diff --git a/misc/org.kde.dragonplayer.desktop b/misc/org.kde.dragonplayer.desktop
--- a/misc/org.kde.dragonplayer.desktop
+++ b/misc/org.kde.dragonplayer.desktop
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 Icon=dragonplayer
 X-DocPath=dragonplayer/index.html
 TryExec=dragon
-Exec=dragon %u
+Exec=dragon %U
 MimeType=video/ogg;video/x-theora+ogg;video/x-ogm+ogg;video/x-ms-wmv;video/x-msvideo;video/x-ms-asf;video/x-matroska;video/mpeg;video/avi;video/quicktime;video/vnd.rn-realvideo;video/x-flic;video/mp4;video/x-flv;video/webm;application/x-cd-image;
 Categories=Qt;KDE;AudioVideo;Player;
 X-DBUS-StartupType=Unique
diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     parser.addHelpOption();
 
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption("play-dvd", i18n("Play DVD Video")));
-    parser.addPositionalArgument("url", i18n("Play 'URL'"), QStringLiteral("+[URL]"));
+    parser.addPositionalArgument("urls", i18n("Play 'URL'"), QStringLiteral("+[URL]"));
 
     parser.process(app);
     aboutData.processCommandLine(&parser);
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@
 
     QList<QUrl> urls;
     const QStringList args = parser.positionalArguments();
-    if (!args.isEmpty()) {
-        urls.append(QUrl::fromUserInput(args.first(),
-                                        QDir::currentPath(),
-                                        QUrl::AssumeLocalFile));
+    for (auto &arg : args) {
+        urls << QUrl::fromUserInput(arg,
+                                    QDir::currentPath(),
+                                    QUrl::AssumeLocalFile);
     }
 
     app.newInstance(parser.isSet("play-dvd"), urls);
diff --git a/src/app/mainWindow.h b/src/app/mainWindow.h
--- a/src/app/mainWindow.h
+++ b/src/app/mainWindow.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 
 public slots:
     bool open(const QUrl & );
+    bool open(const QList<QUrl> & );
     void playDisc();
     void openFileDialog();
     void openStreamDialog();
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@
     void toggleUnique( bool );
 
 private:
-    bool load(const QUrl & );
+    bool load(const QList<QUrl> & );
     void setupActions();
     void updateSliders();
     void updateTitleBarText();
diff --git a/src/app/mainWindow.cpp b/src/app/mainWindow.cpp
--- a/src/app/mainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/mainWindow.cpp
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
 {
     qDebug() << "Opening" << url;
 
-    if( load( url ) ) {
+    if( load({ url }) ) {
         const int offset = (TheStream::hasProfile() && isFresh())
                            // adjust offset if we have session history for this video
                            ? TheStream::profile().readEntry<int>( "Position", 0 )
@@ -544,51 +544,68 @@
 }
 
 bool
-MainWindow::load( const QUrl &url )
+MainWindow::open(const QList<QUrl> &urls)
 {
-    //FileWatch the file that is opened
-
-    if( url.isEmpty() ) {
-        MessageBox::sorry( i18n( "Dragon Player was asked to open an empty URL; it cannot." ) );
-        return false;
+    if (load(urls)) {
+        engine()->loadSettings();
+        updateSliders();
+        return engine()->play();
     }
 
-    bool ret = false;
+    return false;
+}
 
-    PlaylistFile playlist( url );
-    if( playlist.isPlaylist() ) {
-        //TODO: problem is we return out of the function
-        //statusBar()->message( i18n("Parsing playlist file...") );
+static QList<QUrl> determineUrl(const QUrl &url)
+{
+    if (!url.isValid()) {
+        return {};
+    }
 
-        if( playlist.isValid() )
-            ret = engine()->load( playlist.contents() );
-        else {
-            MessageBox::sorry( playlist.error() );
-            return false;
+    PlaylistFile playlist(url);
+    if (playlist.isPlaylist()) {
+        if (playlist.isValid()) {
+            return playlist.contents();
+        } else {
+            return {};
         }
     }
 
-    // local protocols like nepomuksearch:/ are not supported by xine
-    // check if an UDS_LOCAL_PATH is defined.
-    if (!ret && KProtocolInfo::protocolClass(url.scheme()) == QLatin1String(":local")) {
-        //#define UDS_LOCAL_PATH (7 | KIO::UDS_STRING)
+    if (url.isLocalFile()) {
+        return { url };
+    }
+
+    if (KProtocolInfo::protocolClass(url.scheme()) == QLatin1String(":local")) {
         KIO::StatJob * job = KIO::stat(url, KIO::StatJob::SourceSide, 2);
-        KJobWidgets::setWindow(job, this);
         if (job->exec()) {
             KIO::UDSEntry e = job->statResult();
-            const QString path = e.stringValue( KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_LOCAL_PATH );
-            if( !path.isEmpty() )
-                ret = engine()->load( QUrl::fromLocalFile( path ) );
+            const QString path = e.stringValue(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_LOCAL_PATH);
+            if (!path.isEmpty()) {
+                return { QUrl::fromLocalFile(path) };
+            }
         }
-        job->deleteLater();
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    return { url };
+}
+
+bool
+MainWindow::load(const QList<QUrl> &urls)
+{
+    QList<QUrl> resultUrls;
+
+    for (auto &url : urls) {
+        resultUrls << determineUrl(url);
+    }
+
+    if (resultUrls.isEmpty()) {
+        MessageBox::sorry(i18n("Dragon Player was asked to open an empty URL; it cannot."));
+        return false;
     }
 
-    //let xine handle invalid, etc, QUrlS
-    //TODO it handles non-existing files with bad error message
-    if (!ret)
-        ret = engine()->load( url );
+    auto ret = engine()->load(resultUrls);
 
-    if( ret ) {
+    if (ret) {
         m_currentWidget = nullptr;
         m_loadView->setThumbnail(nullptr);
     }
@@ -649,7 +666,7 @@
         qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "URL empty";
         return;
     } else {
-        open( urls.first() );
+        open(urls);
     }
 }
 
@@ -795,7 +812,7 @@
 MainWindow::dropEvent( QDropEvent *e )
 {
     if( e->mimeData()->hasUrls() )
-        this->open( e->mimeData()->urls().first() );
+        this->open( e->mimeData()->urls() );
     else
         engineMessage( i18n("Sorry, no media was found in the drop") );
 }
diff --git a/src/app/playerApplication.cpp b/src/app/playerApplication.cpp
--- a/src/app/playerApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/app/playerApplication.cpp
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@
     else if (playDisc)
         m_mainWindow->playDisc();
     else if (!uris.isEmpty()) {
-        m_mainWindow->open(uris.first());
-        m_mainWindow->adjustSize();
+        m_mainWindow->open(uris);
     }
 
     m_mainWindow->show();
diff --git a/src/app/stateChange.cpp b/src/app/stateChange.cpp
--- a/src/app/stateChange.cpp
+++ b/src/app/stateChange.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 
 void MainWindow::engineMediaChanged(Phonon::MediaSource /*newSource*/)
 {
+    updateSliders();
     m_audioView->update();
 
     // update recently played list
diff --git a/src/app/videoWindow.cpp b/src/app/videoWindow.cpp
--- a/src/app/videoWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/videoWindow.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     eject();
     QList<QUrl> tmpUrls = urls;
     m_media->setCurrentSource(tmpUrls.takeFirst());
-    m_media->enqueue(tmpUrls);
+    m_media->setQueue(tmpUrls);
     m_justLoaded = true;
     m_adjustedSize=false;