Feature Request: Add folder tree to BG music + music related issue.

[Kayden]

When you go to add videos for the screen saver you can specify a directory and have it look in all the sub folders.  However, when you go to add songs, you can only add them one folder of files at a time.  I'd like to be able to just add my whole music library with one click than add every album one at a time.

Related to music playing, I have my music on another PC; the drive is mapped automatically when the PC boots.  Unfortunately, with a wireless connection, the drive is seen as disconnected because Windows tries to connect to the share before the wireless connection is established ( ). 

So here a rundown of a default boot:
Windows starts and logs in
drive map is disconnected because wireless isn't up
wireless connects
Mala launches
Music doesn't play because drive is "disconnected"
You can go into the options menu and browse for more music which reestablishes the mapping (like double clicking it in explorer) and then the music works again until next reboot.

I worked around this by making a batch file that's executed on startup instead of running Mala.  The batch file sees if the drive mapping is active.  If it's not, it maps it and checks again.  It keeps mapping and checking until the drive is successfully mapped.  At that point, it launches Mala and the music plays properly.

My question is, is it possible to include some kind of "keep alive" in Mala that will have Windows reestablish disconnected mapped drives that you actually have a connection to?  Maybe something as simple as an invisible query that asks for a file listing in %musicpath% or %moviepath%

[Neverending Project]

Have you looked into the Ambiance App from TheShanMan? I am not sure if it will do what you need, but it is designed to play music/sounds in the background.

[Kayden]

Mala already plays music in the background, I'd just like it to be easier to add a lot of different directories to the playlist.  Better yet, have support for mp3 playlists.

[loadman]

My question is, is it possible to include some kind of "keep alive" in Mala that will have Windows reestablish disconnected mapped drives that you actually have a connection to?  Maybe something as simple as an invisible query that asks for a file listing in %musicpath% or %moviepath%

That sounds like a 'Plug In' idea to me