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Bug 120259 - parse directories on the app start
parse directories on the app start
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 125177
Product: rhythmbox
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface
0.5.0
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: RhythmBox Maintainers
RhythmBox Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-08-19 15:08 UTC by Cesar Garcia Tapia
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Cesar Garcia Tapia 2003-08-19 15:08:52 UTC 
I'm using rhythmbox as everyday player, and I miss a feature: link a
library with a directory, and refresh the library periodically. This way, I
don't have to instruct rhythmbox everytime I add music files to my ~/music
directory.

Sorry if I've written any spelling mistake, english is not my mother tongue.

Thank you for you great work.
Comment 1 Alexander Kirillov 2003-08-22 22:01:37 UTC 
I'd vote for this feature, too.
Comment 2 Jeffrey Yasskin 2003-11-01 19:29:37 UTC 
This can be done with the VFS monitoring interface:
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gnome-vfs/gnome-vfs-gnome-vfs-monitor.html

We'll need to scan the directories on startup for new files and
respond to the VFS's callbacks.

A side benefit might be that RB could delete songs from the library
that the user deleted from the filesystem. Unfortunately there may be
a limit to the number of files one app can watch using this library,
which would prevent this use.

Also, I think the summary of this bug should be "Keep library in sync
with one or more directories" or something related since the
activities don't only happen at startup.
Comment 3 Colin Walters 2003-11-18 07:50:58 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 125177 ***