Re: [Banshee-devel-list] New Community Extension "JustPlayFiles" to solve bgo#634717

[Frank <funtastix googlemail com>]

I guess it's rather "auto-purge on load":

If I have anything in the queue (might be one item, might be an
external playlist because I opened a m3u file) it will be lost if I
open another external file. That changes the current behavior
fundamentally, especially as the FSQ is designed to be a queue that
builds up over time. That is its very feature. So this must be
configurable by the user, requiring a user selectable choice... but
where? In the right-click menu as "Auto-purge"? Does anyone understand
that?

On 17 March 2011 12:15, Chow Loong Jin <hyperair gmail com> wrote:
> On Thursday 17,March,2011 12:11 PM, Frank wrote:
>> Thanks for the quick comment.
>>
>> Hmm. I just see, it is sort of its own library (technically files do
>> get imported). I recall having problems when not clearing the queue,
>> and then having files that did not exists anymore. The other option
>> would have been to alter the FSQ to clear if a new file is opened,
>> like totem does, but that wouldn't be a queue anymore. As I can see
>> the use for the FSQ (just not the way I use Banshee) I rather put an
>> alternative next to it than starting to modify it.
>>
>> Btw: I can actually add files from the FSQ to my library just by
>> dragging it from the FSQ over the library and it gets there instantly!
>>
>> If I personally want something in my Library I just move it to that
>> folder (and have the library watcher active) or (if I wouldn't care
>> about location) drag it into banshee (over the library source). If I
>> don't want it in Banshee, I just want Banshee to play and I don't want
>> to see it again once I go on playing my library, whereas FSQ queues it
>> and plays the queue instead of continuing what I did before or
>> "shutting up" (especially if you have "repeat all" enabled it can be
>> annoying!).
>>
>> Hope this clarifies the use of the proposed extension.
>>
>
> I see, so basically the issue is that the FSQ doesn't auto-purge when it's done?
> Perhaps a patch to the current FSQ would be better for that then, rather than
> creating a whole new extension? I feel that having too many extensions doing the
> same thing can get pretty confusing to the end-user, really.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Loong Jin
>
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