[mythtv-users] 0.25 Music

[Christopher Kerr]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Mike Perkins
<mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> On 28/02/12 19:17, Paul Harrison wrote:
>>
>> In the search view you can press PLAY on a track and it will be added to
>> the playlist and played immediately or you can select the 'Add to
>> Playlist and Play' option in the popup menu. That should be added to the
>> playlist editor as well for consistency. The only reason I haven't done
>> it yet is because I don't like overloading the PLAY button like that. It
>> can be quite annoying if you go to pause playback but end up adding and
>> playing another track by mistake.
>>
> ...which proves the point that the track ought not to have been in a playlist in
> the first place. What's wrong with just playing a track I selected?

I think it's a question of working the way most people expect.
Consider a common scenario.

You select a single track from a list you've browsed to, likely an Album. Then:
a) Only that single track plays.
b) The list (album) continues to play from that track.

I, for one, would expect b), which implies a playlist. In my own
usage, the appeal of a "clear the playlist, add this song and play it"
button would be pretty niche.

- Chris