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If I go to Windows Explorer and highlight several files, I can "add to Windows Media Player List" I can "Play in Windows Media Player" I seem to remember being able to highlight multiple files, right click and "add to VLC player" or (ideally) "add to VLC playlist"....... Is this possible? Yes, I can just open VLC, add the multiple files and then save to a playlist, but right now I am playing some music while I create some playlists, and I don't want to stop my music every time to do this. And....I can do this if I select a single file. Select single file, right click and option to add to playlist is there. Why not for multiple files?

Thanks in advance.

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There is a limit of 15 files that can be selected that result in the "Add to VLC media player's Playlist" and "Play with VLC media player" options, by default, on Windows 7 machines (don't know if this is an issue with Win8 and newer OSs)

There is a registry setting to remove this limitation. Use at your own risk:
"16" is considered "unlimited". If you change this, and accidentally crash your computer by attempting to edit all of the songs in your music library, don't say I didn't warn you.

VLC developers, when you create your file extension registry entries (i.e. HKCR\VLC.mp3\shell\AddToPlaylistVLC), could you please add the MultiSelectModel to "Player" to both AddToPlayList and PlayWithVLC? This will open up that restriction to 100 files, rather than the very limited 15 files.

That's awesome, thanks for taking the time!

There is a limit of 15 files that can be selected that result in the "Add to VLC media player's Playlist" and "Play with VLC media player" options, by default, on Windows 7 machines (don't know if this is an issue with Win8 and newer OSs)

There is a registry setting to remove this limitation. Use at your own risk:

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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer Name : MultipleInvokePromptMinimum Type : DWORD Default : 16 (decimal)

"16" is considered "unlimited". If you change this, and accidentally crash your computer by attempting to edit all of the songs in your music library, don't say I didn't warn you.

VLC developers, when you create your file extension registry entries (i.e. HKCR\VLC.mp3\shell\AddToPlaylistVLC), could you please add the MultiSelectModel to "Player" to both AddToPlayList and PlayWithVLC? This will open up that restriction to 100 files, rather than the very limited 15 files.

Wow. Thanks sooo much for telling us!

There is a limit of 15 files that can be selected that result in the "Add to VLC media player's Playlist" and "Play with VLC media player" options, by default, on Windows 7 machines (don't know if this is an issue with Win8 and newer OSs)

There is a registry setting to remove this limitation. Use at your own risk:

Code: Select all

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer Name : MultipleInvokePromptMinimum Type : DWORD Default : 16 (decimal)

"16" is considered "unlimited". If you change this, and accidentally crash your computer by attempting to edit all of the songs in your music library, don't say I didn't warn you.

VLC developers, when you create your file extension registry entries (i.e. HKCR\VLC.mp3\shell\AddToPlaylistVLC), could you please add the MultiSelectModel to "Player" to both AddToPlayList and PlayWithVLC? This will open up that restriction to 100 files, rather than the very limited 15 files.

Wow. Thanks sooo much for telling us!

Agreed, this is a game changer for me. Seems small, ans maybe it is for some folks, but it's great for me. Thanks again. Also the registry instructions were made clear, and easy, anyone with this issue can resolve it.

Pushed to vlc.git and 2.2.3