It seems super likely that you don't want to click on each track as the prior one finishes so a queue is needed.
It would seem then that playing directly from the library would be functionally identifical to adding everything you click on to a transitory playlist.
In fact you can more or less use it like this with a single playlist that you either clear or just keep adding to.
Seems like that would work better if there was an option to start with a blank playlist or trim the playlist automatically so that only the last x tracks were shown.
What is the difference if any between playing as you say directly from the library and a single transitory playlist.
>What is the difference if any between playing as you say directly from the library and a single transitory playlist.
I don't like having a transitory playlist, I find it to be cluttering. It should play the next track in the library (or shuffle). If I make a playlist, it's to group similar music together.
I would like to be able to double-click on a track in my library and then tune out again until I don't like the music it's playing, rather than managing an interim playlist and having to intentionally add the album I want to listen to into it.
I love the "playlists" though I rarely save them. In my preferences I have double clicking from the library add to a new playlist. Usually I just double click a whole album, it immediately starts playing in a new playlist and I can shuffle it or loop it as I see fit. That one song on the album I don't like? I just right click and "remove from playlist", now I don't hear it. Sometimes I'll search for a keyword or artist and select all now I have a playlist with everything that artist worked on. Maybe if I've been adding and removing stuff from the queue and I like the way it's feeling I'll save it for later, or just leave its tab there for a couple months till I'm bored with it. I always keep a "dynamic" playlist tab open for when I just want a shuffle across my whole library. If I see something coming up I don't want to hear I just delete it (or reshuffle the whole thing which doesn't affect the currently playing song).
It would seem then that playing directly from the library would be functionally identifical to adding everything you click on to a transitory playlist.
In fact you can more or less use it like this with a single playlist that you either clear or just keep adding to.
Seems like that would work better if there was an option to start with a blank playlist or trim the playlist automatically so that only the last x tracks were shown.
What is the difference if any between playing as you say directly from the library and a single transitory playlist.