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Too bad there is still no solution.
Indeed you can use the standard Android file explorer to go to the sd card and select vlc as the app to open the file. ... But there is no way to browse to the file within Vlc and that is what we really want to do. ..

I am convinced it must have somthing to do with this new requirement in 4.4.... http://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.4.html Quote : " Important Behavior Changes If you have previously published an app for Android, be aware that your app might be affected by changes in Android 4...

Try adding the custom path that the file managers can see directly.

Tried that as well same issue.

The screenshot with the files is from the root of the extsdcard.
Within vlc there is nothing to select, it just says extsdcard and cannot find files there.

All i did is select extsdcard from the screenshot below. https://www.dropbox.com/s/os53qon3qz5i3v3/screenshot1.jpg Then i can't see any files on the sd, see below. https://www.dropbox.com/s/at5d63wcm18b5sa/screenshot2.jpg There are in fact files on the external sd as you can see in the screenshot fr...

Managed to install this debug version and below is the debug output file.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aaf2wh2la58zh ... 073730.log
I hope this helps.

Unfortunately that version won't install.
It stays forever at installing see below.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o83x51argau7 ... nshot4.jpg

Hi Edward, Just tried the version you shared with the same result, I added some pictures to show you: https://www.dropbox.com/s/os53qon3qz5i3v3/screenshot1.jpg As you can see i does not mention any files or directories in the ExtSdCard folder. When you click on this you get nothing see screenshot2: ...

Hi Edward, I am not a programmer but there is really an issue here. When you browse to the sd card within vlc on android 4.4.2 it shows nothing at all. Same card and files and android 4.3 there is no issue. Same story for my tomtom app as well :( But my internal storage cannot hold all my media file...

Hi vlc developer, Just noticed this tread. Apparentely, it's a new kitkat feature as more apps have this issue. Below is an article i found on this topic. I hope you can fix this in the new version.... " If your app reads from external storage... Your app can not read shared files on the extern...

Hi, I encounted an issue with vlc on my galaxy note 3 after the kitkat upgrade the other day. Vlc does not see any files on the external sd card anymore. Mx player can but i like vlc better ;) Apparentely, it's a new kitkat feature as more apps have this issue. Below is an article i found on this to...