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Add configurable root directory for scanning for music. #59

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austinoneil opened this issue Apr 29, 2024 · 3 comments
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Add configurable root directory for scanning for music. #59

austinoneil opened this issue Apr 29, 2024 · 3 comments
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Feature description

Add an option to configure the root directory where scanning for music occurs.

Why do you want this feature?

On Android systems, the root music directory is sdcard/Music. As is, the app scans the entire device for music. It would make sense to allow the user to configure which directory is scanned, so that they don't accidentally get some assets/voice recordings in their scanned directory.

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@austinoneil austinoneil added feature request Issue is about a new feature in the app needs triage Issue is not yet ready for PR authors to take up labels Apr 29, 2024
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It would make sense to allow the user to configure which directory is scanned, so that they don't accidentally get some assets/voice recordings in their scanned directory.

Why not just use Settings -> Manage excluded folders?

@austinoneil
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It would make sense to allow the user to configure which directory is scanned, so that they don't accidentally get some assets/voice recordings in their scanned directory.

Why not just use Settings -> Manage excluded folders?

That can be tedious if you are merely pushing all your music to the /sdcard/Music directory. Then, you would need to add Documents, Downloads, etc. to the excluded folders list.

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Actually, you can exclude unwanted directories by long-pressing them on the folders tab. You don't have to exclude every non-music directory by default. It shouldn't be more than a few taps unless you have a lot of non-music folders containing audio files.

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