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diff --git a/manual/working_with_playlists/main.tex b/manual/working_with_playlists/main.tex index d478dcd283..45c57e34b4 100644 --- a/manual/working_with_playlists/main.tex +++ b/manual/working_with_playlists/main.tex @@ -17,19 +17,15 @@ playlists: \item[Dynamic playlist.] A dynamic playlist is a playlist that is created ``On the fly.'' Any time you insert or queue tracks using the - \setting{Current Playlist submenu} (see \reference{ref:currentplaylist_submenu}), you are + \setting{Playing Next Submenu} (see \reference{ref:playingnext_submenu}), you are creating (or adding to) a dynamic playlist. -\item[Insert.] In Rockbox, to \setting{Insert} an item into a playlist means - putting an item into a playlist and leaving it there, even after it is - played. As you will see later in this chapter, Rockbox can \setting{Insert} - into a playlist in several places. +\item[Play/Add.] In Rockbox, to \setting{Play} or \setting{Add} an item means + putting it into a playlist and leaving it there, even after it is + played. -\item[Queue.] In Rockbox, to \setting{Queue} a song means to put the song - into a playlist and then to remove the song from the playlist once it has - been played. The only difference between \setting{Insert} and - \setting{Queue} is that the \setting{Queue} option removes the song from the - playlist once it has been played, and the \setting{Insert} option does not. +\item[Queue.] To \setting{Queue} a song means to put it into a playlist, but then + to remove the song from the playlist once it has been played. \end{description} \subsection{Creating playlists} @@ -48,18 +44,18 @@ song. rather than erasing the current playlist, see the section below on how to add music to a playlist.} -\subsubsection{By using the Clear List \& Play Next function} -The \setting{Clear List \& Play Next} function as described in -\ref{ref:currentplaylist_submenu} will replace the dynamic playlist with the selected -tracks. If a track is currently playing, it is only removed once it’s finished -playing. - -\subsubsection{\label{ref:playlist_catalogue}By using the Playlist catalogue} -The \setting{Playlist catalogue} makes it possible to modify and create -playlists that are not currently playing. To do this select \setting{Playlist -catalogue} in the \setting{Context Menu}. There you will have two choices, -\setting{Add to playlist} adds the selected track or directory to an existing -playlist and \setting{Add to a new playlist} creates a new playlist containing +\subsubsection{By using the Play or Play Shuffled functions} +The \setting{Play} function as described in \ref{ref:playingnext_submenu} +will replace the dynamic playlist with the selected tracks. The \setting{Play +Shuffled} function is similar, except the selected tracks will be added to the +playlist in a random order. + +\subsubsection{\label{ref:addtoplaylist_submenu}By using the Add to Playlist submenu} +The \setting{Add to Playlist submenu} makes it possible to modify and create +playlists that are not currently playing. To do this select \setting{Add to Playlist...} +in the \setting{Context Menu}. There you will have two choices, +\setting{Add to Existing Playlist} adds the selected track or directory to an existing +playlist and \setting{Add to New Playlist} creates a new playlist containing the selected track or directory. \note{All playlists in the \setting{Playlist catalogue} are stored by default @@ -75,39 +71,39 @@ To create a playlist containing some or all of the music on your \dap{}, you can \subsection{Adding music to playlists} -\subsubsection{\label{ref:currentplaylist_submenu}Adding music to a dynamic playlist} -\screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-playlist-menu}{The Current Playlist Submenu}{} -The \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} is a submenu in the \setting{Context Menu} (see +\subsubsection{\label{ref:playingnext_submenu}Adding music to a dynamic playlist} +\screenshot{rockbox_interface/images/ss-playlist-menu}{The Playing Next Submenu}{} +The \setting{Playing Next Submenu} is a submenu in the \setting{Context Menu} (see \reference{ref:Contextmenu}), it allows you to put tracks into a ``dynamic playlist''. The place in which the newly selected tracks are added to the playlist is determined by these options: \begin{description} -\item [Insert.] Add track(s) after the most recently added tracks or, if tracks -have not been added yet, immediately after the currently playing track. +\item [Play Next.] Play track(s) immediately after the currently playing track. -\item [Insert Next.] Add track(s) immediately after the currently playing track. +\item [Add.] Add track(s) after the most recently added tracks or, if tracks +have not been added yet, immediately after the currently playing track. -\item [Insert Last.] Add track(s) to the end of the playlist. +\item [Play Last.] Add track(s) to the end of the playlist. -\item [Insert Shuffled.] Add track(s) to the playlist at random positions. +\item [Add Shuffled.] Add track(s) to the playlist at random positions. -\item [Insert Last Shuffled.] Add tracks in a random order to the end of the playlist. +\item [Play Last Shuffled.] Add tracks in a random order to the end of the playlist. \end{description} -If you want the existing playlist entries to first be removed before -selected tracks are inserted, the following two options will achieve that effect. -They are also available when playback is stopped, whereas the rest of the options -require music to be playing or paused. +If you'd like to replace the current playlist with the new selection, the +following two options will achieve that effect. \begin{description} -\item [Clear List \& Play Next.] Replace all entries in the dynamic playlist with -selected tracks. If a track is currently playing, it will be removed once it’s -finished playing. - -\item [Clear List \& Play Shuffled.] Similar, except tracks are added in random order. -Only available when playback is stopped. +\item [Play.] Replace all entries in the dynamic playlist with the selected + tracks. If \setting{Keep Current Track When Replacing Playlist} is set to + \setting{Yes}, the new tracks will play after the current track finishes + playing; if no track is playing or the setting is \setting{No}, the new + tracks will begin playing immediately. + +\item [Play Shuffled.] Similar, except the tracks will be added to the new + playlist in random order. \end{description} Another possibility is to add tracks \emph{temporarily} to the dynamic playlist. @@ -116,27 +112,26 @@ removed from the playlist after they have been played. They are also not saved to the playlist file (see \reference{ref:playlistoptions}). \begin{description} -\item [Queue.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert}. +\item [Queue Next.] Corresponds to \setting{Play Next}. -\item [Queue Next.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert Next}. +\item [Queue.] Corresponds to \setting{Add}. -\item [Queue Last.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert Last}. +\item [Queue Last.] Corresponds to \setting{Play Last}. -\item [Queue Shuffled.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert Shuffled}. +\item [Queue Shuffled.] Corresponds to \setting{Add Shuffled}. -\item [Queue Last Shuffled.] Corresponds to \setting{Insert Last Shuffled}. +\item [Queue Last Shuffled.] Corresponds to \setting{Play Last Shuffled}. \end{description} -\note{You can hide the options to add shuffled tracks or to queue tracks, if you wish. -The latter can also be put into its own submenu. Simply go to +\note{Visibility of options to add shuffled tracks or to queue tracks can be toggled by going to \setting{Settings} $\rightarrow$ \setting{General Settings} $\rightarrow$ \setting{Playlists} -$\rightarrow$ \setting{Current Playlist} and select either \setting{Show Shuffled Adding Options} +$\rightarrow$ \setting{Current Playlist}. Select either \setting{Show Shuffled Adding Options} or \setting{Show Queue Options} to customize the displayed set of options.} -The \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} can be used to add either single tracks or -entire directories to a playlist. If the \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} is +The \setting{Playing Next Submenu} can be used to add either single tracks or +entire directories to a playlist. If the \setting{Playing Next Submenu} is invoked on a single track, it will put only that track into the playlist. -On the other hand, if the \setting{Current Playlist Submenu} is invoked on a +On the other hand, if the \setting{Playing Next Submenu} is invoked on a directory, Rockbox adds all of the tracks in that directory to the playlist. @@ -157,13 +152,13 @@ were before shutdown. \subsection{Modifying playlists} \subsubsection{Reshuffling} -Reshuffling the current playlist is easily done from the \setting{Playlist} +Reshuffling the current playlist is easily done from the \setting{Current Playlist} sub menu in the WPS, just select \setting{Reshuffle}. \subsubsection{Moving and removing tracks} To move or remove a track from the current playlist enter the \setting{Playlist Viewer} by selecting \setting{View Current Playlist} in the -\setting{Playlist} submenu in the WPS context menu or the \setting{Main Menu}. +\setting{Current Playlist} submenu in the WPS context menu or the \setting{Main Menu}. Once in the \setting{Playlist Viewer} open the context menu on the track you want to move or remove. If you want to move the track, select \setting{Move} in the context menu and then move the blinking cursor to the place where you want @@ -171,10 +166,10 @@ the track to be moved and confirm with \ActionStdOk. To remove a track, simply select \setting{Remove} in the context menu. \subsection{Saving playlists} -To save the current playlist either enter the \setting{Playlist} submenu +To save the current playlist either enter the \setting{Current Playlist} submenu in the \setting{WPS Context Menu} (see \reference{sec:contextmenu}) and -select \setting{Save Current Playlist} or enter the -\setting{Playlist Options} menu in the \setting{Main Menu} and select +select \setting{Save Current Playlist} or enter the context menu for the +\setting{Playlist catalogue} in the \setting{Main Menu} and select \setting{Save Current Playlist}. Either method will bring you to the \setting{Virtual Keyboard} (see \reference{sec:virtual_keyboard}), enter a filename for your playlist and |