[mythtv-users] Some questions about the new MythMusic (0.25)

[David Watkins]

Most of your questions have already been asked, and answered in this thread.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/516376

> First, in the old version of MythMusic, there were keybindings for changing
> the shuffle mode and repeat mode. These no longer work in 0.25 and I can't
> find replacements for them in the "Edit Keys" section. Have these been
> removed? The only way I've found to change these now are through the menu.

Most, if not all, of the keybindings have been removed.  There's a DIY
solution included in the above thread to add them back.

>
> But if I want to just listen to an album... I just can't figure out how to
> do that. I figure I have to go into the playlist editor but I can't find a
> Create New Playlist.

As far as I can tell selecting and playing tracks works the same as it
did under 0.24 except that, for some reason selecting a single track
does not cause it to start playing.  If you select an album it does
start playing so maybe the single track thing is unintentional?

> Also, a lot of the time I want to just listen to a
> single track, and then go back to the playlist. Do I have to create a
> playlist for just that one track?

I use the menu to clear the current playlist.

>
> In previous versions I'd just turn off shuffle, hit left till I got to the
> All My Music option and find the album/track. Piece of cake to do with a
> remote. In the new one, I just can't figure it out.



> It's also REALLY hard to find specific tracks. Yes, there's a search. But,
> again, I don't have a keyboard. It's extremely cumbersome to use a remote
> control to type things on a keyboard. Scrolling through an alphabetical list
> was a breeze.

In the select music window use the menu to clear the current playlist,
then you can scroll through artists, genres, albums etc much as in
0.24.  If you have lots of artists or albums then scrolling through
long lists becomes a chore. A patch to speed up the list scrolling was
included in the above thread.

>
> And with the new version, once I find the track I want... I have no idea how
> to tell it "Ok, play this track now". I can add it to the current playlist,
> but I don't want that. I just want it to play that track.

If you add a single track, you have to select the track in the
playlist and then press enter to make it play.