Can I right-click music folder and select play under GNOME?

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Published on 2010-06-11T13:33:17Z Indexed on 2010/06/11 13:43 UTC
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Hi all,

On Windows it's possible to right click on a folder of MP3s and (when it works) click on play to have the default media player queue up the contents in track order.

Does anyone know a way I can do the same thing on GNOME (Ubuntu)?

TIA

Andy

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