[mythtv] Thor's New Playlist Interface 101

[thor]

On Wednesday 26 March 2003 06:04 pm, jasonmiller wrote:
> Thor's new playlist functionality is a great addition but is somewhat
> difficult to figure out in the absence of any documentation :) 

	Thanks for getting the ball rolling on this.

>
> Q: How do I create a new playlist?
> A: Using the MythMusic 'Select Music' menu option, setup the playlist as
> you normally would by adding songs or other playlists as needed.  When you
> are ready to save the new playlist, highlight 'Active Play Queue' at the
> bottom of the selection tree and hit the 'i' key. This will popup a menu
> allowing you to name and save the new playlist.
>

	You can also hit Enter to bring up the popup on the Active Play Queue. This 
does not work on the playlists above, as Enter is obviously bound to 
checking/unchecking the boxes.

	Any number (ie. keypad on remote) will also bring up the menu in both cases.

> Q: How do I enter the playlist name in the text field without a keyboard?
> A: Use the keypad number keys (bound to your remote) to select letters cell
> phone style.

	Quasi-cell phone style. Keys 2-9 work pretty much like any cell phone text 
entry. 1 cycles through a few special characters, delete, and space. 0 is 
like a CAPS LOCK. Hard to describe, fairly easy to use. You will soon be able 
to specify the cycle timing in a Setup screen. You can type fairly quickly 
through a combination of jumping around the number keys AND hitting a 
non-number key (right arrow is particularily good for this) to force the 
current character.

>
> Q: How do I edit a playlist?
> A: Highlight the playlist in the selection tree and hit the 'i' key then
> select 'Move to Active Play Queue' in the popup.  Now you can modify the
> 'Active Play Queue' like normal, adding songs and playlists by selecting
> them from the song tree.  When you are done, highlight the 'Active Play
> Queue' in the selection tree and hit the 'i' key then select 'Save Back to
> Playlist Tree'.
>

	And whatever you were editing as your Active Queue before you moved an 
existing playlist "on top" of Active reappears. Think of Active has having a 
push on, pop off capability, but with a depth of only 1.

> Q: How do I delete an item from a playlist?
> A: Highlight the item in the selection tree and hit the 'd' key.

	Some ongoing debate about this ... could use i to get a popup with only one 
menu item (delete). That would be consistent and require one less key binding 
(no d). Suggestions welcome.

- thor