Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread flocculant
Tried audacious? That appears to at least play a 'folder' directly. On 01/12/16 13:34, Chris Green wrote: Can anyone recommend a music player with the following properties:- Can select and play direct from folders (and probably files), i.e. highlight a folder and play its contents.

Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread David Wright
On 1 December 2016 at 17:46, Chris Green wrote: > > > >Won't Parole do this? > >Open a folder of music. Select all the music files. Right-click > 'Open > >with Parole'. Parole opens and plays the tracks one after another. > >Apologies if not the answer you're looking for. > >

Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread Chris Green
> >Won't Parole do this? >Open a folder of music. Select all the music files. Right-click 'Open >with Parole'. Parole opens and plays the tracks one after another. >Apologies if not the answer you're looking for. >David > I can select individual files to play that way but w

Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread Ulli Horlacher
On Thu 2016-12-01 (13:34), Chris Green wrote: > Can anyone recommend a music player with the following properties:- > > Can select and play direct from folders (and probably files), i.e. > highlight a folder and play its contents. No requirement to copy > to playlist or anything like

Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread David Wright
On 1 December 2016 at 16:47, Chris Green wrote: > On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 11:34:45AM -0500, Rog wrote: > >IF you are opening files/folders from the desktop, you can turn-on > >one-click: > > * Right-click on a blank area of the desktop > > * Select Desktop Settings > > * Cl

Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread Chris Green
On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 11:34:45AM -0500, Rog wrote: >IF you are opening files/folders from the desktop, you can turn-on >one-click: > * Right-click on a blank area of the desktop > * Select Desktop Settings > * Click on the Icons tab > * Tick the box for Single Click to

Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread Rog
On 12/01/2016 08:34 AM, Chris Green wrote: Can anyone recommend a music player with the following properties:- Can select and play direct from folders (and probably files), i.e. highlight a folder and play its contents. No requirement to copy to playlist or anything like that.

Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread Cody Smith
Most media players support navigation and control via keyboard, though it'll be a bit obtuse and you'll be using the tab key, a lot. One media player that isn't so obtuse is the combo of mpd and mpc, which is a set of a daemon and client and is command line based, though it takes a bit of setu

Re: [xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread fred roller
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Chris Green wrote: > This is to use on a laptop where double-clicking (for me anyway) is > awkward. On my desktop I have a dedicated mouse button for double > clicking but this isn't possible on the laptop. > Don't know about the file requirements right off; but,

[xubuntu-users] Music player app that plays direct from files/folders and doesn't require double-click

2016-12-01 Thread Chris Green
Can anyone recommend a music player with the following properties:- Can select and play direct from folders (and probably files), i.e. highlight a folder and play its contents. No requirement to copy to playlist or anything like that. Doesn't require double-click (or at least has