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Remember playback position & Skip when shuffling
How hard would it be to add "Remember position" and "Skip when shuffling" functionality to Songbird, specifically for iPod? It doesn't seem like it would be extremely hard, especially as an addon. I do know there is a "skip when shuffling" addon out there, but I'm asking this primarily for my iPod, and I don't think the addon supports iPod use. As far as I can tell, there is not a "Remember position" addon at all, besides one that continues the song that was being played when Songbird was last shut down.
To be honest, I think it's kind of a very important feature, especially when migrating from iTunes (which, quite honestly, many people are). This means that if I were to switch from iTunes to Songbird to manage my Pod, I need it to have both of these features, and it would be nice if they could be imported when I import my library, so I don't have to go through every song and manually switch those features. In this sense, it seems like it needs to be a core feature instead of an addon.
To be honest, I think it's kind of a very important feature, especially when migrating from iTunes (which, quite honestly, many people are). This means that if I were to switch from iTunes to Songbird to manage my Pod, I need it to have both of these features, and it would be nice if they could be imported when I import my library, so I don't have to go through every song and manually switch those features. In this sense, it seems like it needs to be a core feature instead of an addon.
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Inappropriate?Hi he who eats pie,
Last track Resume should help you on the remembering position part...
But as far as add-ons being able to work on iPods.. that will never happen because of Apple.. Add-ons will only work inside of Songbird.1 Comment
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Ok, cool, I didn't know there was an addon for this.
I don't know if I understand what you mean. Songbird already can sync songs with an iPod, so what I'm asking is, can it also sync info like "Skip when Shuffling" or "Remember position"? I don't entirely know much about it, but couldn't it almost just be an XML file or something on the iPod? Couldn't an addon just edit it the field when syncing?
I may be wrong, but it seems just like a field like "Album artist", so would that be very hard for Songbird to do?
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Inappropriate?Sorry I was a little unclear at first.. I think for those features to work.. First they would have to be officially supported by Songbird (in the core and part of the iPod Device Support add-on)... Its not hard to implement in Songbird (as you can see there are already add-ons for them)... But you are mainly looking for theses features specifically for the iPod... Correct? And the thing that makes it a little more difficult than just syncing your tracks and playlists... Is that Apple stores information in an encrypted format that makes it hard for the developers (hence why Artwork syncing is not supported yet)... So I wouldn't say it is entirely impossible, just something that would have to be part of the core app and the iPod add-on for the devs to look at...
Its a good idea and something that has not been logged in Bugzilla. If you want to flush out your request a bit more and add it there, that would be great. You can use this Feature Suggestion form.
...I would make sure to specify that it is mainly a feature you would like to see for the ipod (put the [ipod] tag in the bug title) and a picture of the features located in itunes...
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