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I just updated to 2.1.1, and noticed that I am no longer able to drag and drop folders into the playlist and then play the files inside those folders anymore. Is there a setting that I need to change to allow this?

It's very nice to be able to avoid having to open folders and subfolders to select a set of files to play (mp3, FLAC, avi, mk4, mp4).

Right now, dragging and dropping a folder into the playlist results in the name of that folder appearing in the playlist (the same as before), but double-clicking that item in the playlist to reveal and play the individual files no longer works.

Can anyone help? Thanks.

Am I the only one that has this problem? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thank you.

This works here.

Thank you.

It turns out that this was unique to me/my computer/my installation. I uninstalled 2.1.1 and reinstalled earlier and earlier versions (up to 2.0.8 or earlier, I don't remember), restarted the computer numerous times, without solving this problem. So out of desperation, I installed 2.1.1 again, but deleted the preferences in the process, and this fixed it!!! I don't know why or how, but it did!!

So for the rare fellow who encounters this same problem, the solution could be as easy as resetting your preferences.

Thanks for confirming.

I had the same problem, tracked it down to the demux setting being set to any: To fix, just comment it back like below: This is probably a bug?

FILE TO EDIT

On Windows 7, the file that you'll want to edit is:
%appdata%\vlc\vlcrc

EDIT

I edited the file according to LKRAIDERs instructions above, and folder playback / enqueue functionality was completely restored! AWESOME!

THANKS

I can't thank you enough LKRAIDER - I had been looking for a solution to this for a LONG time.
So, absolutely awesome job in tracking down the faulty config entry!

I hope the VLC team will be able to prevent this bug from occurring again...

Cheers,
AgentSam

I have the same problem, except #demux= is already #demux=. I notice that, starting vlc from the command line, when I double click on a directory I've dragged into the playlist, I get on the console:

[0x7ffnumbers] main xml reader error: XML reader not found

There are no xml files in the directory, fyi, just mp3s. VLC version 2.1.4, compiled from source, Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit.

Your VLC build lacks libxml2.

where do i go to fix the demux code?

Just wanted to say this works for me, vlc 2.1.5 win32 on win7x64

Basically, Thank you so much for tracking this down lkraider!

You've allowed us to help ourselves in three seconds, after probably months of frustration!

[Open %appdata%\vlc\ and edit vlcrc in notepad, commenting out the demux line as suggested]

bump.

This helped me after months of frustration! Thank you!

Thanks LKraider worked for me. I had to manually add al my mp4 files to the playlist, but not anymore I'm surprised the Videolan team has still not removed this bug in recent updates. Someone explain this to me please?