only one playlist at a time in loaded playlist

beaker020 · 20th March 2003, 04:28

my loaded playlist window only shows 1 playlist "playlist 001". Loading a new playlist just overrights the one playlist. There is no entry labeled 'rename playlist' either.I have tried complete uninstall and reinstall and still the same thing.

I think this started after installing a program called "moodlogic". I have since uninstalled that too and then uninstalled and reinstalled Winamp.

please help.
Lance

Nunzio390 · 20th March 2003, 06:07

Quote:

There is no entry labeled 'rename playlist' either

Yes there is. Right-click on that "Playlist 001" name in the right side car of the Playlist Editor. In the dropmenu, you will see an option to "Rename playlist".

beaker020 · 20th March 2003, 07:00

I realise that but where it used to say:
playlist 001
playlist 002
playlist 003
[etc]
rename playlist (or something to that effect)

it now only says:

"playlist 001"

it never shows more than one playlist. If I click playlist -> load playlist and load an existing playlist it still only says "playlist 001" If I've happened to have renamed the original playlist to , let say, 'mylist', then when I load a new list it still shows up as 'mylist'.

So, is that any more clear?

Nunzio390 · 20th March 2003, 09:52

Ok. Listen...

If you have any one playlist selected, and you click the Playlist button and select "Load Playlist", it will behave exactly the same as right-clicking on that playlist and selecting "Load Playlist", where in both cases it will REPLACE what's already loaded, REGARDLESS of what playlist is supposed to be loaded in according to what is indicated as the playlist name in the right side-car. It will overwrite the contents of any existing Playlist. This is the way it's always been, and is actually a bug that has yet to be addressed. This has never changed. It's always been that way. Nothing's different about this behavior.

Now here's what I do...

If I have one Playlist loaded and I want another added without it replacing the other, I cannot select "Load Playlist". I must instead select "Create new playlist". Then I rename that playlist appropriately, and make sure to SAVE it. The reason I save it is because it CAN get overwritten again, as I described above, and ALSO when double-clicking a file to play. That way, all I have to do is right-click on that playlist and select "Load Playlist", and load BACK the saved playlist that BELONGS there.

The trick to avoiding this? Load ALL your Playlists and NEVER EVER unload them. Enqueue (not play - playing replaces the content of the playlist) - enqueue more songs into each appropriate Playlist as time goes by and as new songs are acquired for any particular Playlist. Then resave them again. But never ever unload them. That's the trick.

This is the only bug that the Playlist Editor has that bothers me. The only one. But I can live with it, and have been living with it.

So, you do the same and enjoy this FREE player the same as I do.

DJ Egg · 20th March 2003, 11:00

Quick summing up:

1. Right click "Playlist 001"
2. Select "rename"
3. Type in new name
4. Hit Enter (for name change to take effect)

5. Playlist button -> Create new playlist
6. Repeat 1-4

7a. If you have a pre-saved playlist (.m3u, .b4s, .pls file)
Playlist button -> Load playlist

7b. If you don't, then ceate the new playlist as normal:
via: Add -> dir / files, or by dragging dir's/files from Explorer

8. To backup/save any playlist (incase they do get overwritten),
use: "Playlist button -> Save" to save to .b4s or .m3u file

keller · 16th April 2003, 10:39

What is the point of having a b4s playlist then?

If winamp save a playlist is stores the name of the playlist inside the b4s file.

Why does it not load name from the b4s file and load the contents into a new playlist with this stored name? Only if you have a playlist loaded with the same name can the contents be replaced.

Do you know of any application with such strange behaviour? Imagine M$ Word always loaded documents over one you were working on....

m0e · 16th April 2003, 15:29

Quote:

Originally posted by keller
Do you know of any application with such strange behaviour? Imagine M$ Word always loaded documents over one you were working on....

I actually had an installation of Word (97?) that did that. If you opened a saved document and then opened a new document and used "save" instead of "save as" it would overwrite the first open document. Now that was really annoying.

Narqulie · 26th September 2003, 21:29

I can (in theory) Rename my playlists. But when i do this, my Winamp 3
Gives the playlist odd names like to a playlist should be "Reel Big Fish", Winamp inputs yyy. What the heck is wrong???

Nunzio390 · 26th September 2003, 21:56

Narqulie...

That shouldn't be happening at all. Have you held back something or left something "out" of your post above? Did you happen to "check" the checkbox for Internationalization support (experimental) that is left UNchecked by default during Winamp3 installation/setup? Strange characters like "yyy" often occur when you install with Internationalization support.

Well I'll assume you have. Since you have not given enough info and until you can provide more info (if it is something other than what I suspect), I'll assume that you've installed WA3 with the problematic Internationalization support...

You need to first close Winamp3, and either delete the Internationalization WAC file (located within your Winamp\Wacs folder), or if that doesn't work, then you would have to completely uninstall and then reinstall Winamp3 again, using the exact installation procedure outlined in this post, but do not check/uncheck any of the defaults. Leave everything "as is". Installing Winamp3 with Internationalization support breaks almost everything in Winamp3.

Quoted directly from the Winamp3 Troubleshooter Guide...

Quote:

Uninstall and Reinstall
Completely uninstall and re-install Winamp3 without Internationalization support. The Internationalization support seems to create more errors then it solves. It is best to reinstall without it. A complete un-install involves running the uninstaller then deleting the Winamp3 dir; don't just install Winamp3 on top of itself.

Narqulie · 27th September 2003, 09:24

Muchos Gracias my man. No i can enjoy my music a tiny bit more.

Nunzio390 · 27th September 2003, 16:51

Yer welcome

Fingolfin · 2nd October 2003, 22:51

I have one problem with Playlists. I rename playlist, i.e. Results May Vary, then save it. But when I unload playlist (I am assuming unloading just removes it from selector). Then when I click on the playlist that I just saved, it is named Playlist001. Did I do something that I should not have?

*Edit*
The file is not renamed, but the playlist in the Playlist selector. Just thought I'd clarify.

Nunzio390 · 3rd October 2003, 18:41

Fingolfin...

Read through this thread for some help/understanding on what you are asking > Trying to understand the playlist window...

shabaviz55 · 5th October 2003, 14:17

You can load playlist in 2 times then run winamp.
I had this problem.

20th March 2003, 04:28	#1
beaker020 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BC Posts: 2	only one playlist at a time in loaded playlist my loaded playlist window only shows 1 playlist "playlist 001". Loading a new playlist just overrights the one playlist. There is no entry labeled 'rename playlist' either.I have tried complete uninstall and reinstall and still the same thing. I think this started after installing a program called "moodlogic". I have since uninstalled that too and then uninstalled and reinstalled Winamp. please help. Lance

20th March 2003, 11:00	#5
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Quick summing up: 1. Right click "Playlist 001" 2. Select "rename" 3. Type in new name 4. Hit Enter (for name change to take effect) 5. Playlist button -> Create new playlist 6. Repeat 1-4 7a. If you have a pre-saved playlist (.m3u, .b4s, .pls file) Playlist button -> Load playlist 7b. If you don't, then ceate the new playlist as normal: via: Add -> dir / files, or by dragging dir's/files from Explorer 8. To backup/save any playlist (incase they do get overwritten), use: "Playlist button -> Save" to save to .b4s or .m3u file Playlist -\|- Twitter

26th September 2003, 21:29	#8
Narqulie Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3	Odd names on playlists. I can (in theory) Rename my playlists. But when i do this, my Winamp 3 Gives the playlist odd names like to a playlist should be "Reel Big Fish", Winamp inputs yyy. What the heck is wrong???

27th September 2003, 09:24	#10
Narqulie Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3	IT WORKS! Muchos Gracias my man. No i can enjoy my music a tiny bit more.

3rd October 2003, 18:41	#13
Nunzio390 Nugatory Aluminator Look it up Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tharsis Ridge (Martian lowlands) Posts: 8,588	Fingolfin... Read through this thread for some help/understanding on what you are asking > Trying to understand the playlist window... Don't email or PM me concerning Winamp. Instead, either start a NEW TOPIC or post a REPLY in the appropriate thread in these forums. This will also benefit others who may have a similar question or problem. But before posting, please first Search the forums and read all FAQs and all Sticky threads. ORB Remote Broadcast [ Automated Jukebox \| Nunzio's Home \| Wacky Videos \| Solve the Prunella Puzzle! ] [ LINE RIDER! \| My Resume \| Virtual Chess \| Composite Sketch \| My Niece's Band ] [ Plugins by Joonas \| DrO's Winamp Plugins and Extras \| K-JÃ¶fol ]

20th March 2003, 07:00	#3
beaker020 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BC Posts: 2	I realise that but where it used to say: playlist 001 playlist 002 playlist 003 [etc] rename playlist (or something to that effect) it now only says: "playlist 001" it never shows more than one playlist. If I click playlist -> load playlist and load an existing playlist it still only says "playlist 001" If I've happened to have renamed the original playlist to , let say, 'mylist', then when I load a new list it still shows up as 'mylist'. So, is that any more clear?

20th March 2003, 09:52	#4
Nunzio390 Nugatory Aluminator Look it up Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tharsis Ridge (Martian lowlands) Posts: 8,588	Ok. Listen... If you have any one playlist selected, and you click the Playlist button and select "Load Playlist", it will behave exactly the same as right-clicking on that playlist and selecting "Load Playlist", where in both cases it will REPLACE what's already loaded, REGARDLESS of what playlist is supposed to be loaded in according to what is indicated as the playlist name in the right side-car. It will overwrite the contents of any existing Playlist. This is the way it's always been, and is actually a bug that has yet to be addressed. This has never changed. It's always been that way. Nothing's different about this behavior. Now here's what I do... If I have one Playlist loaded and I want another added without it replacing the other, I cannot select "Load Playlist". I must instead select "Create new playlist". Then I rename that playlist appropriately, and make sure to SAVE it. The reason I save it is because it CAN get overwritten again, as I described above, and ALSO when double-clicking a file to play. That way, all I have to do is right-click on that playlist and select "Load Playlist", and load BACK the saved playlist that BELONGS there. The trick to avoiding this? Load ALL your Playlists and NEVER EVER unload them. Enqueue (not play - playing replaces the content of the playlist) - enqueue more songs into each appropriate Playlist as time goes by and as new songs are acquired for any particular Playlist. Then resave them again. But never ever unload them. That's the trick. This is the only bug that the Playlist Editor has that bothers me. The only one. But I can live with it, and have been living with it. So, you do the same and enjoy this FREE player the same as I do.

16th April 2003, 10:39	#6
keller Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: South Africa Posts: 1	What is the point of having a b4s playlist then? If winamp save a playlist is stores the name of the playlist inside the b4s file. Why does it not load name from the b4s file and load the contents into a new playlist with this stored name? Only if you have a playlist loaded with the same name can the contents be replaced. Do you know of any application with such strange behaviour? Imagine M$ Word always loaded documents over one you were working on....

27th September 2003, 16:51	#11
Nunzio390 Nugatory Aluminator Look it up Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tharsis Ridge (Martian lowlands) Posts: 8,588	Yer welcome

2nd October 2003, 22:51	#12
Fingolfin Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1	I have one problem with Playlists. I rename playlist, i.e. Results May Vary, then save it. But when I unload playlist (I am assuming unloading just removes it from selector). Then when I click on the playlist that I just saved, it is named Playlist001. Did I do something that I should not have? Edit The file is not renamed, but the playlist in the Playlist selector. Just thought I'd clarify.

5th October 2003, 14:17	#14
shabaviz55 Banned Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Arak, Iran Posts: 639	You can load playlist in 2 times then run winamp. I had this problem.

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