[nflug] xmms re-read directory

[Cyber Source]

joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:
> Thus spake Cyber Source on Mon, 27 Feb 2006
>
>> joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:
>>> I'm sure there is a simple way to do this but I'm missing it: How can I
>>> get xmms to re-read a directories contents? I have been using MOC 
>>> Player
>>> for a while now. It would read a directory of mp3's and ogg's on
>>> startup. And if I added any other songs to the directory then a 
>>> simple "r"
>>> would re-scan
>>> the directory. In xmms I do "add directory" to add all my mp3's. But
>>> even if I completely quit xmms and start it again, it will not re-read
>>> the directory. It will only contain the 'playlist' from the last time I
>>> did 'add directory'. And if I do 'add directory' again then it addes 
>>> the
>>> *entire* contents on top of what was already there. Hence, lots of
>>> duplicate entries. Is there away to obtain the above-mentioned 
>>> behaviour
>>> from xmms?
>>>
>>> -Josh J
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>> Drag n Drop works just fine too.
>
> That's a negative. fluxbox and all that. I don't really want to have
> to think about it :) I just want to put any mp3s/oggs into this one 
> directory
> and have xmms play them. I don't want a playlist. Correction: I want the
> 'playlist' to be whatever is in the directory.
>
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At least drag n drop from nautilus for xmms, anything for 
beep-media-player. With beep you can drag entire directories.
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