Bugzilla – Bug 2415
Remember current playlist name when saving a modified playlist
Last modified: 2008-09-15 14:37:04 UTC
Using the web interface, I often find that when playing a certain playlist, I want to add a new song and SAVE. The problem is that when I select SAVE, the name of the playlist is always Untitled. I then have to manually enter the existing playlist name and also have to confirm overwrite. Change this so that the currently selected playlist name is transferred and Save works without confirmation. Confirmation may be applicable if another playlist than the currently played is selected.
when you start the playlist, does it report the name of the playlist correctly at the top of the current playlist on the right in your browser? When you add a song, does it then report the name correctly, with an added "(modified)"? Which skin are you using? is this with the latest 6.2.1 builds? (please try if you haven't already) does this happen with all playlists? how are you starting playback of those playlists? This is actually a bug, since a known playlist should be coming up named on save.
The name of the playlist appears correctly on the right. The playlist name is also reported correctly when a song is added, with modified. I haven't changed the skin, I use the default. I'm currently using 6.2b2 but I've had this problem with all 6.x.x versions. I start playback from the playlists either using Play from web interface (left side view) or from the Squeezebox unit.
Created attachment 966 [details] use standardTitle if currentPlaylist is known should be self-explanatory.
Looks good.
fixed in trunk at change 4939 fixed in 6.2.1 at change 4940 please update to oct 30 nightly when available or update svn.
Shouldn't the player UI (on the Squeezebox) behave in the same way? If I play a saved playlist, add one or several tracks and press and hold PLAY to save the modified playlist, at the moment I always have to enter the playlist name (which is some effort on the remote). It would be great if in this case the name of the modified playlist would already be shown after pressing and holding PLAY that I had only to confirm the name by pressing RIGHT. Is that possible?
good point. done in change 4949, and in 6.2.1 at change 4950
Using the latest 6.2.1, the name of the playlist seems to be remembered and appears to the left in the web interface when saving a modified playlist. But I don't understand why I have to confirm the overwrite, when I press save, I already know the name of the playlist and that I have changed it. It's not them same if I'd chosen another playlist name than the one I modified, another existing playlist that is. So I'd suggest getting rid of the superflous confirmation in this case.
sorry. that confirmation is by design, and is there to make sure you want to overwrite a modified version. This is by request of other users, so I'm afraid it is just one step you will have ot live with. I'm totally with you, I personally think it shoudl have been obvious when you know the playlist, but I already lost that fight. thanks.
OK, so why not add another button to the web interface, "Overwrite" in parallel with "Save"?
@kdf Great that you so quickly enhanced the player ui that the present playlist name is shown as default. That makes playlist handling much easier on the Squeezebox. Could it be also possible to position the cursor at the end of the playlist name (instead of at the beginning) so that it is only necessary to press RIGHT once to step forward to the confirmatino screen (at the moment you have to press RIGHT several times all through the displayed playlist name)?