iTunes 7 Skipped Track does not increment
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Paul Turnbull
When I use Synergy to skip a track the new skipped track fields do not update in iTunes 7.
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tikilab
Well, seeing as "Skip Count" has only been public for a day or so, I can understand why it's not supported yet...
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Greg Hurrell
Strange, I would have expected iTunes to handle that automatically. Synergy is sending a "next track" Apple Event, so you'd expect iTunes to automatically increment the counter.
Actually, I'm not sure what the counter is supposed to mean at all... in my tests when I skip tracks from within iTunes (when Synergy is not even running) the counter does not update. This when playing in the main library, shuffle turned off.
Anyone know what I have to do to get it to update? When is it supposed to update?
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Paul Turnbull
I just did some testing and for me using the forward button will cause the skip count to increment if I have not manually moved forward in the song.
It does seem odd that a next track apple event does not cause the counter to increment.
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Greg Hurrell
An issue has been opened in the bug and feature requests database:
https://wincent.dev/a/support/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=469
If possible, please try and add any further comments to the bug database, so that all the information relating to this issue is in one place.
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Paul Turnbull
Thanks Wincent!
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Elio Grieco
I think there is confusion as to what skipped means.
When I am in the Party Shuffle playlist and I skip forward (even through Synergy) the skipped count updates if the song has only been playing for about 10 seconds but, not if I'm half way through. Also, if I skip backwards and then forward again the count does not increment.
Unfortunately I do not know what the rules are but I suspect they are a lot more complicated than "every time you skip forward".
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