peter Interesting idea but not sure how to integrate it into the user interface. How would you start/stop playback of this jukebox playlist without adding a new play button to the interface?
Perhaps look at it as a pre programmed feature that skips all the manual work to play a background playlist.
Have a Song called JUKEBOX PLAYLIST, this appears to be a song in song mode and is always present as no 1 song in the list to be able to be used or selected whenever needed in playlists or in song mode , but only exists if a playlist exists as it’s not a song it’s actually a way to get to any playlist you want to use as a background music playlist, when you create playlists you have a method of selecting which playlist you want to use as the JUKEBOX PLAYLIST , once you have selected a playlist to be a jukebox that’s when the jukebox playlist song is presented to you as the No 1 song in SONG MODE, so now you can choose this so called song which actually is just an automated way to play another complete playlist that has the Jukebox feature enabled, you can now select which playlists you want the Jukebox playlist song to be in so you can then place it wherever you think you might need a break.
What does the Jukebox song do?
When selected , it automatically plays the playlist that has been appointed as the Jukebox playlist , if auto play is enabled on that playlist it plays right through the playlist and loops to beginning and plays it again and again, if the Autoplay is disabled then it just stops after first song and waits for your start command, once you reach the end of the jukebox song with Autoplay disabled the next song in your normal playlist gets chosen to play next , if Autoplay is enabled on the normal playlist then the next song gets automatically played, so basically the logic remains exactly the same, all you are doing is choosing a Jukebox song and inserting it whenever you need a break.
To set it up you choose a playlist that will become your JUKEBOX SONG go to SONG, select the Jukebox song details and wherever you want breaks by choosing which playlists you want it in and place where exactly you want it within a playlist. Just like normal songs playlist generation.
You will then need a swipe left DUPLICATE command function so you can have multiples of the same jukebox and a DELETE function to remove the Jukebox songs, so you can easily put a break wherever you want, the Jukebox song becomes just like a normal song except it plays throught the dedicated playlist without actually going to the playlist , this allows you to come back on stage choose your next song which is actually already setup for you, and xfade to start the show again or just stop play and select next song and continue the show without ever leaving your existing playlist.
The exit position out of JUKEBOX is remembered so when you come back to it, it continues from where you were, the jukebox songs don’t get marked as played songs in history but the jukebox song itself does get inserted to history so you can see where you took breaks.
The idea of this system is to be able to easily get off and on stage without spending time on pushing buttons on your device, by having your background music appear as just another long song that you just easily engage and disengage just like any other song in your performance.
This feature could also be used where you can easily create playlist medleys and by selecting which playlist you choose to be the JUKEBOX is the medley that plays this then gives you freedom to rearrange your medleys till the cows come home.
Possibly other advantages I haven’t thought off yet.
How would you start/stop playback of this jukebox playlist without adding a new play button to the interface?
NO NEW BUTTONS the stop start operates on the Jukebox Playlist that’s selected as the JUKEBOX PLAYLIST as you go to another song the STOP/START operates as normal.
In other words the features are rederected to the area that’s used at the time even though the interface is still in its normal view , because that’s the idea of what we want is not to have to leave the playlist view we are in we just want an easy way to play another playlist we don’t really care about , we are using it as a convenience to do a job for us without interrupting our performance setup.
Sorry for adding on comments.
But a simple logic breakdown.
If a Jukebox song is selected, the logic of the stop/ start button operates the same but it directs the commands to the playlist that has been selected as the JUKEBOX PLAYLIST, all other logic remains the same within this now selected playlist, this playlist gets played with all its relative settings but it is not displayed , the performance playlist you are on remains on screen and when you get off the Jukebox Song on to a normal stereo song the Stop/Start button changes back to normal operation.
So its only the JUKEBOX PLAYLIST SELECTION THAT CHANGES THE STOP/START LOGIC where it plays the playlist that has been chosen to be the JUKEBOX.
