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<blockquote data-quote="ThomP" data-source="post: 13599" data-attributes="member: 11167">Re: Questions from a future userAs I said I'm not a Mediaportal user yet, so please forgive my ignorance! I was assuming/hoping it was possible to jump directly to a specific module without having to navigate through the menu - I'm currently using Meedio which has this great feature (but lacks a few other critical features like TV :wink: ).When I said I don't need menu navigation it was based on the assumption that it was possible to jump directly to a module. Of course, when I'm in the music module, I also need to browse the contents using only a remote and the VFD.I'm not sure if Mediaportal organizes music by tags or folders - if its by folders I guess what I want would be something like this (always having the center line &quot;current&quot; (highlighted/inverted) unless &quot;BOF&quot; or &quot;EOF&quot;):Opening screen:--- Music ---Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;The arrow next to Folder 3 indicates that there are more choices and should of course be right aligned and point down in this case <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Pressing up/down would highlight the different options and OK/Enter would select. Browsing to Folder 1 would then show:--- Folder 1 ---Subfolder 2&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;Subfolder 3Subfolder 4&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;Selecting a last-level subfolder should just queu all the songs in that folder. Of course, using a two-line display would only allow the header and the highlighted option to be visible.If Mediaportal browses by tags I would imagine a structure like this:&quot;Compilations&quot;--&gt;Album1--&gt;[Play]&quot;Artist&quot;--&gt;Artist1--&gt;Album1--&gt;[Play]For my use I would rather not have to browse to single tracks, since I always listen to a whole album and don't want to have to manually queue all the tracks. The compilations option is relevant because compilations generate too much &quot;noise&quot; in the artist view (like entries with only one or two items). Of course this requires some sort of filtering option or ability to combine folders and tags.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThomP, post: 13599, member: 11167"] [b]Re: Questions from a future user[/b] As I said I'm not a Mediaportal user yet, so please forgive my ignorance! I was assuming/hoping it was possible to jump directly to a specific module without having to navigate through the menu - I'm currently using Meedio which has this great feature (but lacks a few other critical features like TV :wink: ). When I said I don't need menu navigation it was based on the assumption that it was possible to jump directly to a module. Of course, when I'm in the music module, I also need to browse the contents using only a remote and the VFD. I'm not sure if Mediaportal organizes music by tags or folders - if its by folders I guess what I want would be something like this (always having the center line "current" (highlighted/inverted) unless "BOF" or "EOF"): Opening screen: --- Music --- Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 > The arrow next to Folder 3 indicates that there are more choices and should of course be right aligned and point down in this case :) Pressing up/down would highlight the different options and OK/Enter would select. Browsing to Folder 1 would then show: --- Folder 1 --- Subfolder 2 < Subfolder 3 Subfolder 4 > Selecting a last-level subfolder should just queu all the songs in that folder. Of course, using a two-line display would only allow the header and the highlighted option to be visible. If Mediaportal browses by tags I would imagine a structure like this: "Compilations"-->Album1-->[Play] "Artist"-->Artist1-->Album1-->[Play] For my use I would rather not have to browse to single tracks, since I always listen to a whole album and don't want to have to manually queue all the tracks. The compilations option is relevant because compilations generate too much "noise" in the artist view (like entries with only one or two items). Of course this requires some sort of filtering option or ability to combine folders and tags. [/QUOTE]

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