Auto-queueing Sequential Tracks

[Kimball Robinson]

On Wednesday 28 March 2007 20:42, Ian Monroe wrote:
> Mode->Random->Albums

Thanks, but no.  Mode->Random->Albums would be a kludgy way to do it:  I have 
a single album in which each score or peice is separated into several tracks.  
For example, here is a short playlist showing three files (tracks) which 
together are *one* peice, Bach's little fugue in G Minor.  The album itself 
covers many artists, genres, and styles, so the above suggestion does not 
work.
/music_an_appreciation/1_68-bach__little_fugue_in_g_minor__01.ogg
/music_an_appreciation/1_69-bach__little_fugue_in_g_minor__02.ogg
/music_an_appreciation/1_70-bach__little_fugue_in_g_minor__03.ogg

The entire CD is full of similarly separated peices.  I do *not* want to play 
the entire album together using album-random mode.  I want to play just this 
sequence of tracks, together, anytime the first track is queued.

To explain this even furhter, if my dynamic playlist (let's call it "Baroque 
Music") randomly added track 1_68 to the list, then tracks 1_69 and 1_70 
should be added as well, in the proper order.  However, I do NOT want to 
queue the file 4_65-bernstein__west_side_story_tonight_ensemble__02.ogg since 
it is an entirely different genre and should NOT be in my collection of 
Baroque music.

Possible solutions include being able to group files not just by album but by 
other tags, and using the above mentioned solution;  another option would be 
the capability of a third party script to recognize the presence of track 
2_06 and replace it with the entire group...

Another solution might be to allow for ripping of multiple tracks as one 
track, though this is far less than optimal: the music appreciation cd offers 
the separation of tracks for study purposes as well.

> On 3/24/07, Kimball Robinson <zwokkqxpozgc+nznebxRznvyYvfg1 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > I have some media files that are essentially sequential in nature and
> > which ought to always be viewed in order.  However, including these
> > tracks in a shuffled/random playlist poses a problem.
> >
> > What I would like is some way to flag albums or groups of files so that
> > they will be played together, and kept together during playlist
> > shuffling/randomization.
> >
> > Any ideas?  If not, should this turn into a feature request?

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-Kimball Robinson
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