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diff --git a/doc/protocol.xml b/doc/protocol.xml index affe852cb..aba080a6a 100644 --- a/doc/protocol.xml +++ b/doc/protocol.xml @@ -204,6 +204,47 @@ </chapter> <chapter> + <title>Recipes</title> + + <section> + <title>Queuing</title> + + <para> + Often, users run MPD with "<link + linkend="command_random">random</link>" enabled, but want to + be able to insert songs "before" the rest of the playlist. + That is commonly called "queuing". + </para> + + <para> + MPD implements this by allowing the client to specify a + "priority" for each song in the playlist (commands <link + linkend="command_prio"><command>prio</command></link> and + <link + linkend="command_prioid"><command>prioid</command></link>). A + higher priority means that the song is going to be played + before the other songs. + </para> + + <para> + In "random" mode, MPD maintains an internal randomized + sequence of songs. In this sequence, songs with a higher + priority come first, and all songs with the same priority are + shuffled (by default, all songs are shuffled, because all have + the same priority "0"). When you increase the priority of a + song, it is moved to the front of the sequence according to + its new priority, but always after the current one. A song + that has been played already (it's "before" the current song + in that sequence) will only be scheduled for repeated playback + if its priority has become bigger than the priority of the + current song. Decreasing the priority of a song will moved it + farther to the end of the sequence. Changing the priority of + the current song has no effect on the sequence. + </para> + </section> + </chapter> + + <chapter> <title>Command reference</title> <note> @@ -1092,6 +1133,46 @@ OK </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="command_prio"> + <term> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>prio</command> + <arg choice="req"><replaceable>PRIORITY</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice="req" rep="repeat"><replaceable>START:END</replaceable></arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + Set the priority of the specified songs. A higher + priority means that it will be played first when + "random" mode is enabled. + </para> + + <para> + A priority is an integer between 0 and 255. The default + priority of new songs is 0. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="command_prioid"> + <term> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>prioid</command> + <arg choice="req"><replaceable>PRIORITY</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice="req" rep="repeat"><replaceable>ID</replaceable></arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + Same as <link + linkend="command_prio"><command>prio</command></link>, + but address the songs with their id. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="command_shuffle"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> |