Getting VLC to play folders

2009-11-27 Thread James Nash
Hi list, Is there a way to get VLC to play folders in order please? The old way of selecting it in the player itself brings up an error and says that VLC cannot play the content. Thanks TC James -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: Getting VLC to play folders

2009-11-27 Thread Ryan Mann
Open terminal and type the following: 1. cd folder_name 2. ls folder_name.m3u. This will create a playlist of all the .mp3's in a folder. On Nov 27, 2009, at 12:52 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi list, Is there a way to get VLC to play folders in order please? The old way of selecting it in the

Re: Getting VLC to play folders

2009-11-27 Thread erik burggraaf
Well my vlc is old and decrepit now, but I just go command O and choose the folder I want and off it goes. Theres' no guess work. If you have random turned on by accident, press command Z and your files will play in order. Hope this helps. erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user

Re: Getting VLC to play folders

2009-11-27 Thread James Nash
Hi Ryan, Thanks so much for this cool little trick! Why didn't I think of it. Thanksagain Ah the power of the command line. TC James On 27 Nov 2009, at 18:34, Ryan Mann wrote: Open terminal and type the following: 1. cd folder_name 2. ls folder_name.m3u. This will create a playlist of