Subject: Re: [Usher Talk] Remove a movie from a playlist.

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:23:08 -0800

On Nov 27, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Matt Shalvatis <[email-masked]> wrote:

> As soon as I click again to move all four, all are deselected except the one I'm directly over.  I drag and hold until all four are selected again, but they can not, will not be moved.  

You have to click and hold for a couple of seconds, until you see the "shadow" movies, then you can drag.

> See the movie.   https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbdueum5dpikgll/Usher%20Movie.mov?dl=0

Your movie backs up what I thought - just click and hold for a bit until you see the shadow images, THEN drag.

regards,
-rob.

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From: Matt Shalvatis <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:53:26 -0800 (PST)

Well, I thought before I went and did all this, I'd try reinstalling the 
whole thing.  Not so sure that was a good idea.

Coming up with a different problem this time, and it's a killer.  

As a test, I added 4 videos only.  Selected all four to move to the regular 
playlist, "To Sort".  

As soon as I click again to move all four, all are deselected except the 
one I'm directly over.  I drag and hold until all four are selected again, 
but they can not, will not be moved.  

I eventually end up moving each one individually, which is not bad if 
you're only working with 4 videos.  But if you have 44 or 444, there's no 
way I'm moving them one by one.

But on the plus side, the original problem seems to have been resolved, at 
least for now.

See the movie. 
  https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbdueum5dpikgll/Usher%20Movie.mov?dl=0

On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 3:57:05 PM UTC+2, Many Tricks wrote:
>
> On Nov 27, 2015, at 4:53 AM, Matt Shalvatis <[email-masked] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
>
> > No, when I do this, it removes it from all playlists that they appear 
> in, and removes it from the library.  I then have to add these movies 
> again. 
>
> I'm going to have to ask if you can record a movie of what you're seeing, 
> because Usher's behavior, when you have a regular playlist selected and you 
> then select a movie and press Delete is to just remove it from the 
> playlist. You aren't warned, it doesn't delete from the library, etc. I 
> have now re-re-re-tested this to be certain, and that's exactly how it's 
> working. 
>
> So something about either your setup or exactly what you're doing is 
> different than what I expect it to be, and I'm not sure I'll be able to get 
> to that with just words. If you launch QuickTime Player, you can set it to 
> record a screen movie for a portion of the screen. If you have access to a 
> cloud service, just send the URL to the finished movie (please don't attach 
> the movie to an email, as then everyone on the list would get it). If you 
> don't, let me know and I can arrange a way for you to transfer the movie. 
>
> Thanks; 
> -rob.

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 05:57:03 -0800

On Nov 27, 2015, at 4:53 AM, Matt Shalvatis <[email-masked]> wrote:

> No, when I do this, it removes it from all playlists that they appear in, and removes it from the library.  I then have to add these movies again. 

I'm going to have to ask if you can record a movie of what you're seeing, because Usher's behavior, when you have a regular playlist selected and you then select a movie and press Delete is to just remove it from the playlist. You aren't warned, it doesn't delete from the library, etc. I have now re-re-re-tested this to be certain, and that's exactly how it's working.

So something about either your setup or exactly what you're doing is different than what I expect it to be, and I'm not sure I'll be able to get to that with just words. If you launch QuickTime Player, you can set it to record a screen movie for a portion of the screen. If you have access to a cloud service, just send the URL to the finished movie (please don't attach the movie to an email, as then everyone on the list would get it). If you don't, let me know and I can arrange a way for you to transfer the movie.

Thanks;
-rob.

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From: Matt Shalvatis <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 04:53:32 -0800 (PST)

No, when I do this, it removes it from all playlists that they appear in, 
and removes it from the library.  I then have to add these movies again.  

Also, do note what the warning states.  Removing an item from a smart 
playlist (I'm removing it from a regular playlist) *removes it from all 
other groups* it is listed in.  Are you sure you want to *remove the 
selected items from your usher library*?  And this is exactly what 
happens...

On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 6:03:24 AM UTC+2, Many Tricks wrote:
>
> On Nov 26, 2015, at 4:40 AM, Matt Shalvatis <[email-masked] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
>
> > I only want it removed from the "To Sort" playlist.  Please tell me that 
> can be done.   
>
> Click once to highlight the movie and press Delete. If you have "Clicking 
> a preview/cover once" set to "opens the corresponding movie/subgroup," 
> you'll have to then close the opened movie, which will leave it selected in 
> the playlist. Then you can press Delete. (If you have a bunch of these to 
> do, I suggest setting that option to "highlights it," because it's much 
> quicker that way.) 
>
> regards, 
> -rob.

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:03:22 -0800

On Nov 26, 2015, at 4:40 AM, Matt Shalvatis <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I only want it removed from the "To Sort" playlist.  Please tell me that can be done.  

Click once to highlight the movie and press Delete. If you have "Clicking a preview/cover once" set to "opens the corresponding movie/subgroup," you'll have to then close the opened movie, which will leave it selected in the playlist. Then you can press Delete. (If you have a bunch of these to do, I suggest setting that option to "highlights it," because it's much quicker that way.)

regards,
-rob.

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From: Matt Shalvatis <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 04:40:20 -0800 (PST)

OK, this should be so easy, but I'm missing something here.

How to I manually remove movies from a regular playlist?  

What I'm trying to do.  I do a spotlight search and find all files "type 
equal movie".  I drag all of these in at the same time.  

I create a regular playlist called "To Sort".  Now I create various smart 
playlists.

I create a smart playlist about "Topic A".  Everything about "Topic A" gets 
added.   

Now I want to remove everything about "Topic A" from the "To Sort" 
playlist, because these have already been added into another playlist.

The get the option to "remove from library, which I assume removes it from 
Usher completely.  Which is not what I want.