[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 602597] [NEW] Banshee selects next track according to current view

[Chow Loong Jin]

On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:57:09 -0000
Timo Laine <602597 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> The method Banshee uses to select the next track to play has a
> problem. It does not select the next track based on what is currently
> playing, but based on what is currently visible in the track browser.
> 
> For example, I select Album A in the browser, and double-click the
> first track to start playing the album. Then, before the album is
> over, I browse Album B without double-clicking any tracks. The
> expected behavior is to continue playing Album A. However, if when a
> track on Album A ends I am at that moment browsing Album B, Banshee
> starts to play the first track of Album B.
> 
> In other words, Banshee does not seem to allow mere browsing of albums
> and tracks but considers it a decision on what to play next. This is
> of course wrong.

First of, thank you for taking the time to report this bug.

Banshee adopts a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) approach in
this matter, where browser provides an easy, one-click way of filtering
out songs by artist and/or album.

What you seem to be proposing is that Banshee hide away the original
playlist when the user uses the browser, and continue using that for
choosing the next song. This is counter-intuitive, and inconsistent
with the behaviour of the Search field. This is of course wrong.

I am hence marking this bug as invalid. However, you have highlighted
an interesting point about Banshee not supporting mere browsing in an
easy and intuitive manner. I suggest that you raise this issue on the
Banshee mailing list [1] for further discussion.

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/banshee-list

  affects ubuntu/banshee
  status invalid

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Kind regards,
Chow Loong Jin


** Changed in: banshee (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Banshee selects next track according to current view
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: banshee

The method Banshee uses to select the next track to play has a problem. It does not select the next track based on what is currently playing, but based on what is currently visible in the track browser.

For example, I select Album A in the browser, and double-click the first track to start playing the album. Then, before the album is over, I browse Album B without double-clicking any tracks. The expected behavior is to continue playing Album A. However, if when a track on Album A ends I am at that moment browsing Album B, Banshee starts to play the first track of Album B.

In other words, Banshee does not seem to allow mere browsing of albums and tracks but considers it a decision on what to play next. This is of course wrong.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: banshee 1.6.1-1~lucid1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jul  7 11:44:00 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100113)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: banshee