Re: Somewhat reliable multimedia management for Emacs?

Arkadiusz =C5=9Awi=C4=99tnicki <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi all,
> I am sorry if this question is unacceptable here. I am just a poor soul
> lost in the world of Emacs, please forgive and point me to an
> appropriate place instead.
>

You can ask for help on this mailing list, where there might
be EMMS users, but there is also a mailing list for EMMS,
where the likelihood of experienced EMMS users responding
ought to be higher than here.  The mailing address of that
mailing list is:

  [email protected]

and the URL for subscribing to that mailing list is:

  http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emms-help

> I am looking for a way to manage, and especially listen to my local
> music collection. I know EMMS exists but I have some issues with it
> which I cannot fix no matter how hard I try.
> 1. I cannot add my music collection to EMMS
> M-x emms-add-directory-tree
> ~/Muzyka
> Emacs responds
> "No first track"
> 2. If I play a file, I cannot control its volume separately from
> everything else
> Even though I cannot import my whole collection, I can play single
> files. That's good enough, I suppose but I am not able to change the
> volume of just the music. I have to change the volume of the whole
> operating system, which is an unacceptable tradeoff for me as I am a
> blind user of Emacs, thus I need the separate control of the volume.
>
> Is there any hope for me in the Emacs multimedia management and playback =
space?

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