Re: [Banshee-List] Feature request: Stop when finished permanent

[Frank <funtastix googlemail com>]

I see now, thanks for clarifying this.

This would be my approach: Add an additional: "Always stop after playing a song" option in the playback menu, that, whatever you play, makes Banshee always just play one song at a time. That wouldn't be hard to do, but I do not know, how common that usecase is to include it in the product. There would be the option of writing a custom extension for this, which would be only a couple of lines of code, really.

On 22 April 2011 15:03, Simon West <simonw appleam com> wrote:

Ok, sorry if it was confusing.

I present a radio show. I compile a playlist for my show, and then when I am actually presenting the show the process is as follows:

Play the first track... as it ends (or fades) start talking. When it does end, I want playback to stop (as it does with "Stop when finished" selected)

As I come to the end of talking, I want to start the next track in the playlist... talk up to the vocals and then let the track play.

All good with Banshee so far... however, when this next track comes to an end I want the same process to happen. Banshee currently resets the "Stop when finished" selection to off (i.e. DON'T stop at the end of this track)

I can actually achieve what I want with keystrokes - press N for next track then shift-space to re-enable stop when finished... however this is not 100% reliable as if I hit shift-space twice by accident it toggles stop-when-finished off again so I have to use the mouse to check.

So, all I want is the stop-when-finished menu item to stay on when I select it, although I suspect some users won't want this so it will need tree states (on, off, always on)

Hope this clarifies my request and sorry again for any confusion... the requirement is not easy to describe!

Kind regards

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On 22 April 2011 08:39, Frank <funtastix googlemail com> wrote:

I have read three times now, and I still do not completely get it. See comments below.

I understand as far as that you are playing a playlist and then do something else (what, i haven't understood yet). You want the playlist to stop (in what event I do not completely understand yet) and resume later (after you hit spacebar).

On 22 April 2011 14:26, Simon West <simonw appleam com> wrote:

Hi all,

I have only just started using Banshee - it seems brilliant but there is one feature I would really love to see. The "Stop when finished" menu item is vital to use Banshee when presenting for a radio station... but it switches itself off every time I play another track.

What is "it" (i.e. what switches off) and what is meant by "switching off"?

Where do you play "another track"?

 

All I want is the option to have it "permanently" on - ie a toggle that makes every track I play in my playlist end and then queue and wait with the next track ready to go. I can then just hit the space bar when I have finished the link and the next track will play. Would this be really difficult to do?

What kind of "link" do you "finish" (how and where)?

 

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