If so, you should just tap this and grant access to VLC.
No, VLC doesn't see my OTG drive on my Galaxy XCover Pro with Android 11, nor can I open media from my OTG drive through My Files in VLC, VLC says: "The location [path] cannot be played."
So I posted the same question on the Android forum, and this is the answer I received: "This is something that VLC should work on with Google, and you shouldn't have to be involved in the middle. As things stand right now, the most you can do is send feedback from the VLC app, leave a review on...
External Toshiba 2tb pocket HD connected to and formatted in Samsung Galaxy xCover Pro (smartphone) USB-C port. Android 11's "My Files" reads the drive, and media content plays on stock player, but VLC can't see the drive at all. VLC's storage permissions are set to "Allow management ...