PlayNext V1-1

[raybeau528]

This script, which was requested here: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewto ... =4&t=38563 will set the selected track to play Next, from either the Track List or the Now Playing List, regardless if Shuffle is on or off.

Note that V3.1 (currently in beta) is required as it uses OnShuffleClicked and OnPlayBackEnd events which were introduced in 3.1.

A V1-2 installation package is available as an attachment to this post. (open attached Archive and execute MMIP inside archive)

5-28-2009 Added ability to select Play Next from the Now Playing list.
5-30-2009 Can invoke Play Next from the Now Playing Main window now.
6-10-2009 Addressed a performance issue

[Mizery_Made]

Does this script effect the shuffle order any? I believe if you play on shuffle for a while, it's supposed to cycle through everything in the playlist before it goes back through them, though if you turn shuffle off and then back on, it shuffles through from the beginning again. Will this script cause this, or would it play the file next, then resume shuffling through things where it left off?

[raybeau528]

@Mizery_Made - I don't know the answer to your question. I do turn the shuffle on/off to implement this capability so the resultant behavior should be the same as if you clicked it on/off manually.

Ray

[Eyal]

Just a thought. Since you're dealing with the NowPlaying list, previous and next tracks are already known, so isn't it possible to jump to them without switching off the shuffle mode?

[raybeau528]

previous and next tracks are already known, so isn't it possible to jump to them without switching off the shuffle mode?

How so? Can you provide some code example?

Thanks!

Ray

[Eyal]

No I don't have code example, as I'm not a good programer, I don't know if it's possible but the idea is to invalidate the interceptated prev/next keystroke and replace it by a routine to jump track. Is it possible to go to a specific track with a script?

[raybeau528]

Yes, it's possible to select a specific track in the Now Playing list by it's index. That's how my script jumps to the selected track. But if you don't turn shuffle off, then MM jumps to the next track in the shuffle list. If the script jumps to the selected track after MM then the track MM selected starts playing for a microsecond before the script gets control to jump to the selected track. That creates an undesirable audio click. Did you try the script?

Ray

[Eyal]

OK I understand. Thanks Raybeau.

No I didn't try the script, I don't have MM 3.1.

[jkforde]

OK, now working with MM 3.1.0_1236 ... thanks very much for this! together with the NoirBlue skin (esp. the MiniPlayer skin) my MM is perfect ;]

[raybeau528]

@jkforde - i'm happy to hear it's working for you.

@nohitter151 - thanks for your assitance in the original posting.

[nynaevelan]

Ok Ray:

I never tried this because I do not use shuffle, so explain to me for those who do not use shuffle, what benefit does it offer over MM's Play Next feature?

Nyn

[raybeau528]

If you have shuffle enabled and you select a song outside of the Now Playing window and then right click on Play Next, MM inserts that song after the current playing song in the Now Playing window but when the current song finishes playing it jumps to the next song in its shuffle list, not the song that was just inserted. The same is true if you select a song in the Now Playing list - it doesn't get played next if shuffle is enabled.

Of course, I took it as a challenge when I saw this as a response to the request!

I guess you already know the story that its not possible and that's why you posted to the wishlist.

[nynaevelan]

Thanks for the explanation, and of course you met the challenge.

Nyn

[Benn]

Thanks Ray, this will come in very useful.

[raybeau528]

One caveat, as Mizery_Made pointed out, in order to accomplish this I do turn shuffle off and then back on. This has the probably undesirable affect of changing the shuffle order. It would take some effort to completely manage the shuffle order via a script but I believe it could be done if someone really needs the Play Next function with shuffle enabled without affecting the shuffle order. Maybe it's impossible and I'd just have to do the impossible.