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Hi,

This is kind of a nitpicky question (2.0 is great!)...

I keep all of my video files on an external hard drive. I would love to be able to add it to the sidebar, or re-route the "My Videos" folder to point to it. Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

No, you cannot.

I would like to have the ability to change the "My Videos" folder, too. Is this a feature that could be added at a later date, or is there a fundamental reason why this could never happen?

Thanks in advance.

Currently "My Videos" folder is simply a representation of the "Movies" folder in your home directory. Aliases aren't followed.

I have opened a ticket, but it will depend on available developer time and interest for implementation :

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/6248

Videolan doesn't follow "aliases" (drag'n drop links), but it does follow symbolic links created on the command line. So something like:

ln -s /Volumes/MyExternalDisk/Videos /Users/yourname/Movies/extVideos

should at least allow to see the folders inside a subfolder of "My Videos". I am not sure how symbolic links behave with external harddisks (that might not be present), but I am doin this with a music folder inside my Google Drive folder, and it works.

Best
.p.