Issue 1303 in quodlibet: Enable playing a playlist from the command line

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New issue 1303 by johnalex...@gmail.com: Enable playing a playlist from the
command line
http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/issues/detail?id=1303

As asked in this post:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/quod-libet-development/NTUZw-oBn00

it would be nice to be able to play a playlist from the command line.
Syntax like that suggested by Nick here:

https://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/issues/detail?id=1302

would be appropriate.

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Comment #1 on issue 1303 by spxxxk: Enable playing a playlist from the
command line
http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/issues/detail?id=1303

Even simpler workaround (assuming the name of your playlist doesn't have
spaces),
$ cat ~/.quodlibet/playlists/myplaylist | sed 's/\(.*\)/enqueue \1/' >>
~/.quodlibet/control

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Updates:
Status: Open
Owner: nick.bou...@gmail.com

Comment #2 on issue 1303 by nick.bou...@gmail.com: Enable playing a

playlist from the command line
http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/issues/detail?id=1303

The two ways I had in mind for fixing this are:

1. A(nother) new command e.g. --play-playlist
2. Magic detection of playlists (whatever that implies) into some existing
commands, notably --play-file and --enqueue

My preference is (2) if done well, but there are some edge cases...

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Comment #3 on issue 1303 by spxxxk: Enable playing a playlist from the
command line
http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/issues/detail?id=1303

Isn't this
$ quodlibet --enqueue "~playlists=myPlaylist"
what op's looking for btw ?

Works for me.

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Comment #4 on issue 1303 by johnalex...@gmail.com: Enable playing a

playlist from the command line
http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/issues/detail?id=1303

I'll try that when I get back home. Does this overwrite the current queue?
If I'm playing another playlist or other tracks, will they still be in the
queue? (I would prefer them not to be, because ideally I want to just play
*that* playlist).

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Comment #5 on issue 1303 by spxxxk: Enable playing a playlist from the
command line
http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/issues/detail?id=1303

The choice is yours :
quodlibet --unqueue "" && quodlibet --enqueue "~playlists=MyPlaylist" &&
quodlibet --next

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Comment #6 on issue 1303 by nick.bou...@gmail.com: Enable playing a

playlist from the command line

https://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/issues/detail?id=1303

Issue 1548 has been merged into this issue.