Does a "Add Current Song to Playlist" Script Actually Exist?

[BestGuest]

Hmmm...
Have you seen this topic? http://mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic. ... o+playlist

[NextBestGuest]

Or what about: Righclick song, "Send To/Playlist/..whateveryouwant..
Yes, i will stop reply now

[Onweerwolf]

That's not what we want. We want to have a hotkey assigned to a function that will copy the now playing or currently selected song to a predefined playlist.

[nohitter151]

(Additionally, I must admit my sincere hope was to get something that I could assign to a keystroke ... and it doesn't show up in the "Script" area of the Hotkeys preference.)

That option is not available for "auto" scripts, only for regular ones.

[WCityMike]

Okay, to reiterate:

As far as I can tell, the "auto" script cited above does not work.

The original hope was to be able to find a script that would allow one to assign a keystroke to it (and this is not only my hope but the hope echoed by tens upon tens of similar threads, as the search engine seems to yield) ... whether or not that was the preceding 'auto' script, which, as said, does not seem to work.

[Eyal]

As far as I can tell, the "auto" script cited above does not work.

It's working fine for me, on MM 3.2.

Make sure that the target playlist actually exist. (The PL name that is specified in the script at line 29):

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    dim PlayList : Set PlayList = SDB.PlayListbyTitle("EyaL")

You may need to manually create this empty playlist in the Library->Playlists node first.

[WCityMike]

Well, I redownloaded the script, re-edited it, re-copied it into place, and this time it works.

Unfortunately, it's almost equally as inconvenient as the built-in functionality of the Playlist button. Instead of:

(a) clicking into MediaMonkey
(b) clicking the song in Now Playing with the left mouse key
(c) clicking the Playlist button
(d) selecting the "Exercise" playlist

I now have:

(a) clicking into MediaMonkey
(b) clicking the song in Now Playing with the right mouse key
(c) selecting the "Add Now Playing to Playlist" menu option

Is there really no way to assign this to a keystroke? When I looked for an answer to this, I saw probably a good 30-50 individual threads all seeking the ability to, with a keystroke, add the now-playing track to a playlist.

No one's ever been able to accomplish that goal?

[Eyal]

Firstly, you don't need to click any perticular track when right-clicking-menu. Just right-click in anywhere in NowPlaying pane.
Secondly, don't panic!. It's possible to assign a Hotkey to this script if you follow these steps:

• Edit Mediamonkey\Scripts\Auto\CopytoPlayList.vbs file using a text editor.
  - Add this section as is at the end of the file and replace "PLname" with your target Playlist name (same as previous Sub):

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  Sub CopyToMyPlaylist
     dim PlayList : Set PlayList = SDB.PlayListbyTitle("PLname")
     playlist.addtrack(sdb.player.currentsong)
  End Sub

• Save the file.
  -
• Edit Mediamonkey\Scripts\Scripts.ini file using a text editor.
  - Add this section as is at the end of the file:

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  [CopytoPlayList]
  Filename=Auto\CopytoPlayList.vbs
  Procname=CopyToMyPlaylist
  Order=10
  DisplayName=Copy (currently playing) to Playlist
  Description=Copy currently playing track to predifed playlist
  Language=VBScript
  ScriptType=0

• Save the file.
• Close and Restart MediaMonkey.

Now the script is also available through Tools|Scripts menu. You can test it to see if it's working.

--> Now assign a Hotkey to this script:

• Tools|Options|General|Hotkeys
  - Action = General: Execute script: Copy (currently playing) to Playlist
  - Hotkey = (your hotkey) ex.: CTRL+ALT+B
• Click APPLY and OK.

And voila, should work as desired.

Eyal :~)

[WCityMike]

Come here, you.

*mwah*

May you live to be 100 years, with one extra year to repent!

[Eyal]

[Onweerwolf]

So Eyal, could you help me out here in how to change the script so it doesn't send the currently playing song but the currently selected song (from the library) to the playlist instead?

[Eyal]

So Eyal, could you help me out here in how to change the script so it doesn't send the currently playing song but the currently selected song (from the library) to the playlist instead?

Follow the "don't panic" steps above, but with the following CopyToMyPlaylist sub:

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Sub CopyToMyPlaylist
   dim PlayList : Set PlayList = SDB.PlayListbyTitle("PLname")
   Dim list, t : Set list = SDB.SelectedSongList
    
   If list.Count=0 Then
      t = SDB.MessageBox("No track(s) were selected.", mtInformation, Array(mbOK))
   Else
      PlayList.AddTracks(list)
   End If
End Sub

You can also change DisplayName and Description lines in the Script.ini section.

:~)

[nynaevelan]

Sorry I haven't followed this forum in a few days I was out of town but to add a little info, I use the Right Click for Scripts script also and I used that to create a toolbar button for the script so for me it is just a click away from use. But as Eyal stated a hotkey will do the trick also. Though I would also be interested in how to use a second copy of it for a copy to selected track instead of playing track.

[Onweerwolf]

So Eyal, could you help me out here in how to change the script so it doesn't send the currently playing song but the currently selected song (from the library) to the playlist instead?

Follow the "don't panic" steps above, but with the following CopyToMyPlaylist sub:

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Sub CopyToMyPlaylist
   dim PlayList : Set PlayList = SDB.PlayListbyTitle("PLname")
   Dim list, t : Set list = SDB.SelectedSongList
    
   If list.Count=0 Then
      t = SDB.MessageBox("No track(s) were selected.", mtInformation, Array(mbOK))
   Else
      PlayList.AddTracks(list)
   End If
End Sub

You can also change DisplayName and Description lines in the Script.ini section.

:~)

Thank you so very much Eyal!

I just got a chance to test it and it works perfectly!

[ZvezdanD]

There is the new Add Currently Playing/Selected Track(s) to Playlist add-on.

EDIT: Oh well... I saw just now that this thread has two pages. Just spent my time writing this add-on unnecessarily. Anyway, it has its installation package so it would be easier to install and has toolbar buttons for those functions, beside of the hotkeys. Sorry to all.