Comment 2 for bug 714750

If a player quits whenever it isn't playing and has no windows open, the challenge becomes how to resume playback quickly when you click the Play button or key. In <https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg04792.html> I have suggested four possible solutions:

(1) just launch whenever you choose Play (may be fine for lightweight players like Totem);

(2) before quitting, wait for a minute or two, just in case you click Play in that time;

(3) spawn a separate process just for monitoring the sound menu and media keys and playing the current track, while the main process exits;

(4) postpone slow tasks (like scanning for music) when launching for the purpose of resuming playback.