# Play music and playlists

Listen to the audio files in your Drive, play a whole folder in the player at the bottom of the screen while you keep browsing, and build playlists.

Updated: 2026-10-20  
Source: https://drime.cloud/support/more-apps/music-and-playlists

Audio files in your Drive play right in Drime. You can play one file, or a whole folder in a player that stays at the bottom of the screen while you keep browsing.

## Play an audio file

Double-click the file. By default it opens on its own, in the preview window.

To play the file and the rest of its folder in the player at the bottom of the screen instead, right-click it and choose **Play as playlist**.

## Choose what a double-click does

1. Click your avatar, top right, then **Settings**.

2. In **General**, find **Audio playback**.

3. Under **Default action when opening an audio file**, choose **Audio player** or **Playlist player**.

   **Playlist player** queues up the folder and plays it in the player at the bottom, so you can keep browsing.

   ![Settings, General, Audio playback, with the Audio player and Playlist player choices](https://drime.cloud/media/01M5A2T3D8Q4SE2FR0G5ZFZXSS/b7c0ced87492-web-settings-audio-playback.png)

## Build playlists

- To add a file to a playlist, right-click it and choose **Add to playlist**, then the playlist. The item appears once you have at least one playlist.
- In the player, **New playlist** creates a playlist and **Save what is playing** keeps the current queue as a playlist.
- **Remove from playlist** takes a track out. Deleting a playlist does not delete the audio files.

Your playlists are the same as in the Drime mobile app.

Audio files in the Trash cannot be played as a playlist or added to one.

## Use the player

The **Music player** stays at the bottom of the screen while you browse:

- **Play** and **Pause**, **Previous** and **Next**;
- **Shuffle**, and the repeat button, which goes from **Repeat all** to **Repeat one** to **Repeat off**;
- **Volume** and **Mute**;
- **Up next** shows the queue: **Remove from queue** takes a track out of it.

**Close player** closes the player.

## Manage a playlist

Open **Playlists** in the player, then a playlist. Click **Play** to play it, or open **Playlist options**:

- **Add to queue** adds its tracks after what is playing;
- **Rename** changes its name;
- **Delete** asks **Delete playlist?**: **… will be deleted. The audio files themselves are not touched.**

**Playlists you make here also show up in the Drime mobile app.**

## If it doesn't work

| What you see | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| **Could not start the playlist.** | The playlist did not start. Try again. |
| **There is nothing playable in this playlist.** | The playlist has no audio file that can be played, for example because its files are in the Trash. Add other tracks. |
| **This playlist is empty.** | Add tracks with **Add to playlist** on your audio files. |
| **There is nothing playing to save.** | Start playing something before you click **Save what is playing**. |
| **This playlist no longer exists.** | The playlist was deleted. Open **Playlists** again. |
| An audio file does not play | Its format may not be supported in your browser. See [A file won't open or play (HEIC, WMV, WebM, EPUB…)](https://drime.cloud/support/drive/file-format-support). |

## Next steps

- [Preview files in your browser](https://drime.cloud/support/drive/preview-files)
- [Trim or cut an audio file](https://drime.cloud/support/more-apps/edit-audio)
- [A file won't open or play (HEIC, WMV, WebM, EPUB…)](https://drime.cloud/support/drive/file-format-support)