Philip Meyer;360600 Wrote: 
> 
> Are you sure?  I keep up to date with SVN, updating pretty much each
> day.  I've updated since thursday, and my players seemed to be in
> Playmode=Off state.  Maybe because I have run an intermediate version,
> the default didn't change from off to disabled?
> 

Yes, and I just confirmed it again. Disabled is the default. I suspect
the  intermediate version could have played a part in the behavior you
are seeing.

Philip Meyer;360600 Wrote: 
> 
> The wiki seems to suggest that pressing the Add button when browsing
> the music library causes the mode to change to Playmode=Party. 
> Add.hold seems to cancel Party mode.  I don't see why these hotkeys are
> there at all.  An option in settings to change mode is enough.  If a
> user really needs a shortcut to change mode, they could add a hotkey
> via a custom map file.
> 

Playlist mode, not party mode, can be invoked dynamically via the add
button, but not when it's disabled.

Custom map files are not applicable to the Controller UI, so not a
viable solution for this.

Philip Meyer;360600 Wrote: 
> 
> The most important thing is to not break existing pre-Sc7.3
> functionality, which for me is perfect.  If I hit play on an album, I
> expect it to play.  If I want to add it to the current playlist, I hit
> the add button.
> 

No disagreement-- this is why I set it to disabled by default.

Philip Meyer;360600 Wrote: 
> 
> It's the way almost all software media players I've ever used have
> worked, and seems perfectly sensible to me.  An extra option (or
> plugin) that changes this functionality to be like walking into a bar
> in the 90's with a Jukebox in the corner may be what some people want,
> and I don't mind that, but it's not logical and should at least be
> disabled by default.
> 

It is.

Doing this as a plugin is a good idea, and I'll explore that as a
possibility. For the record though, this feature change should be a
miniscule effect on the memory footprint.

Philip Meyer;360600 Wrote: 
> 
> for me it's a non-problem being half solved.
> 

I just did a search in bugzilla for all bugs across all products ever
opened with at least 30 votes.
http://tinyurl.com/65fhp7
note that the Party mode bug 8828 is the *top vote getter of all time*
in our bug database.

I agree that it's not fully solved yet, but the goal for 7.3 was to
achieve the simple case, which I think I've stated already in this
thread.

I also agree that for many the current behavior is not a problem (and,
in fact, expected), which is why I set the default to disabled.

cheers,
#!/ben


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