playlist_to_collection.py: Convert a music playlist into an Album collection #229
Description
In what file should the feature be added?
playlist_to_collection.py
What is the feature request?
When organising a music library into collections, plex makes a distinction between "Track" collections, and "Album" collections. This distinction is only made explicitly visible in plexamp.
Track collections are formed when multiple individual tracks are added to a collection. These exhibit playback behaviour very similar to the original playlist. With playlists that consist of multiple whole albums, there is no way to first select and limit playback to a desired album from the collection (desired behaviour).
Album collections are formed when multiple selected albums (not their individual tracks) are added to a collection. Within these collections, the user can first select and limit which album to play through, rather than scrolling through the list of tracks.
When converting a music playlist of tracks, playlist_to_collection.py outputs a "Track collection", even when the playlist is made up of sequential albums.
The feature request is to include an option to force the the script to create an "Album collection" from a specified playlist of tracks, rather than the default track collection. In other words, collate the list of relevant albums from a playlist of tracks, before creating a collection from that list of albums.