An extra Playlist Window for Live Presenters

Dmitry,

I have been presenting live programs with RB for a few months now and watching others do the same.  I can see that an extra playlist window would be very useful for live presenters - allowing two playlist windows to be visible at the same time.

We currently use:

Workzone number 2

Left panel activated

Main Playlist window in the centre

Search / Files / Cartwall on the right  *** This is the window I am talking about ***


It is very easy to search and drag songs from the right window (when using the "search" function) into the active playlist tab window because both windows are active and visible at the same time.

Currently many of our live presenters have a master playlist of their favorite songs - but access to this playlist is usually via the playlist tab window 2 where they can copy and paste tracks to the active playlist tab window.  This is not the easiest way to do things because both windows are not visible at the same time - and it is a hassle for a live presenter to do while he is busy running a live show.

Being able to click and drag from a playlist on the right window to the left window would be much easier and a huge advantage to presenters doing live shows.  And that right playlist window would not need all the columns of the centre playlist window - probably only: title, duration and play count.


The existing Search tab function that accesses the music library is a very useful feature and very quick to use.  A couple of features would make it more useful:

1. When searching for an "artist" it would be good for the songs to be listed in A-Z order automatically.  For example, entering "beatles" in artist mode could list all the beatle songs in A-Z order - making it much easier to scroll down and find the song you are after.

2. Same with other queries - having the results appearing in A-Z sequential order is a logical outcome


*** Forgot to mention that the new playlist window should be read only. ***


Thanks,  Jamie C.
 
I think Playlist tab will be possible in the right zone in one of the next update. I'm not sure yet if it should be read-only or it has to be fully-functional and 'playable'.

Sorting in the Search will also be added.
 
Dmitry,

That is good news.

If read only then it can work in a similar manner to the Music Library and have a pulldown function for the playlist title to use.  I guess a special folder would be needed to store the playlists so that the folder contents are displayed in the pulldown.

The main advantage of using playlists for this is that a playlist can be created and got up and running very quickly by a live presenter with minimal effort and training - whereas a database for the music library takes quite a bit more effort and is best done by a system administrator.

Thanks,  Jamie C.
 
radiodungog said:
If read only then it can work in a similar manner to the Music Library and have a pulldown function for the playlist title to use.  I guess a special folder would be needed to store the playlists so that the folder contents are displayed in the pulldown.
Maybe in the future, a special tab type will be added to quickly explore folder or playlist contents.
 
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