Frequently Asked Questions
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VLC's scripting dictionary is only a list of verbs — actions that can be performed on the current playing item — it has no nouns or object references that would let you specify things like 'playlists', 'videos', 'tracks', etc. There is no way to 'talk' to VLC about anything other than the currently queued item. VideoLAN VLC Media Player is the compatible tool that can open M3UB playlists on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices. What's more, you can open files in M3U8 playlist format with Apple iTunes and Microsoft Windows Media Player too. Well, you can use a M3UB playlist creator to generate M3U8 playlists from given paths and times if you need.
The Playback menu
This menu gives you access to the sorts of playback controls you might find on a simple remote control.
- Play are probably self explanatory,
- Stop are probably self explanatory,
- Record are probably self explanatory,
- Playback Speed some text,
- Step Forward/Backward some text,
- Jump To Time some text,
- Previous/Next some text,
- Random some text,
- Repeat One/All some text,
- Quit after Playback some text,
- Program some text,
- Title some text,
- Chapter some text.
How to create and save playlist on VLC Media Player in order to be able to play audio or video based on your preference and saving
A Playlist is a list of audio or video files which can be played sequentially or in a shuffle. They are a group of selected audio or video by a user.
VLC media player can be used to create and save playlist, although other audio or video players can perform this task or function.
How to create and save playlist on VLC Media Player (PC and Mac)
1) Launch the VLC Media Player.
2) Press Ctrl + L on your keyboard to go to VLC Media Player Playlist OR Click on View and Select Playlist
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3) Go to the location of the Audio or Video files, drag and drop on the Window OR on the left pane go the location of the audio or file files and select the folder.NOTE: Remember that you can drag and drop any audio or video file from any location and from more than one location.
4) After selecting that is, after dragging and dropping or loading all the audio and video, you want in the playlist.
5) Press Ctrl + A on your keyboard to select all the audio or video files, then Right Click on the selected audio or video file and then click on Save Playlist to File
OR
Right Click on the the Playlist window without selecting the file and click on Save Playlist to File.
6) A window will appear, Save Playlist
7) Go the location where You want to save the Playlist, Enter the playlist name, the select the format (default is XSPF playlist, but you could also select either M3U, M3U8 or HTML playlist as Your default format, then click on Save.
8) Thus, You have created and saved a playlist Using VLC Media Player.
9) To launch and listen or watch the playlist, Close the VLC Media Player, Go to the location where the playlist is saved, launch the playlist, and it will begin to play.
How to create and save playlist on VLC Media Player (Android)
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1) Launch VLC android app. (it will search for all audio and video files on your device).
2) Press on the menu and go to Audio, select, press “Add to Playlist”.
3) A window will open, enter the name you want to call the playlist and press or touch OK.
4) You can go to playlist to check the created playlist.
Hope with this, You have been able to create and save playlist using the VLC Media Player.
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