A SONOS user expressed his desire in a feature where the tracks are being cleared from the queue after they have been played.
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I almost think it needs the option to be removed after playing just because it's called a Queue. When you queue at the bank, you don't get up to the teller, handle your transaction and then get back in line; you queue, then you get out. You don't stand at the meat counter holding your #16 ticket waiting for your number to come up again after you've already received your 3/4 lb extra thinly sliced roast turkey. If things play and stay in the "queue", then it's just a playlist and not a queue.
At last - the arbiters of common sense !!
I don't understand how deleting a track after it is played allows one to "easier to keep track of what you have heard." Maybe I'm missing something, but immediately deleting a track after it is played seems to make it infinitely more difficult to keep track of what you have heard than leaving the previously played tracks in the queue.
Err, isn't it rather trivial to "keep up with what you've heard" already? You open the queue, it will have the current track highlighted, everything you've already heard is above the current track, everything yet to be heard is below it. I'm obviously missing something here? Surely deleting the previously played tracks makes it more likely you'll forget what you listened to earlier?
The feature serves as a way of keeping up with the queue. As mentioned above, you can just keep adding tracks to the list, and it is easier to keep track of what you have heard. At the same time the queue list becomes easier to manage as the tracks you have listened to disappear from the list.
I agree with most of the recent comments. I have never felt any need for this feature, doubt I would ever use it, and if it is added it must be a switchable option (and preferably not the default). The current queue functionality works fine in my opinion.
Userlevel 5
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The advantage is that it clears the played tracks whilst still playing. If you use the "Replace Queue" command then what is currently playing stops at that point and anything else left on the playlist gets dumped. If you keep adding tracks to the queue so that the music never stops then you can't use the Replace command without upsetting the listening. I can understand why this feature would be useful to some.
Having said all that, I don't think I would ever use it and certainly wouldn't want it imposed, it would need to be a selectable feature.
Having said all that, I don't think I would ever use it and certainly wouldn't want it imposed, it would need to be a selectable feature.
Simon-c
With all the available options mentioned in the post prior to yours, can you please explain why 'It would be very useful'
Yes. It wold be very useful
Another example of a request which would probably only serve to add 'more' options onto an interface that doesn't need any more.
You add stuff to the queue and then it plays. When its finished, you can already:-
Restart the existing queue at any point
Add new content and carry on from there
You can CLEAR the queue and start afresh
You can add new content and REPLACE the queue in one go.
Doesn't this give you enough options, including exactly what you're after?
You add stuff to the queue and then it plays. When its finished, you can already:-
Restart the existing queue at any point
Add new content and carry on from there
You can CLEAR the queue and start afresh
You can add new content and REPLACE the queue in one go.
Doesn't this give you enough options, including exactly what you're after?
I admit I hadn't thought of using "Replace Queue" as an option but I'd still like this added.
You don't really know if you want this option at all as you haven't tried the obvious solution. If you really want the option, so you can switch it off, how often would you actually use it and why?
DEFINITELY. Please add this as an option (as long as you can turn it off, of course!
I admit I hadn't thought of using "Replace Queue" as an option but I'd still like this added.
I admit I hadn't thought of using "Replace Queue" as an option but I'd still like this added.
Userlevel 7
+22
If ever do I would want it to be an option in settings. I do not want songs deleting from the queue. A lot of times I add songs to the queue randomly through the night based on what people ask to play. At the end of the night I save the playlist to be able to bring back up and remember songs played.
Userlevel 2
+7
Great as an option
When the replace option is available, I don't see the value in this; and if this isn't given as just an option, I see downsides I would hate to have to deal with.
DO IT! Just make it a settings option, like "Clear items from the queue as they finish playing"
Yes . Very frustrating to have to go back to the queue and skip a track which played earlier.
It's personal. This is not a feature that I would enjoy or use. I'm not a fan of the iTunes user interface. To me the iTunes interface is illogical and hard to use.
Userlevel 7
+21
Only if this is something that can be turned off. I'll frequently combine playlists or build a queue over time, and like to play it multiple times without having to save it. I don't always want my queue to empty as I play through it.
Also, if implemented, make sure that this functionality is disabled if the "Repeat All" option is enabled too, otherwise you won't be repeating anything since the queue will have cleared itself! And no, Repeat All should not be THE way to keep the queue from clearing itself. I might only want to listen to the queue once and still retain its contents.
Also, if implemented, make sure that this functionality is disabled if the "Repeat All" option is enabled too, otherwise you won't be repeating anything since the queue will have cleared itself! And no, Repeat All should not be THE way to keep the queue from clearing itself. I might only want to listen to the queue once and still retain its contents.
No I did not thank you I have only had my system 4 days so a very new bi. I will try this out I would still like it to automatically delete as it does in iTunes.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
You do realise that the Replace Queue option effectively does what you want? It clears the queue prior to loading the next selection (album, track, etc).
I have just purchased a sonos system of play 1's I have not problems with the sound which is really good. However, if I play a whole album the tracks are still there which is boring. Therefore, yes I want to be able to add albums are track to the playing queue and then when they have played they are deleted.
No the million dollar question WHEN???
I should add that I have purchased the play 1's as a try out of the system. This could be a deal breaker for the installation in my second home
No the million dollar question WHEN???
I should add that I have purchased the play 1's as a try out of the system. This could be a deal breaker for the installation in my second home
It is baffling that his is not a option/default feature of the Play Now/Play Next (maybe "Play Once") ... definitely needed both at system level and a room/group option.
We use Sonos in our office and have large playlist we want to add to the quque, it would be AMAZING to have the tracks delete from the queue after playing as it keeps it fresh.
This is a must have.
This is a must have.
Userlevel 7
+17
If its an album from my library then yes, this is useful. if its a compilation of tracks my friends have compiled over the course of several hours then no, I dont want this - I normally like to save these as playlists. It therefore has to to remain an option
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