Please replace "Play All" with "Play Next" for TV series

[AdrianW 1055]

Please change the default "Play All" button that appears at the top of a season folder to "Play Next" - I've lost count of the number of times we've accidentally pressed this and started playback at season one episode one.

 

There's about one single use-case for the "Play All" button - you want to watch an entire series from the beginning. Every single other use-case would be to start watching at the first unwatched episode (i.e. "Play Next").

 

This has been suggested before here: Episode playing and some suggestions - with at least three users (including me) agreeing with the op. 

Edited October 15, 2016 by AdrianW

[MEB 26]

Hear! Hear!

[Crooze 2]

Please!

 

Sent from my MotoX

[AdrianW 1055]

14 likes so far. 

 

Let's hope Luke is listening.

 

 

[Heuer 76]

And if you hit 'play all' by mistake try getting out of it - pressing stop just starts the next episode.

[AdrianW 1055]

Only one more to get to 20.

[aspdend 177]

There's my +1 for this

[AdrianW 1055]

Bump again.

 

Now up to 27 votes! 

[MrWebsmith 598]

yep.. hopefully someday this goes in

[jordy 284]

It would even be Ok as is, as long as it only looks at unplayed episodes.

[clarkss12 299]

Add me to the list.... thanks

[daedalus 430]

if you really want to play  a complete series from the beginning, eg you still can press play while the series selected in the overview, so this won't be a loss

Edited June 5, 2018 by daedalus

[AdrianW 1055]

if you really want to play  a complete series from the beginning, eg you still can press play while the series selected in the overview, so this won't be a loss

 

It could also be added to the three-dot menu, which is the ideal place for those edge-case scenarios.

[AdrianW 1055]

Wow - I love it, thanks Luke!

 

[Luke 40068]

Thanks for the feedback.

[AdrianW 1055]

I actually made use of the new "Play Next Up" button last night - and it did play the next up episode - BUT, after the episode completed it started playing the next one.

 

Please make the new "Play Next Up" button respect the "Play next episode automatically" setting.

Edited July 20, 2019 by AdrianW

[mentasm 43]

Love this change

[Luke 40068]

Love this change

 

Thanks for the feedback !

[Guest asrequested]

@@ebr The only suggestion I would make, is change the text to resume when that is what it's doing. It's a little confusing seeing play next when you're in the middle of an episode.

[AdrianW 1055]

@@ebr The only suggestion I would make, is change the text to resume when that is what it's doing. It's a little confusing seeing play next when you're in the middle of an episode.

 

+  make the new "Play Next Up" button respect the "Play next episode automatically" setting.

[ebr 15663]

@@ebr The only suggestion I would make, is change the text to resume when that is what it's doing. It's a little confusing seeing play next when you're in the middle of an episode.

 

From the perspective of the Series (where this button is) you are always "resuming" but I think using that terminology would be confusing to many.  Therefore, I think using it in this case would also be confusing (What happened to "Play Next Up"?)...

[Guest asrequested]

From the perspective of the Series (where this button is) you are always "resuming" but I think using that terminology would be confusing to many. Therefore, I think using it in this case would also be confusing (What happened to "Play Next Up"?)...

That doesn't make any sense. Playing next up when you are in the middle of an episode, is incorrect. You aren't playing the next episode, you're playing the same episode. If this is how you think, then just call it "Play". It shouldn't stay as is. I considered it an error and I was waiting for it to be fixed.

[ebr 15663]

Playing next up when you are in the middle of an episode, is incorrect. You aren't playing the next episode

 

You are on a Series screen not an Episode one.  From the perspective of the episode you are correct but from the perspective of the Series, you are playing the next up episode.  That is - the episode that appears as "Next Up" right below the button you are hitting.

 

As I said, we considered just calling this button "Resume" all the time because, from the Series perspective, that is what you are doing - resuming the series.  But we think people won't really understand that.

 

The only thing I think we could possibly do to help here would be to make it say "Play Next Up - resume from x:xxx" when  the next up episode happens to be a partially watched one but that gets to be too much text on the button.

[Guest asrequested]

I disagree. It makes me nervous that the Android mentality is creeping in.

[ebr 15663]

Not sure what the "Android mentality" is as this has nothing to do with any platform but after some discussion, Luke and I think we've come up with something that will work much better in both situations.

 

Basically, we'll just be specific about what is being played or resumed as opposed to using generic terminology.  That way there should be no confusion.