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Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby faabrizio » 02 Oct 2008 21:24

Hello,

I've just installed version 0.9.3 and it has a new behavior (compared to all previous versions since 0.8.5) : if a launch vlc this way : "vlc playlist.m3u" (command line), the items of the playlist happen to be alphabetically sorted. I don't know if it is a good idea or not, but it surely does *not* fits my need. I could not find any switch or parameter to disable this feature.

Does anyone have an idea how to disable it ? Should I do a feature request ?

Thanks for any help you can provide,
Faabrizio

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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 04 Oct 2008 20:49

Show the ID column and sort by it.
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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby faabrizio » 06 Oct 2008 22:01

Thank you for the trick. I used to add/remove columns by right-clicking on column header, but it does not work anymore. I haven't found anything in the configuration. Can somebody tell me how to add that column, please ?

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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby heat84 » 26 Oct 2008 07:13

Yeah, why did you guys screw up the playlist? If it ain't broke don't fix it! I added the ID column and sorted by it, saved the playlist, closed it, opened it again, but its still playing in the wrong order. This is in .9.4 BTW. I distincly remember a right-click menu that had a move up or down menu item. Why did you get rid of that? Or maybe you highlighed one of the items and went to one of the menus and selected move up or down. I also remember a Shuffle menu item. Once again, IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT!!!! :evil:

Also when I reopen the playlist, the items are mysteriously added again so there's 2 instances of each item. What the hell did you guys do. Are you coding under the influence?

Edit: I found a work around: In the playlist, right-click on the first item you want to play and start playing it that way and it will go through the playlist correctly.

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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby GirdwoodTelevision » 27 Oct 2008 18:18

YA, the sorted playlist issue has me completely screwed. I will have to revert to a previous version. My TV station can't be playing all my playlists in some sorted order!!! This is wacked! Once you sort a column, it can't be unsorted, or revert back to the unsorted state. I'm kinda pissed off, actually. What has been such a great program seems to be under some strange influence. Actually, the playlist and it's editor have always been tragically flawed. I only make playlists with WinAmp, because VLC saves playlists in the order items were added, rather than the edited order one may actually have worked to create...

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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby GirdwoodTelevision » 27 Oct 2008 18:19

My previous note is referring to version 0.9.4, by the way...

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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 28 Oct 2008 00:31

YA, the sorted playlist issue has me completely screwed. I will have to revert to a previous version. My TV station can't be playing all my playlists in some sorted order!!! This is wacked! Once you sort a column, it can't be unsorted, or revert back to the unsorted state. I'm kinda pissed off, actually. What has been such a great program seems to be under some strange influence. Actually, the playlist and it's editor have always been tragically flawed. I only make playlists with WinAmp, because VLC saves playlists in the order items were added, rather than the edited order one may actually have worked to create...
This is indeed a bug that is fixed in 0.9.5 for windows.
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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby qube001 » 02 Nov 2008 02:38

same problem here with "free multiposte" m3u playlist

too bad to have all my tv channels alphabetically sorted

maybe deleting ~/.vlc will reset this behavior?


vlc 0.9.4 ubuntu 8.10

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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 02 Nov 2008 12:04

No, add the ID column.
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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby mehrwerth » 24 Feb 2009 16:20

The problem is obviously not solved with 0.9.4.
still worse how do i add the id column now?
there is no context menu on the headers for me?

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Re: Version 0.9.3 sort playlist

Postby heat84 » 24 Feb 2009 21:28

You have to right-click on one of column names that's already there and then Click on ID in the menu that appears.


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