Thumbnails for Playlists

Feature requests
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Feature description:

I observed the generic playlist icon as the thumbnail. If possible adding a dynamic thumbnail to show some of the contained songs would be awesome.

Problem solved:

When browsing playlists, unable to have a snapshot of what songs are currently in the playlist without having to manually enter the playlist.

Brought benefits:

Ability to see playlist songs in thumbnail as a sneak peek of what songs in the list.

Other application solutions:

It’s a common feature in other apps to see the cover art of contained songs in the playlist thumbnail before entering the playlist. I attached an example.

Additional description and context:

Will be especially useful for smart playlists that get dynamically updated.

Screenshots / Mockup:

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This is exactly the reason why it’s not yet here, doing that on access is insanely costly with the kind of playlist that can be created. So it needs to be generated and updated, then comes the when and everything that will always lead to something that some users won’t like.

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The thumbnail is only generated once every time the app is opened/launched in that session when its used. I’ve some observations from the way it works within retro music :

1.) Each time the app is launched, the artwork is randomly picked from the albums found in the playlist , and then generated into a tile (mini thumbnail). Up to 9 tiles can be generated.

2.) There are only 3 visible tiles in a line.

3.) There are 3 lines rotated at an angle.

5.) The primary patterns are:

Line 1: Tile (1,2,3)
Line 2: Tile (4,5,6)
Line 3: Tile (7,8,9)

If there are less than 8 (songs from different) albums in the playlist then the fourth tile is placed in the middle of line 2.

Line 1: Tile (1,2,3)
Line 2: Tile (3,4,5)
Line 3: Tile (2,6,7)

If there are only 3 different albums in a playlist then the alternate pattern becomes:

Line 1: Tile (1,2,3)
Line 2: Tile (3,1,2)
Line 3: Tile (2,3,1)

If there are only 2 different albums in a playlist the secondary pattern becomes:

Line 1: Tile (1,2,1)
Line 2: Tile (2,1,2)
Line 3: Tile (1,2,1)

If there is only one album, then the playlist thumbnail is just the cover art of that song/album.

Hope this was helpful.