[mythtv-users] 0.25 Music

[Paul Harrison]

On 19/03/12 23:32, David Watkins wrote:
> On 19 March 2012 23:04, Scott & Nicole Harris <snharris99 at live.com> wrote:
>>> From: Paul Harrison
>>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:15 PM
>>> To: Discussion about MythTV
>>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] 0.25 Music
>>> On 12/03/12 23:43, John Hoyt wrote:
>>>>>> I MUCH prefer the interface in mythtv. Select a Series (*cough* artist)
>>>>>> on the left), right arrow, scroll and select an episode (*cough* album)
>>>>>> and push PLAY..
>>>> I could not agree more on this point.
>>>>
>>> On the playlist editor screen Artist find the Artist you want then the
>>> Album or track you want to play, press SELECT or MENU then chose Replace
>>> and track(s) you selected will play.
>> There does not appear to be any such option (unless I am not understanding
>> you).  I am in the tree, go to a track press Menu; there are a lot of
>> options, but Replace is not one of them (not under "playlist Options"
>> either).  If I press select , it simply checks the track and adds it to the
>> playlist (or unchecks and removes).  Now, I can select an ALBUM or ARTIST
>> and there the Replace option, but not at the track level.
>>
>> Having said that, I am getting more accustomed to the new interface.  I
>> would still prefer a directory browse option, but in lieu of that, I think
>> the single thing that you could do that would improve the overall experience
>> IMHO is add an ability to split albums and artists into smaller sub groups
>> (i.e. A - E, F - J, K - O, P - T, U - Z) so browsing the tree, you'd end up
>> with Artists -> A-E -> 'Black Crowes' -> All Tracks, Albums, etc.  The
>> single biggest reason I used directory browse mode in pre 0.25 was to break
>> them up into smaller chunks so I didn't have to scroll for 15 minutes to get
>> to 'Meatloaf' from 'ABBA'.
> I agree that the scrolling is the biggest issue.  I can feel the
> batteries in my remote exhausting as I hold the button down for what
> seems like forever.
>
> Another solution would be to bind the number keys so that they behave
> like mobile phone alpha keys.
>
> ie pressing 2, cycles round artists beginning with A,B,C ; 3 - D,E,F etc.
>
> ..and if you had a keyboard, pressing 'm' would take you to artists
> beginning with 'm'.

You can always use the list search feature SEARCH (can't remember if
this is the default binding but it' CTRL+S for me) which if you have a
keyboard takes four key presses for me to get from ABBA to Meatloaf :)
The search is also available from the menu. OK it takes a little more
keypresses if you have to use the virtual keyboard but still way less
that having to scroll through the list.

Paul H.