How to create an infintely nested playlist

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ObiQuiet
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How to create an infintely nested playlist

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This was with MMW 4.11.1783. Don't want to try to recreate it, until I know there's a way to recover. I can load the newest build or a debug build, but prefereably after the library is un-corrupted again.

(Don't try this on a library you care about)
1. Select a top-level playlist. Mine was an autoplaylist with no subnodes.
2. Copy it
3. Paste it. This places the new copy under the original parent.
4. Paste again, placing a new copy under the just-created child.

This should have created a three-level heirarchy of playlists, but it created a seemingly infinite nesting, probably due to a circular reference. The UI just keeps drawing a new child node each time I expand the lowest one in the tree.

Trying to delete one of the nodes results in a sequence of database locked errors. Other actions cause MMW to not respond. The app works fine if I don't touch that node.

So, I guess I'll have to go into the db manually to remove the playlist, unless you guys have a better fix.

(If you want to know why I did this, I actually have a reason. :-)

Thanks!
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Re: How to create an infintely nested playlist

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Actually you should test it as in 4.1.14 we improved handling of Auto-Playlists
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ObiQuiet
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Re: How to create an infintely nested playlist

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Well, if there is reason to think that the latest version may not have the issue, I'll test it.
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Re: How to create an infintely nested playlist

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Hi,
You can always install MMW as portable to test and be sure nothing can happen to be with current library.
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