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Play songs contained in a folder

Asked by Ernst J.

As I understand Rhythmbox 'finds' songs by properties like Artist, Album etc.
I wonder if/how I can play all songs contained in a folder on my computer (i.e. /home/John/Music/80s)?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

are all the files MP3s?

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Ernst J. (ernst-junger) said : 		#2

yes, they are

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok then you can run:

cd /home/John/Music/80s; ls | grep -i mp3 > ./80s.m3u

You can now open the 80s.m3u file with your favourite media player and it will play the tracks

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Ernst J. (ernst-junger) said : 		#4

hm. this was high level ... ;-)

I can open the mp3-files in this directory and play them in Rhythmbox. But only one by one, i.e. open folder, right-click a file, chose Open with ...

My question how can I get Rhythmbox to play all mp3s contained in a certain folder (if possible in the same order as in the folder)?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

You will, just run the command I gave, you can then open the made file and play all the tracks. Obviously this isn't a great solution if you have lots of folders etc then this isn't ideal

This may help:
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/folderview-rhythmbox-plugin-to-browse.html

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Ernst J. (ernst-junger) said : 		#6

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.