Sync playlists to SD card [#8254]

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Re: Sync playlists to SD card [#8254]

by nelem » Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:43 am

I know this is an old thread but this feature to create a list of Artists, etc in the sync would be very useful especially if you have a lot of Various Artist compilations in the collection. So I would request an additional distinction between Artist & Album Artist.

I suspect that many users will sync a playlist as a subset of their full collection for use on a smaller device.

BTW, this ticket has been open three years http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8254 so people are still interested!

Cheers

Re: Sync playlists to SD card [#8254]

by Lowlander » Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:58 am

It would be nice though it if could create Artist Playlist when just syncing Playlists as well.

Re: Sync playlists to SD card [#8254]

by nohitter151 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:23 am

mcow wrote:That bug exactly describes why I thought it was broken.
Nope, it's always worked that way, you need to check the artist/album/etc. in order to generate those playlists.

Re: Sync playlists to SD card [#8254]

by mcow » Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:39 pm

That bug exactly describes why I thought it was broken.

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by kiwichick » Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:30 pm

Ludek wrote:Ok, I added new issue to Mantis in order to cover this confusion: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8254
Thanks Ludek. So is there any way for me to create the playlists that I want? It wouldn't have to be from the sync-options.This is my situation:

I have a playlist that contains all my favourite songs. The Auto-Playlist, that I sync to my SD Card, generates an 850MB "Random" selection of those songs. It isn't an Artist-specific playlist as I think you meant at Mantis:

"i.e. if Playlists -> ABBA is checked then the M3U isn't generated for ABBA".

What I was hoping for was playlists just for the Artists of the songs the Auto-Playlist generates. Is this possible? Cheers.

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by Ludek » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:44 am

Ok, I added new issue to Mantis in order to cover this confusion: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8254

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by kiwichick » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:05 pm

Ludek wrote:...checked some artists on the auto-sync list page? i.e. you must check e.g. Music -> Artist -> ABBA and then the M3U is generated for ABBA
For me, this was not the expected behaviour and therein lies the confusion :D I have just one Auto-Playlist that I sync to my SD Card and that is checked on the Auto-Sync list tab. When I read "Generate device playlists" for "Artists" I expected it to draw the Artists from that Auto-Playlist and 'Generate playlists' for them. Sorry, but there's nothing there on the Options/Playlists tab that says to me I need select Artists somewhere else - my bad :oops:

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by mcow » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:44 am

Ludek wrote:I cannot reproduce, it is fixed in 1415 and higher.

Are you sure that you tested 1415 and higher and that you checked some artists on the auto-sync list page?
i.e. you must check e.g. Music -> Artist -> ABBA and then the M3U is generated for ABBA
I see. OK, that works, at least for Albums.

This requires a change in how I use this feature. Currently, I have one playlist to which I add the albums I want to sync, and I want individual M3Us for each of those albums.

I see there are some advantages to doing things the way you suggest, but having a way to add an album to the sync-list from the main tree would be useful.

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by Ludek » Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:54 am

I cannot reproduce, it is fixed in 1415 and higher.

Are you sure that you tested 1415 and higher and that you checked some artists on the auto-sync list page?
i.e. you must check e.g. Music -> Artist -> ABBA and then the M3U is generated for ABBA

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by kiwichick » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:20 pm

mcow wrote:It's not fixed, despite the bug status.
Thanks for confirming that mcow. Can someone please re-open the bug report?

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by mcow » Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:29 am

It's not fixed, despite the bug status.

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by kiwichick » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:47 am

Sorry, nohitter151, I forgot to mention that - 1415 when I posted but I've just installed 1416 and the problem still exists. In fact the Playlists folder hasn't even been created this time. Cheers.

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by nohitter151 » Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:50 pm

kiwichick wrote:Coolies, thanks nohitter151, but I'm a bit confused about the Mantis page as it says this has been fixed.
You never indicated which build you were on.

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by kiwichick » Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:47 pm

Coolies, thanks nohitter151, but I'm a bit confused about the Mantis page as it says this has been fixed.

Re: Sync playlists to SD card

by nohitter151 » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:00 pm

already reported: http://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=8205

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