How to create playlists?
 

How can you create playlists on n900?

i tried in youtube....
but i can not find clear current playlist option in the "now playing window"

Can any one tell me the steps 4 creating a playlist.....

Re: How to create playlists?
 

Hey guys pls help me on this.....

am fed up wiht this playlist creation...its not working for me

Re: How to create playlists?
 

Stay tuned, I had the same problem, so I created a simple playlist-based audio player that I am about to release, probably this week.

Re: How to create playlists?
 

so there is no way to create playlist on the stock player????:eek:

Thats realy a good job done by NOKIA...

But i had read some were how to create playlists

infact there is a video also in youtube which shows the steps to create the playlists......But that video had something called "Clear current playlist" button in the nowplaying window.
But i have only "Clear now playing" button

And by the way try to keep cpu utilisation for ur player minimum

Re: How to create playlists?
 

use powersearch

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=22
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...4&postcount=62
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...4&postcount=10
http://pankajsays.blogspot.com/2009/...ia-player.html

Re: How to create playlists?
 

thanx man...

but what does "find / -name "*.mp3" > playlist.m3u" do?

will it create a play list by the name "playlist" in the media player?

Re: How to create playlists?
 

If you are not familiar with the command line then use the method described here:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=22

If you want to learn how to use the command line, here are some explanations:

find is a program that finds files in the file system. / is the root directory (complete file system). -name is a filter for file names. The command line searches all mp3 files in the file system and writes the names into the file playlist.m3u. You can modify the playlist.m3u with a text editor and remove file names. Then you can load the playlist.m3u in the Media Player.

Re: How to create playlists?
 

If I recall correctly you have to add songs to now playing list. Then when in the list and playing just select save playlist from the menu at the top.

Re: How to create playlists?
 

i checked that link....but there again that dude was telling about "clear current playlist" option.....

i dont have that option at all...all i have is "clear now playing"...

all my songs are included in just 1 single playlist

Re: How to create playlists?
 

if i add songs to my now playing list,it will create another playlist with all of my songs included in it....

even if i add just 1 song and create a new playlist for that ,all the songs will get automatically added to it...

Re: How to create playlists?
 

what you said using the command line helps....but does every user have to do all those things to get a simple playlist on a mobile??

its like nokia releasing a new mobile and tells us to open terminal and type the number u want to call and then type "call" in the terminal itself to make a simple call....

i didnt mean to be rude ok???what u suggested helps in one way....but sometimes the very fact of user friendleyness is lost...

Re: How to create playlists?
 

I do not either want to be rude but:

"Yes"

What else you can expect to be answer. I think that probably everyone here agrees that solution is not optional and works for people who are pretty familiar with linux and terminal. That´s it.

.edit
Also I do not know if i or somebody else should write even detailed guide how to make playlist:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...1&postcount=22
This explains it quite good. (For those who are not YET familiar with their media player PLEASE also try to touch top part of your application window. You will get menu from there where you can clear your playlist)Also this is not optional way of doing it and it should be easier, but this is what it is. If somebody is not happy with Nokia's official apps then give feedback directly to nokia discussions or nokia conversations. Here in community forum best way to give feedback is probably by making your own software or reporting bugs in other devels apps. Try different media players and find one that fits best to your needs and use it.

..edit
I managed to do (bit slow, but users should also remember that you can change from album view and you can always search just by typing) my own playlist with that guide. I do not understand what is the problem :|

...edit
Also looks like someone has made editor. Wait for release and test:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=781179

Re: How to create playlists?
 

I think that Nokia did not have enough time to do usability tests with the media player.

At least there is a video on Youtube:
Nokia N900: How to create playlists in the music player application

But, I agree that the current implementation of the playlist creation is too slow. If I compare it to Listenial for the iPhone, I see one big difference that makes it faster:

The plus and the minus signs at the side of each song. That would make it much faster - instead you have to wait 2 seconds on the N900 for the drop down menu to add or remove a song to/from the playlist.


Maybe you can switch to the other thread with the same content and stop posting here:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60055

Re: How to create playlists?
 

Hi,

shameless plug of my player, that is capable of creating and saving/loading playlists (early release):

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=781514

Thanks, I hope it's not offtopic.