I’m looking for a Mopidy (or MPD) client that can play music directly from my local music library, not via a playlist.
I have my music arranged in a hierarchy of directories sorted by genre, artist, etc. I simply want to be able to navigate to a directory (which generally contains the tracks from one album) and play all the tracks in that directory once. I.e. I want to be able to do what one once did with a vinyl disk or a CD.
they don’t allow me to select a directory and play all the files in that directory.
This is now implemented in Argos (see Add a tracks view to library browsing widget · Issue #125 · orontee/argos · GitHub): When Mopidy-File extension is installed, Argos library has a “Files” item where you’ll find all the directories hierarchy. When entering a directory containing tracks only, one sees a “tracks view” with “Play” button and “Track selection” menu to add to a playlist or to the playing track list.
When there’s no selection those buttons operates on all directory tracks.