Need 'simple player' mode for local files

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Situation: Playing local files without importing into the library is currently not possible (Audirvana Studio 2.5.2).

Issue: It takes 13 clicks (see below) to listen to local music in ‘ad hoc’ mode, being forced to abuse the library functionality, which was never optimized for this task.

Resolution: How this should work instead (urgent feature request): Drag a local folder onto Audirvana, pop-up should offer a choice of ‘1. Play Now; 2. Play Next; 3. Add to Play Queue; 4. Add to Playlist’).

Current steps / current pain:

  1. Click on Settings
  2. Click on Local
  3. Click on ‘Add a folder’
  4. Navigate to folder (multiple clicks)
  5. Click ‘Open’
  6. Click on ‘LOCAL’ (left hand pane)

Now, we are running into more interesting problems:

  1. in ‘Local > Folders View’, it is not possible to select a folder to add to/as a playlist
    7a. Have to click on a track
  2. select all (Command A)
  3. right-click ‘add to play queue’
  4. press play
    –
  5. Once done listening, clean up time: Click on Settings
  6. Click on LOCAL
  7. Click on trashcan icon next to previously imported folder
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There is a drag and drop option if I’m not mistaken.

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Yep. You can drag and drop files from Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows) on Audirvana to play them. You don’t need to add them to the Audirvana library for that.

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On my Mac, I right click on any music file and choose which program to open/play and it plays.

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Sorry, this doesn’t work.

I added ‘Full disc access’ for Audirvana Studio (macOS Sonoma).
Now I can select multiple files, right click, open with - Audirvana Studio.

However, this doesn’t work for files on a network share. Nothing happens.
Also, there is no drag & drop. If I take a local file and hover over different parts of the Audirvana Studio user interface, the cursor doesn’t change to reflect a valid drop target. Randomly dropping the file on 20 different parts on the screen also doesn’t work. Dropped on the Mini Player: Nothing happens.

This is not working.

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Drag and drop them from the File Explorer (in Windows) or Finder (Mac) on an open playlist in Audirvana. On my system (Windows) that works and always has worked.

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Thank you. I was missing the crucial step ‘create dummy playlist as a drag & drop target’.
I can confirm this works on my Mac, including with network files.

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You should be able to drag and dropping the tracks you want in the play queue of Audirvāna Origin:

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