Bug 103407

Summary: when amarok is startet with -t (--play-pause) option it should start playing
Product: [Applications] amarok Reporter: Bernhard Breinbauer <infopipe>
Component: generalAssignee: Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.2.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
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Description Bernhard Breinbauer 2005-04-07 09:44:38 UTC 
Version:           1.2.3 (using KDE KDE 3.4.0)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc 3.4.3 
OS:                Linux

At the moment amarok starts paused when it is started with the -t option and it was playing while quitting. I think when amarok isn't actually running, it would be better to start playing.
My scenario: I have assigned 'amarok -t' to my Play/Pause button on my keyboard, when I press the button while amarok is not running I expect amarok starts playing, while when amarok is running and I press the button it should pause.
But with the actual behaviour I have to press the button twice to get amarok playing.
Comment 1 illogic-al 2005-05-07 07:22:03 UTC 
What about if you have amaroK setup to continue playback on startup and decide you want to start it up paused? 
A better solution would be to configure KDE to use your multimedia keys then amaroK can use the Play/Pause button to do exactly that, while using some other key combination to start amaroK. 
That way, when amaroK isn't running the keycombo will start it and when it is running play/pause will do its thing.

For those who haven't guessed I'm casting my vote _against_ this wish :-)
Comment 2 Bernhard Breinbauer 2005-05-09 15:52:41 UTC 
I don't think, that it is very common to start amarok and want it to pause, but well that's a decision the developers have to make.
If really someone want to do this, it is possible to start amarok with --pause option. IMO when someone starts amarok, she/he wants it to play music :-) , especially when the option "continue playback on startup" is set.
Comment 3 Seb Ruiz 2006-07-28 15:10:42 UTC 
This wish isn't really necessary, imo. It just adds more to the code.  It would be very easy to implement a little script instead, such as:

if ( dcop amarok ) //its running
 amarok -t
else
 amarok