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4.4 Making a playlist

You can use doodaha to make a playlist of MP3s so that you can play them back in order from the database with the doodah client program. This is handy if you have some albums in your MP3 collection because you can use doodah to play them back in order.

To make the playlist you need to have your filenames so that when they are sorted alphabetically the appear in the right order. Most people do this by putting two digits as the first characters of the filename. The scancd command will remove the first two characters of the filename when it looks for a band so you can still use this with scancd.

You need to have already added the MP3s to the database and they all have to have been put in their own directory for the newlist command to work.

The newlist command takes three arguments, the name of the new list, the name of the cd, and the relative directory.

Example:
 
/cdrom/moloko > ls
01 moloko - radio moscow.mp3
02 moloko - pure pleasure seeker.mp3
03 moloko - absent minded friends.mp3
04 moloko - indigo.mp3
05 moloko - being is bewildering.mp3
06 moloko - remain the same.mp3
07 moloko - a drop in the ocean.mp3
08 moloko - dumb inc..mp3
09 moloko - the time is now.mp3
10 moloko - mother.mp3
11 moloko - it's your problem.mp3
12 moloko - it's nothing.mp3
13 moloko - bingo massacre.mp3
14 moloko - somebody somewhere.mp3
15 moloko - just you and me dancing.mp3
16 moloko - if you have a cross to bear.mp3
17 moloko - keep stepping.mp3
18 moloko - sing it back (boris musical mix).mp3
/cdrom/moloko > doodaha -u doodah -p -d doodah -v \
> newcd newcd /cdrom/ no \
> scancd newcd \
> newlist "moloko - things to make and do" newcd moloko
Building command list
Enter password: 
Executing commands
 Executing `NewCd newcd /cdrom/ false'
 Executing `ScanCd newcd'
  Found CD with id 1 and directory `/cdrom'
  Processing directory `/cdrom/'
   Processing directory `/cdrom/moloko'
    Added mp3 `moloko - radio moscow'
    Added mp3 `moloko - pure pleasure seeker'
    Added mp3 `moloko - absent minded friends'
    Added mp3 `moloko - indigo'
    Added mp3 `moloko - being is bewildering'
    Added mp3 `moloko - remain the same'
    Added mp3 `moloko - a drop in the ocean'
    Added mp3 `moloko - dumb inc.'
    Added mp3 `moloko - the time is now'
    Added mp3 `moloko - mother'
    Added mp3 `moloko - it's your problem'
    Added mp3 `moloko - it's nothing'
    Added mp3 `moloko - bingo massacre'
    Added mp3 `moloko - somebody somewhere'
    Added mp3 `moloko - just you and me dancing'
    Added mp3 `moloko - if you have a cross to bear'
    Added mp3 `moloko - keep stepping'
    Added mp3 `moloko - sing it back (boris musical mix)'
 Executing `NewList moloko - things to make and do newcd moloko'
  Created list `moloko - things to make and do' with 18 entries


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