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Don't know why it's not working for you. Maybe the file has some kind of tags. I'm also not familiar with lua, but as I understand the source, this should do the trick: function read_meta() local metas = vlc.item:metas() local name = metas["filename"]; vlc.item:set_meta("title", ...

I finally figured out the resolution.
The behaviour with the filename comes from a lua script for metadata.

Just remove the file (or rename the extension) %Program Files%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.luac and the problem is gone.

Confirmed. If you load the files from a playlist (it doesn't matter if m3u, m3u8 or xspf) filenames are shown correctly.

This works for the Tag problem, but "Series.-.SxxExx.-.Episode.Title" is still handled wrong...

Sorry, as my DSL is very slow this would take 12h to upload...

But you can simply reproduce this by renaming any avi-File to the schema above.

I checked this multiple times with abcAVI Tag Editor and HxD (hex editor) and the file has definitely no tag (i checked a file which has a tag and found it in both programs). I also made spot tests with a lot of files and every file which is named like "Series.-.SxxExx.-.Episode.Title" is ...

I don't understand the need for samples either. What do you mean with "broken tag" exactly? For me there is no difference between a tag and a broken tag. I do not want have tags displayed in any case. As I said, VLC doesn't have to know if a tag is broken or not but it should the user let ...

Someone around here who can't take criticism? It seems to me that several poeple don't like the way VLC handles Video-Tags and the "VLC staff" reaction is "who cares, thats the way it works". I don't think what we would like to have is kind of complex or impossible. Let me say it...

You can't expect VLC to develop an IA to detect incorrect metadata in its input files. VLC doesn't have to know which metadata is "incorrect". What it needs is an option for "Use Tags" or "Don't use Tags" so that any user can decide if he want's VLC to display tags or ...