Download Importing

Tauon can monitor your downloads folder and make it easy to import new music with just one click.

Download import button

How It Works

When a new music archive or folder is detected in your downloads folder, a button appears that lets you immediately import that item.

Setup

To enable this feature, go to MENU > Settings… > Functions and enable:

“Monitor download folders” - Watches for new files
“Extract archives on import” - Automatically extracts compressed files

Optional settings:

“Trash archive after extraction” - Removes the archive after extracting
“Always extract to music folder” - Extracts to your music library folder

Download import settings

Default Import Playlist

Items will be imported to the playlist you’ve flagged as the downloads playlist. To set this:

Right click a playlist tab
Select “Misc…” > “Set as Downloads Playlist”

If no downloads playlist is set, items will be imported to the currently viewed playlist.

Supported Formats

Folders - Drag and drop or auto-detect
ZIP archives - Automatically extracted
7z archives - Requires additional setup (see below)
RAR archives - Requires additional setup (see below)

7z and RAR Support

To use 7z and RAR archives, you need to install additional packages:

Arch Linux

# Install optional packages
sudo pacman -S unrar p7zip

Flatpak

# Install host packages
sudo apt install unrar p7zip-full  # Ubuntu/Debian
# or
sudo dnf install unrar p7zip        # Fedora

# Grant permission to run commands in host environment
sudo flatpak override com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak

Tips

Keep your downloads folder organized for best results
The feature works great with music downloads from Bandcamp, etc.
You can disable auto-trash of archives if you want to keep backups