As suggested in another thread, I’m making this thread to see if there is any interest in an option like this. 2.1.33 saw a relatively minor temporary change to how pasting audio into a field on a flashcard worked. Previously, Anki would play the audio pasted into a field automatically, but in 2.1.…

Using this is a bit complicated since you have to build dependencies and run from source. I think this can be done with an add-on. I’ll do that and return to you later. Update: Copy the code below to a file named __init__.py and put it in a folder called something like editor_no_autoplay, then co…

I’ve just implemented this here . [editor-autoplay] if @dae thinks this is a worthwhile addition, I can open a pull request.

That page is getting a bit big again, and it may make more sense to split it out into a separate “Editing” tab. But so far we’ve only heard from one user - if a lot of demand doesn’t present itself, it may end up being better done in an add-on, as every option we add makes the UI more complicated, a…

This looks like a nice solution, though I understand dae’s concern with settings bloat. Excuse my ignorance (I’m not very familiar with the workings of GitHub), but is there any way I can implement the code you’ve linked to on my own? I couldn’t find any of the files mentioned on the page you linked…

May I ask why the current functionality is there? Like I outlined in the original post, I don’t understand the benefits of the audio playing automatically. If you want to hear what it looks like, you can just preview the card.

Thank you so much for going above and beyond just to help out a stranger like me. I tested it out, and it works perfectly.

@abdo , do you think a checkbox on the Recorder UI a good idea? Each time it pop up, user can choose whether to replay it. [image]

I feel it’s more appropriate as an option in the preferences instead. The user will be busy speaking when this dialog is shown and they may not feel like checking boxes. But as dae said above, there is not much demand for an option for controlling autoplay yet.

@abdo How about put three button, “Save & Replay” “Save” “Cancel” [image]

Maybe this is better, though it still require the user to think about what button to click when they’re busy speaking. An option in the preferences makes more sense for me. Anyway, that’s something for dae to decide and you can see his reply about adding a new option above.

Option controlling autoplay of audio dropped into card editing window

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dae October 3, 2020, 1:24am 7

Having it autoplay allows users to confirm they selected the correct file. People are used to it, and complained when the behaviour changed.

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Option controlling autoplay of audio dropped into card editing window

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