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Bug #557

Inconsistent audtool behavior regarding "current" playlist

Added by Anonymous over 9 years ago. Updated over 9 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Minor
Assignee:
-
Category:
audtool
Target version:
3.7
Start date:
July 05, 2015
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Affects version:
3.6.2

Description

Hi !

Using Audacious v3.6.2 on Archlinux 64 bits, I think the behavior of the output of audtool is abnormal. Let me explain. We can take the output of audtool like this :

audtool --current-song
audtool --current-song-output-length
audtool --current-song-length

1/ On audacious, with two tabs containing at least one file (with id3 tags each), just play one the file.
=> Check the output of the three audtool line just above => informations OK.

2/ While playing this file, just change tab, without playing another file.
=> Check the output of the three audtool line just above => informations of --current-song are those of the file that is selected and not the one that is playing ! The two others (--current-song-output-length and --current-song-length) are still OK.

I think the output of --current-song should be the one of the playing file and not the one selected on other tabs. Or there should be another args that should tell us that it's the selected one or the playing one that is returned.

What do you think about that ?

Thanks.

History

#1 Updated by John Lindgren over 9 years ago

In Audacious, we have separate concepts of the "playing" and "active" (i.e. displayed) playlist, and I agree that audtool does not behave well in the case where these are different. So I propose making a new, consistent definition of the "current" playlist for audtool, which would change the behavior of the following commands:

       --current-playlist
              Prints the number of the current playlist.  When a song is playing, the current playlist is defined  as
              the playlist containing that song.  Otherwise, it is the playlist currently displayed in Audacious.

       --play-current-playlist
              Starts  or  unpauses  playback.  Unlike --playback-play, this command resumes from the last position if
              possible.  If playback is already active and not paused, there is no effect.

       --set-current-playlist playlist
              Displays the given playlist in Audacious.  Playback, if active, will also switch to this playlist as if
              --play-current-playlist were used.

#2 Updated by John Lindgren over 9 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Feature to Bug
  • Subject changed from audtool behavior to Inconsistent audtool behavior regarding "current" playlist

#3 Updated by John Lindgren over 9 years ago

  • Affects version 3.6.2 added

#4 Updated by John Lindgren over 9 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • Target version set to 3.7
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Fixed in Git.

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