Audio content auditioning by playback device

1. A method, comprising:

displaying, via a computing device that is configured to control a first playback device via a data network, a first media item available for playback while the first playback device is playing back a second media item, wherein the first media item is associated at least with a preview option, a playback option, and a queue option;

receiving, via the computing device, a first user input associated with the first media item;

determining, via the computing device, that the first user input corresponds only to the preview option;

responsive to determining that the first user input corresponds only to the preview option, the computing device causing (i) playback of a portion of the first media item to begin and continue for a predetermined amount of time at the first playback device and (ii) playback of the second media item at the first playback device to be paused; and

as or before the predetermined amount of time expires, the computing device automatically causing playback of the second media item at the first playback device to resume without a further user input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second media item is a portion of a media stream, and

wherein causing playback of the second media item at the first playback device to be paused comprises:

causing playback of the media stream to be suspended.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, via the computing device, a second user input associated with the first media item;

determining, via the computing device, that the second user input corresponds only to the queue option; and

responsive to determining that the second user input corresponds only to the queue option, causing, via the computing device, the first media item to be added to a queue.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the queue is stored on the computing device.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the queue is stored remote from the computing device.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions executable by a processor of a computing device to perform a method comprising:

displaying, via the computing device that is configured to control a first playback device via a data network, a first media item available for playback while the first playback device is playing back a second media item, wherein the first media item is associated at least with a preview option, a playback option, and a queue option;

receiving a first user input associated with the first media item;

determining that the first user input corresponds only to the preview option;

responsive to determining that the first user input corresponds only to the preview option, causing (i) playback of a portion of the first media item to begin and continue for a predetermined amount of time at the first playback device and (ii) playback of the second media item at the first playback device to be paused; and

as or before the predetermined amount of time expires, automatically causing playback of the second media item at the first playback device to resume without a further user input.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the second media item is a portion of a media stream, and

wherein causing playback of the second media item at the first playback device to be paused comprises:

causing playback of the media stream to be suspended.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a second user input associated with the first media item;

determining that the second user input corresponds only to the queue option; and

responsive to determining that the second user input corresponds only to the queue option, causing the first media item to be added to a queue.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the queue is stored on the computing device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the queue is stored remote from the computing device.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

memory comprising instructions stored therein executable by the processor to perform functions comprising:

displaying, via the apparatus that is configured to control a first playback device via a data network, a first media item available for playback while the first playback device is playing back a second media item, wherein the first media item is associated at least with a preview option, a playback option, and a queue option;

receiving a first user input associated with the first media item;

determining that the first user input corresponds only to the preview option;

responsive to determining that the first user input corresponds only to the preview option, causing (i) playback of a portion of the first media item to begin and continue for a predetermined amount of time at the first playback device and (ii) playback of the second media item at the first playback device to be paused; and

as or before the predetermined amount of time expires, automatically causing playback of the second media item at the first playback device to resume without a further user input.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second media item is a portion of a media stream, and

wherein causing playback of the second media item at the first playback device to be paused comprises:

causing playback of the media stream to be suspended.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the functions further comprise:

receiving a second user input associated with the first media item;

determining that the second user input corresponds only to the queue option; and

responsive to determining that the second user input corresponds only to the queue option, causing the first media item to be added to a queue.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the queue is stored on the apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the queue is stored remote from the apparatus.