Skip/play next audio files from folder

[Gogo14]

i would need to be able to use folders as the equivalent of a playlist and be able to skip to the next file or play the next file when the previous one is done. As a musician that would be extremely useful for my own productions and could replace SoundCloud for sharing.

[Hannah]

Hey everyone, this idea has been closed as it has reached the end of the Share an Idea process.

Thank you for your suggestion, and if you have another idea to share, please do!

[RazDragon]

Hello, 
It would be nice to have a music player for our music that is stored inside Dropbox...
For example, I create a folder of certain music and I would like to hear all of them together.
I want to have a button to easily add them to Dropbox music player, and then skip a track, shuffle, etc....

as for now, I have to play a track and if I want to hear the next track in my folder I have to go back and click on a new track.
Thanks  

[westchannel]

My company is a commercial music house.  We use DB to share folders of music options (.wav files) with clients for their consideration re: licensing tracks for various projects.   There are other products out there like DISCO that are dedicated music file sharing platforms.  But we feel that Dropbox is a superior way of sharing and organizing files in general and we're mostly happy with it.  The only thing really missing from our "client pull" workflow is the ability to play music tracks within a folder, (without having to open the link for each individual file then click back into the folder to view the next track.)  If the folder functioned like a playlist does, allowing for playback within the folder window, our clients would have a much easier time auditioning tracks and evaluating them.   And it would give the competition a run for their money, within the niche of audio. 

From a UI perspective, this could be as simple as a playbutton where the .wav icon currently is or incorporated into the .wav icon (rough example below).  

[Polaris13]

Please make an option for continuous Playlists! (Probably in the Offline-folder or a special music folder)!

[mazurja]

I have thousands of songs in my Dropbox account and would like the ability to listen to them without having to download my entire library to my mobile phone.  I would love for the Dropbox Android app or a sister app to have the ability to play songs directly from my Dropbox account.  The media player would ideally have features like random play, playlist creation, etc. 

Alternatively, an ability to link to those media files from existing media player apps such as Rocket Player would also work. 

[Abufinzio]

So,
i'm here because a little bird (https://twitter.com/DropboxSupport/status/1362840257348198405?s=20) told me to share ideas here.
I would love a simple and real music player in dropbox, with support to mp3, flac, ogg, (maybe midi?...), playlists, an equalizer.

I already have all my music uploaded on dropbox, only the player is missing, i already pay the annual subscription to dropbox, i'm really annoyed by youtube music, advertising on my own music is sad.
My need now is: listen to my music.

No other stuff, no ads, no stupid suggestions, no monetization, nothing, only the music i have.
There is nothing to do that on multiple device.
Maybe some third party application but i dont like so much giving them access to my dropbox account.

There is already the (in my opinion...) useless microsoft office integration so why not a simple music player?

I hope someone will hear/read me.
Enrico

[Spliff]

I’m a music producer and use DB for sending files to clients and also for playing through albums I’m working on while I’m out of my studio. I’d love to be able to just hit play on one song and have DB play through all the songs in the directory. It’s a hassle to go back out and select the next song and hit play, especially while I’m driving. Thanks!

[Bischofftep]

Even just being able to see and sort by track number would be a big benefit, and this is just a simple metadata query!

[Joe S.45]

For my audio-video, Dreamamine music production company, and JoeStrainphotography.com businesses to operate better I need a playlist capability ON THE WEBSITE that I can use to simply audition a series of audio-video pieces on my monitor.  I need this so I can audition work from propective musicians and artists I may back and contractually engage, and I need to be able to provide a short playlist to potential Clients of my services.  This may be my OWN A/V, or that of an artist I intend to represent or present in a live setting.  This certainly doesn't have to be anything terribly fancy at first, just a 'player' kind of like VLC or the built-in Windows players.  Alternatively, if the Website would allow other players to construct playlist of content in the website folders that would work.

[youarenot]

Dear Dropbox-Team

This would be super helpful. I'm using Dropbox to preview audio files and I don't want to go back to the folder every time to preview the next file. Instead I would like to skip to the next audio file within that folder.

Thanks for sorting this out!

[h_k_]

Thank you for your time and for a nice product. I have a few suggestions regarding playing audiofiles (.wav, .mp3 format) on the dropbox player, it would be great to have you take a look at this as I think it would help alot of us. 

Background:
For those of us who are music producers / composers, or in anyway who use your services to store and re-play our works on mobile and PC devices there are a few things that would help re-playability. I think this would further your position in attracting users from similar services like for example Soundcloud (which could function as inspiration for code and UI). 

1. Buffering
To hear an audio material, you have to press it three times. One to switch UI to the individual audio file, two to start buffering, three to play. The third time you press also has to be delayed, so that the buffering process has started. Please automate this process to work with ONE CLICK.  It would also be nice to have an indicator that the buffering process has started which is now a guessing game. 

2. Audio Player position and size. 
Make the audio player larger on the screen, especially on mobile devices. On mobile the majority of the screen is filled with a placeholder image. It's like audiofiles are being treated as a videofile without an image. If you make the player bigger, especially the Play button, it will be easier to navigate, pause and scroll through the material on the go.

3. Folder Switching:
If several audiofiles are placed within a folder together, it would be nice to have them act as a playlist. When one material stops, the next should start automatically or there atleast be a function to chose this. It would be great to be able to switch songs by swiping right and left on mobile and if already playing something, it will automatically understand that you want to buffer and play the next file meaning swiping equals play+buffer next audio file. 

4. Material continues playing when you exit the window and pause/play button is always visible:
As of now, if you are playing any audio file, and exit the window back into the browser the material stops playing. If you lock screen or exit the app, this doesn't happen so it would be nice if song keeps playing until the user choses to pause it. It would be good if the play / pause button was visible during playback, wherever in the app you are (on mobile) so that continuous browsing can occur while still listening.

Thank you
H