xmms autoplay

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:

> This has been bugging me for a while.  I look at it once in a while, and I
> still
> haven't figured it out.  (Fedora 8)
>
> I have the xmms-mp3 plugin installed from Livna, and xmms plays mp3 files
> wonderfully well.
>
> I have "audio player" selected as the program to use in Nautilus to  open
> mp3
> files.
>
> When I double-click on a mp3 files, xmms loads but then just sits there
> showing
> the name of the last mp3 file that I played and not the one that I just
> clicked
> on.
>
> xmms works as expected from the commandline.  For example, I just tried
> this
> command:
>
> xmms moccasin\ road\ monday.mp3
>
> That loaded the file "moccasin road monday.mp3" and it immediately started
> playing.
>
> Clicking on the "moccasin road monday.mp3" file on my desktop loads xmms
> and I
> see "WINTERFEST MIX 01" in the window on xmms and that's it.  If I hit the
> play
> button on xmms, it starts playing "winterfest mix 01.mp3" even though
> that's
> not what I clicked on, just what I played immediately prior to now when I
> want
> to play "moccasin road monday.mp3". If I want to play "moccasin road
> monday.mp3" I have to select it from the file menu in xmms.
>
>

Click "Open With", then choose "User command".

Replace "xmms -e" for "xmms -f".

That it is it.


-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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