[solved] use mp3 files from folder?

[ironk]

Creating an mp3 player with a screen is not difficult. you take the picture, give the buttons the desired function and that's it.
But how can I set it up that I don't need a playlist, just play all mp3 files from a folder? I don't care about order.
I want to be able to drop in or remove songs without rewritig the code all the time.

[namastaii]

So, I think the most uncomplicated way to play a list of songs from a folder without doing much else would be to name all of the mp3 files the same thing and add a number at the end of it, have a code that iterates through those (song_1.mp3, song_2.mp3) and attach a variable so it's playing song_[variablehere].mp3, but you would need another variable for the number of songs in that folder so you don't run into an error when it tries to find song_12 but you only have 11 songs, then have it go back to song_1 (or song_0 depending on how you do it) if that makes sense. This is untested but it's the most straightforward way I can think of.
You did say you'd like to drop songs in without rewriting code and I'm not sure if there's a way to do that 100% but renaming your mp3 to be routine for the code to find and just updating the variable that holds the total number of songs in the folder would work.

[ironk]

ok, i stick to a song list. If I take version 2 and rename the songs to "song1" etc. the exchange is difficult.

[Imperf3kt]

There is one user before you who had the exact same idea and a working solution was given at the time.

I am afraid I cannot find a link, but if you search around the forum you might find an answer.
IIRC, this was about three years ago.