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Wishlist / Feature Requests / Re: Wishlist: ratings column/filter; file management; save songs to folder; etc.
« on: November 11, 2019, 11:49:02 PM »1 & 2) I assume the key point means columns in the playlist editor (main or library) & not leveraging what's already provided via the local library views which are better setup for doing such things than what is basically show a string & a time as the playlist views have always been. I won't rule out doing more to the playlist editor display mode later on but I've more behind the scenes to sort out before I can start making such visually different features.
3) Keeping things updated on renaming is a good idea & will be something I can do once I've replaced all of the library plug-ins & more aspects of the core so it's able to be done natively.
4) Physically delete is already possible with the Playlist File Remover plug-in when installed & enabled. Other aspects really come down to what plug-in is installed, what provides the feature & whether it makes sense to expose it as a global hotkey. Doing it generically just isn't viable without it becoming painful to manage on the code side as it then means _every_ item has to be registered along with associated description which has a size & performance issue on hotkey handling for little benefit to the majority of users. I'd prefer to just add specific actions that are of actual use unless there's a custom action where you specify the id of the menu action & is then in your hands if it'll work ok or not.
5) Ok, I can see how that might be helpful though it might be better if I just merge in the functionality of the gen_yar plug-in but make it also work in library playlists.
6) Preferences -> General -> Backup | Restore or if using a portable install, it's all within the 'settings' folder of the install. Non-portable installs are generally in something like %appdata%\WACUP or %appdata%\Winamp (subject to how the install was done).
7) I'll need more information on what's being done especially the skin & manner in which the preferences window is being opened. As the preferences window can be parented to a different window depending on the skin that's being used & which window was focused at the time so maybe that's it.
Is an issue already fixed for the next build.
9) You have to go into the Preferences -> Plug-ins -> Media Library & enable the needed plug-ins. They're not enabled by default even if selected to be installed due to stability issues with them (that plagued Winamp proper) & because most people don't seem to need to use the portables support. I plan on replacing that plug-in at some point but it's not a high priority & wouldn't be a 1:1 replacement but that's for talk another time.
10) This is normal as both installs are seen as a Winamp install & the checks that go on with that will prevent the other instance from running. This is something I will eventually be able to workaround with smarter multi-instance detection. The only option is to alter the 'Winamp Window Classname' via Preferences -> Advanced -> Portable Mode -> use the paths.ini file editor & change the portable install's classname to something different (e.g. Winamp 1.x Alt).
Hope that answers everything.
-dro
1-2) Yes, the playlist editor. I find local library views useless and messy. Hoping a better way to go through a playlist with Ratings would appear, since it's easy to make a rating via global hotkeys.
3) Cool.
4) (If I understand you) If there's a way for us to enter some custom id (that we have to dig up ourselves) to create a global hotkey, that'd be awesome too.
5) Thanks.
6) Sorry, didn't know. Just tried wacup recently.
7) Not a big deal actually.
9-10) Thanks.
And thanks for continuing the update for winamp. Despite its flaws, I still find that there are still none better.