How to always use "now playing" with music (1 Viewer)

[danwdoo]

Hello,
I'm looking for a way to have media portal always switch to the "now playing" view whenever I select a music track to play. Right now I have to go through several button pushes to achieve this (as far as I can tell). Is there any way to have this view come up as the default?

Thanks!

 

[trevor]

Hello,
I'm looking for a way to have media portal always switch to the "now playing" view whenever I select a music track to play. Right now I have to go through several button pushes to achieve this (as far as I can tell). Is there any way to have this view come up as the default?

Thanks!

Try

MP Config->Music->Misc Settings Tab-> Play now behaviour - set to Now Playing [always]

Hopfully do what you want

Trevor

 

[danwdoo]

That seems like it would be the setting I want but it does not seem to change the behavior. If I browse my tracks and select to play one it does not change to the 'now playing' but instead stays on the list of tracks. I then have to do a left arrow on my remote and go down the list and choose play now. It seems like this setting should have made it default to the now playing but it doesn't. Could I be missing another step?

 

[Spragleknas]

Use the [Play] button and not [OK]

[Play] will start a new playlist starting with the song you selected (in "Now playing" screen, in your case)
[OK] will just play that track and forward (like a dumb CD player).


BONUS - by using [Play] (hence playlist) you can use the audioscrobbler function, which will fill up the playlist for you (great for parties and whatnot).

 

[trevor]

That seems like it would be the setting I want but it does not seem to change the behavior. If I browse my tracks and select to play one it does not change to the 'now playing' but instead stays on the list of tracks. I then have to do a left arrow on my remote and go down the list and choose play now. It seems like this setting should have made it default to the now playing but it doesn't. Could I be missing another step?

This may depend on your remote but for if I start a track with Play button it switches to Now Playing if I user Enter button it does not.

Trevor

 

[Spragleknas]

I'll be more specific:
Instead of [Play] button, I should say [Play] command, which is mostly mapped to a play-button on a remote (MCE, HID etc.)

For testing, try using the keyboard commands (see mapping in connfig)

 

[kostiakot]

hi trevor
thanks fot info
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