Playback doesn't start from clicked note if score has repeats

• Nov 10, 2011 - 11:53
Reported version
3.0
Type
Functional
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
MuseScore

MuseScore automatically rewinds the playback if the score contains repeats, even if I click on the note where I want to start the playback from. This is in contrast with the handbook, which says "If you select a note then MuseScore starts from the newly selected note instead."

Clicking on the note one more time usually works, though.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create a staff with a few measures of random notes.
  2. Create a repeat somewhere in the middle of the score, spanning a measure or a few.
  3. Click on a note somewhere after the repeat.
  4. Click "play" - the playback starts from the beginning instead of the clicked note.

MuseScore version 1.1 revision 4611 (Ubuntu Oneiric)

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• Jan 28, 2019 - 11:49
Regression ⇒ No
Reproducibility ⇒ Always
Reported version ⇒ 3.0
Workaround ⇒ No

I just tested this with 3.0.1. It does indeed seem like an active bug.

When checking the loop button, choosing a note anywhere doesn't make the playback start there. It always starts the playback at the beginning of the loop area.

There's no difference in behaviour whether the note is inside or outside the loop area.

For choosing a note outside of the loop area, this seems like a works-as-intended. But inside the loop area, it would make sense to start at the chosen note, I guess, especially if it's a large area this would probably be nice.

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• Jan 28, 2019 - 22:09
Status active ⇒ closed

This is by design, and in any case not all related to the original issue, which predates the implementation of the loop feature by several years :-)

It could be worth starting a discussion on the forum to see if there is consensus around changing the design so that selecting a note before starting playback temporarily defeats the loop start point. If such consensus is found to exist, then you might wish to open a new issue as a "Suggestion" to change that aspect of the design.

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