Perkins
> > <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> >> Um, the same way I select a recording in "Watch Recordings" and it starts
> >> playing? The same way I click on a video and it starts playing?
> >
> > I'll try this again when I get home tonight. I don't think I tried it
> > with individual tracks. When you select and album or artist it starts
> > playing, but maybe tracks are different for some reason.
>
> Yep, if you select an album it immediately starts playing, so the only
> really awkward thing is that you have to change view to the playlist
> editor before you can get started. Perhaps, if one shutsdown the FE
> correctly, that view selection is remembered, so you have to make
> the view change only once.

It doesn't.  I have not found a way to have your previous view retained, it always defaults to the "Current Playlist" view. 
> Tracks being different to albums is a bit confusing. It would perhaps
> be better if the current playlist started as soon as it was non empty,
> whether it be by the addition of a track or an album. Also it is a
> huge pain that selections are lost if the frontend is just killed off.


Agreed, changing the way things are saved to make them more immediate would be a huge plus.