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Some questions about playlist management

Hello everyone!

As the number of playlists increases, there are a few things I want to apply to managing them, but it's not easy to find a way.
Maybe there is no way to implement it.

I like the way the playlist switcher panel works
It wasn't that difficult to implement things like displaying icons or changing colors while playing.
My playlist switcher looks like below.

autoplaylist1 (all music)                                    [30000]          ↑
autoplaylist2 (genre folder1)                            [10000]
autoplaylist3 (genre folder2)                            [10000]
autoplaylist4 (genre folder3)                            [10000]
autoplaylist5 (album artist1 folder)                      [200]
autoplaylist6 (album artist2 folder)                      [150]
autoplaylist7 (album artist3 folder)                      [150]           
playlist1 (all playlist total)                                    [3000]
playlist2 (genre1)                                                 [1000]
playlist3 (genre2)                                                 [1000]
playlist4 (genre3)                                                 [1000]
playlist5 (60s)                                                         [100]
playlist6 (70s)                                                         [400]
playlist7 (80s)                                                         [400]
playlist8 (winter)                                                    [100]
playlist8 (summer)                                                 [150]
....                                                                                ...          ↓
The up and down arrows are scroll bars  O:)


autoplaylist is autoplaylist.

And there are playlists just for some tracks
If one track corresponds to playlist4 and playlist7, add it to both places and also add it to playlist1.
That is, playlist1 contains all tracks from other playlists.
I am managing several playlists in this way and finish by executing “remove duplicates” on playlist1.

here is my question
Is there a way to implement a tree format like "album list" in a playlist?
playlist1 (all playlist total)                                    [3000]    ↑
 ㄴplaylist2 (genre1)                                            [1000]
 ㄴplaylist3 (genre2)                                            [1000]
 ㄴplaylist4 (genre3)                                            [1000]
 ㄴplaylist5 (60s)                                                    [100]
 ㄴplaylist6 (70s)                                                    [400]
 ㄴplaylist7 (80s)                                                    [400]
 ㄴplaylist8 (winter)                                               [100]
 ㄴplaylist8 (summer)                                            [150]   
...                                                                                ...      ↓
If this were possible, it would be easier and more interesting to manage.

I have one more question
The more playlists there are, the more pressure there is to scroll up and down.
Is it possible to implement the display method like below?

autoplaylist1 (all music)                          [30000]     Playlist3 (genre2)                [1000]      ↑
autoplaylist2 (genre folder1)                   [10000]    Playlist4 (genre3)                [1000]
autoplaylist3 (genre folder2)                   [10000]    playlist5 (60s)                       [100]
autoplaylist4 (genre folder3)                   [10000]    playlist6 (70s)                       [400]
autoplaylist5 (album artist1 folder)             [200]    playlist7 (80s)                       [400]
autoplaylist6 (album artist2 folder)             [150]    playlist8 (winter)                  [100]
autoplaylist7 (album artist3 folder)             [150]    playlist8 (summer)               [150]
playlist1 (all playlist total)                          [3000]    
playlist2 (genre1)                                       [1000]
 ....                                                                     ...       ....                                           ...         ↓

Actually, I think it would be impossible to implement these, but I'm open to hearing new tips for managing playlists even if they're not related to this.

Re: Some questions about playlist management

Reply #1 –
There are two script based playlist managers that can arrange in trees - Playlist Organizer (for JSP3, 32/64-bit), and Playlist Manager (for SMP, 32-bit only for now)

Re: Some questions about playlist management

Reply #2 –
Have zero idea about your setup, but on the SMP version at least all your request are already there.

- You can send tracks to multiple playlists easily with a single click (sending tracks to the parent folder). Duplicates are skipped in such cases automatically, etc.
- There are also multiple ways to merge X playlists into a single one (without duplicates), doing exactly what you want to achieve with a single click.
- You can also create a "Smart playlist" which uses other playlists as sources and updates itself automatically.
- Playlists also have configurable icons and colors according to their type.
- You also have configurable views by category/tag. Full tree/folder support, manual sorting, quicksearch and full search with an input box. So that covers effectively any need of no-scrolling.

Re: Some questions about playlist management

Reply #3 –
Interesting
I'll have to try it. thank you all