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Dohn Joe
Asked: 2018-10-06 12:06:45 +0800 CST

Audacious player doesn't play a list of audio files, when I mark and open several files in the file manager, since the update from 16.04 to 18.04

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Well it's pretty much in the title.

I did the Update to Ubuntu 18.04 with the update manager. However, now when I select several files in the file manager and hit enter, only the last in the list gets opened and played by Audacious.

Apparently, my system behaves a bit weird. Three options to open multiple sound files

  • Selecting them in the file manager, hit enter
  • Selecting them, right click and click on Open with Audacious
  • Selecting them, right click, go to sub-menu Open with ..., and then selecting Audacious

Only when I do it following the steps listed in the last point, then Audacious opens all files and puts them in a list.

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3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    IMO the problem is with the developers of Audacious. They may say that this is not their problem, and rather a Nautilus problem, but they are the developers. So adapt! ;)

    For those who do not want to wait, here is a working solution for Ubuntu 19.04. Create a script /home/myuser/.config/audacious/start-audacious.sh with the following contents:

    #!/bin/bash

echo "$1" >> ~/.config/audacious/playlist.m3u

# Check if another instance of this script is running.
pidof -o %PPID -x $0 >/dev/null && echo "ERROR: Script $0 already running" && exit 1

sleep 0.1
audacious ~/.config/audacious/playlist.m3u
rm ~/.config/audacious/playlist.m3u

    Then allow execution of this file:

    chmod +x /home/myuser/.config/audacious/start-audacious.sh

    Then edit the file /usr/share/applications/audacious.desktop and replace Exec=audacious %U with Exec=/home/myuser/.config/audacious/start-audacious.sh.

    That's it. No restart needed for any service. Now go take Nautilus to your *.mp3 files, mark a couple, and press Enter. Audacious should open your selection.

    P.S.: Replace myuser by your user! ;)

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  2. This Nautilus bug will hopefully be gone in Nautilus version 40 - the respective bug report has been closed by this commit.

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    1. Open Audacious, then goto File --> Settings
    2. Click "Playlist" tab
    3. Unchecked "Clear the playlist when openning files"
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