Aural 3.18.0 displays playlists at random

[LesterJitsi]

It's a little intricate issue. I always have my playlists sorted by Artist,Album, and Disc#/Track# and set Preferences > Playlist to Remember playlist from last app launch and Remember view from last app launch. Actually I'm realizing now I didn't have to use "Sort playlist" because all needed info is included in the .m3u file I regularly use. I noticed that:

1. Aural retains correct view options if I quit and then restart the app without making any change to the current playlist.
2. If I clear the playlist and then double-click or drag a .m3u file, the new playlist is sorted as if shuffle mode were on (of course it isn't). I assume shuffle mode as I can't see any sensible order in the track sequence. I mean track names appear seemingly at random. I'm attaching 2 screens. The same happens if I ctrl-click a .m3u file and open with Aural 3.18.0 (but not with 3.16.0).

Aural 3.16.0 works fine. I didn't test 3.17.0. Running macOS 10.14.6.

Off topic, while writing this note I had to struggle with Aural preferences and sort playlist windows which stubbornly stayed in the foreground 😉 #37

Thanks in advance

[kartik-venugopal]

Hey @LesterJitsi , thanks for reporting this bug. This is pretty bad and needs to be fixed.

It's strange that 3.16 works okay but 3.17 does not. I have a gut feeling that it is related to a warning I received from Xcode (the program editor) when building 3.17.

I will take a look now, and keep you updated on the fix.

Thanks, Kartik

PS - I appreciate the detailed info you always provide ... that really helps in debugging the issue ! 👍

[kartik-venugopal]

Found the bug ... it has specifically to do with how the M3U playlist tracks are added to the playlist. I introduced this bug during a partial (unfinished) implementation of CUE Sheet (playlist) support.

Fixing it now ...

[kartik-venugopal]

Fixed and released in v3.19.0. BTW, I've also fixed the other one you mentioned: #37, in this release.