Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Post-Amarok questions: related songs and auto-scoring

[Daniel Falk <daniel-rhythmbox mbx zapto org>]

Jason Bodnar wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:54:24 +0200, Marcin Kasperski wrote
>   
> > - easy access to songs related to the currently playing song (other
> >   songs from the same album, other songs by the same singer). My 
> > usage  scenario is: I mostly listen to random songs (in rhythmbox 
> > this  means shuffle mode on on whole collection), but often I decide 
> > I'd  like to listen to more songs of the current artist. In amarok I 
> > see  his albums on the left, I can right-click some album and 
> > enqueue it  to the playlist.  Is rhythmbox able to do sth similar?
> >     
>
> Ctl-j will make sure the browser is on the song you're listening to and then
> right click on it and you'll see menu options for Browse This
> {Genre,Artists,Album}.
>
>   
Yes, that's true, but it then it will only play from that album until 
you browse the whole collection once more. You'll find that there is no 
equivalent in Rhythmbox to a "Now Playing" playlist.  You either play 
the Music directly in the browser, or create a playlist and play that.  
Just mess with it and you'll see what I mean.  To my knowledge, there's 
not a good gnome player that works like Amarok does in that regard.


So if you want to keep in "Shuffle mode", right click the song, "Browse 
this Album", Select all the songs, and then right click and select "Add 
to Play Queue".  That ensures that they will be played next.  And then 
clear out of the album filter so that all songs are visible again.  Hope 
that makes sense.