Ok let's see what any maintainer comes back with over the next 72 hours it so (maybe longer as it is Easter)
Cheers
Simon
On 22 Apr 2011 11:01, "Frank" <
funtastix googlemail com> wrote:
> I'd wait a second, to see what the maintainers say. it's a different
> approach to implement a banshee patch than to implement an extension
> (Maybe a good place to see would be #banshee in irc.). I could make an
> extension like that for you in 10 min, are you able to compile it, if
> I give you basic instructions? I would base it on Banshee Community
> Extensions, but not commit it there for now, but rather put it in a
> clone on
gitorious.org.
>
> Frank
>
> On 22 April 2011 16:45, Simon West <
simonw appleam com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the answer, all I need now is for someone to write the code! I
>> am a PHP code but don't like hacking C++ or other languages I am not
>> familiar with. Any takers?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Simon West
>>
>> On 22 Apr 2011 09:31, "Frank" <
funtastix googlemail com> wrote:
>>> 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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>>>>
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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)?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Simon West
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chairman and Presenter
>>>>>> Apple AM : Taunton Hospital Radio
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> page, so you can search the web and help Taunton Hospital Radio. It
>>>>>> does not
>>>>>> cost us, or you, a penny - so it's a great way to support us every day.
>>>>>>
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