On Thursday 17,March,2011 10:35 AM, Frank wrote: > Hello Banshee Developers, > > I have written and hereby propose a new Community Extension "Just Play > Files" to solve Bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634717 > and actually satisfy my personal needs as well. > > I have never used the FileSystemQueue as it imports local Files into > my Library once I open them with Banshee, which is not in my interest. > I manage a defined library with Banshee, but if I open a media file > that I have just downloaded in order to evaluate it, I would like to > use Banshee (usually running already on my system) to just play it as > my favorite media player/application without importing the file and > then forget about it as I continue to use Banshee. I might later > choose to move/copy that file to my media library folder to have it > integrated into my library. > > The proposed extension changes Banshee to do exactly that when opening > files using the command line. The FileSystemQueue will still function > if active (I deactivate it), but it will not play the file, but > JustPlayFiles will do that. > > I would like to commit the new extension to BCE (where I do have > commit access), but would also beforehand like to see if there are any > objections or comments before I commit. > > There are some thoughts which I might later implement to further > improve the extension once it is accepted: > > 1. Add an option to continue playing what you played before opening the file > 2. Currently the file is played once and forgotten. Add an option to > play the file again, when the play button is pressed again and repeat > if "repeat one" is active. > > If anyone can come up with an even better name that would also be appreciated. That's weird. I thought that the filesystem queue did exactly that. I don't recall the filesystem queue ever sucking up the songs I've double clicked into the library, and in fact, I recall looking for an option (perhaps via right click) to import the files into the library after listening to them. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
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