[mythtv-commits] Ticket #4077: Add tracks to playlist from main window

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#4077: Add tracks to playlist from main window
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 Reporter:  Paul Lambert <paul at planar.id.au>  |        Owner:  ijr    
     Type:  patch                                |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor                                |    Milestone:  unknown
Component:  mythmusic                            |      Version:  head   
 Severity:  low                                  |   Resolution:         
  Mlocked:  0                                    |  
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Comment(by Paul Lambert <paul at planar.id.au>):

 I was looking for an easy way to add songs that I was listening to to a
 playlist.  I have two problems with the current approach:

 1.  Pressing 3 to edit a playlist, then selecting the music, is not quite
 as intuitive as I would like.  I have friends with Windows MCE, at parties
 it is relatively easy for someone inexperienced to add music to what is
 playing.  With Mythtv it is harder, and I get taunted mercilessly for my
 open source software :-)

 2.  I have a lot of music.  Creating a playlist by looking at the artists
 is hard, and means you may overlook stuff. Most of the music I like is
 already in one of my other playlists, so it would be nice to add music
 from one playlist to another, which this patch allowed me to do.

 I accept that it has issues.  I'll take another look to see if there is a
 different way to achieve this.  I was trying to get some benefit without
 needing to undertake a full rewrite along the lines of what stuartm is
 suggesting - I know that people have tried this before but never really
 finished it.  I was hoping that by setting my sights low I could make some
 improvement that was achievable in a reasonable time.

 I do like the sound of stuart's changes though - that might give much more
 benefit.

 Happy for this to be left out until such a time as I make it better, and
 then consider again?

 For review, my intent is to modify this so that you can add selected or
 add playing, and to modify the second screen either so that you have the
 option of adding to any arbitrary playlist rather than active play queue.

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