Command line options to play and import directories

[Mathias Brodala]

To make the user experience with Exaile as convenient as possible, the player should offer command line options to play specified directories. If there are more of them, the first one should be played and the others obviously appended to the playlist. Additionally there should be an option to import the specified directories into Exaile’s database.

Having to make the main window visible and drag and drop files into Exaile’s playlist is quite a hassle. Always clicking through the import dialog feels the same.

I’ll see what’s possible with the current state of code.

[reacocard (reacocard)]

I think the best way to go about this is to just make Exaile's URI handler much smarter. If fed a directory, it should load the whole dir and its subdirs. If fed multiple URIs, that should also be handled correctly. We can then also re-use the same handler for both the DnD and the commandline.

[Tiva (ugkbunb)]

The lack of a append / queue command line ability imho is the only thing keeping me from switching from Amarok to Exaile. I organize my music files myself and 90% of the create my playlists via the right-click context menu. This function is inherit in just about every numerous windows Audio players as well as Amarok. I feel it would make transition a lot easier for people like me.

Thanks - Tiva

[Tiva (ugkbunb)]

this is similiar to bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/exaile/+bug/228651

[Mathias Brodala (mathbr)]

With r3057 appending to playlist via command line should be better. You can also use the droptrayicon plugin to add tracks to the playlists without making the main window visible.

Importing via command line is not done yet but definitely planned.

[Mathias Brodala (mathbr)]

Since I’m mad I went ahead and added --import to trunk with r3059.