Comment 3 for bug 1413821

I agree that that would be possible, but the instances using content hub
should say that the file is being imported.
On Jan 23, 2015 6:05 AM, "Andrew Hayzen" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Can music read files outside of ~/Music/* (or the SD's music folder) ?
> (IIRC it can't)
>
> If music can't then we would need urihandler calls for anything inside
> ~/Music/* (or the SD's music folder) and content-hub calls for audio
> somewhere else on the filesystem, eg ~/Downloads/*.
>
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> Title:
> Music files are imported into the Music app, rather than simply opened
>
> Status in File Manager application for Ubuntu devices:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Currently the File Manager uses Content Hub to send audio files being
> "opened" to the Music app. However, the files are actually imported
> when sent via Content Hub. This causes duplicate entries of the files
> if they are "opened" from the user's Music directory. The imported
> files will get stored to the user's $HOME/Music/Imported/mm/dd/
> directory.
>
> It'd be better if the File Manager used the "file:///" URI handler
> when prompting the user to "Open with" the Music app. Any use of
> Content Hub to send files to the Music app should be made clear that
> the action will import the song rather then just open the current
> location.
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