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ivan KDE Developer Posts 918 Karma 14 OS	Score sort and endless loop Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:59 am This is something I've noticed - it is (implementation-wise) the expected behaviour, but I don't think it is really the desired one. When you sort your playlist according to the Score value, it is not uncommon for Amarok to end up looping two songs. What happens: 1. first song is played 2. second song is played 3. score of the second song is increased 4. playlist gets sorted again and the second song is moved in front of the first 5. since the first song is now after the second, it is played 6. score of the first song is increased 7. playlist gets sorted again and the first song is moved in front of the second ... and that goes on and on. Any ideas how to deal with this? (I can't think of anything atm)
rocketsurgeon Registered Member Posts 48 Karma 0 OS	Re: Score sort and endless loop Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:27 pm ivan wrote:This is something I've noticed - it is (implementation-wise) the expected behaviour, but I don't think it is really the desired one. When you sort your playlist according to the Score value, it is not uncommon for Amarok to end up looping two songs. What happens: 1. first song is played 2. second song is played 3. score of the second song is increased 4. playlist gets sorted again and the second song is moved in front of the first 5. since the first song is now after the second, it is played 6. score of the first song is increased 7. playlist gets sorted again and the first song is moved in front of the second ... and that goes on and on. Any ideas how to deal with this? (I can't think of anything atm) Yes. Don't sort your play list on criteria that are updated at the end of play... I filed a bug report about this back in version 2.2.2 (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224003), but to no avail.
Mamarok Manager Posts 6071 Karma 16 OS	Re: Score sort and endless loop Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:45 pm rocketsurgeon wrote:Yes. Don't sort your play list on criteria that are updated at the end of play... I filed a bug report about this back in version 2.2.2 (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224003), but to no avail. Well, if you have more time than our developers, you are free to give a hand. The bug is still open AFAICT, this just means that we haven't yet found time to correct it. "No avail" is certainly the wrong word, don't you think? Running Kubuntu 22.10 with Plasma 5.26.3, Frameworks 5.100.0, Qt 5.15.6, kernel 5.19.0-23 on Ryzen 5 4600H, AMD Renoir, X11 FWIW: it's always useful to state the exact Plasma version (+ distribution) when asking questions, makes it easier to help ...
rocketsurgeon Registered Member Posts 48 Karma 0 OS	Re: Score sort and endless loop Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:16 am Mamarok wrote: rocketsurgeon wrote:Yes. Don't sort your play list on criteria that are updated at the end of play... I filed a bug report about this back in version 2.2.2 (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224003), but to no avail. Well, if you have more time than our developers, you are free to give a hand. The bug is still open AFAICT, this just means that we haven't yet found time to correct it. "No avail" is certainly the wrong word, don't you think? Actually, that would pretty much be the definition of "to no avail".
ivan KDE Developer Posts 918 Karma 14 OS	Re: Score sort and endless loop Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:26 am Mamarok, rocketsurgeon, please don't derail from the topic.
rocketsurgeon Registered Member Posts 48 Karma 0 OS	Re: Score sort and endless loop Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:36 pm ivan wrote:Mamarok, rocketsurgeon, please don't derail from the topic. Fair enough - anyway, the problem is reported, but as yet unaddressed. The work-around I've used is to sort the list, save it, clear the playlist and sorting, and then load the saved playlist. The sort order at the time of saving will now be "frozen", and by not applying any sorting, it will play in that order.