Using "*.*" in 0.86 (error)
Posted: 06 Jun 2007 05:01
I'm asking this questions in a new thread as the thread it was in seems to have died.
I'm trying to setup a sort of video jukebox, where the PC will randomly play all files in a folder at system startup. With 0.85, I could use, basically, "vlc.exe -Z --loop -f c:\vids\*.*" and it'd play the files just fine. But with 0.86, it no longer likes the *.* part, and instead gives me an error ("can't open *.*") before opening the files. I think it's trying to add "*.*" to the playlist, and when it tries to play the file "*.*", it can't find it. I don't want generate a playlist manually, because I don't want to have to edit it every time I add a file to the video folder.
What happened between 0.85 and 0.86 to cause VLC to no longer handle *.* correctly? Is there any way to fix it? Thanks!
I'm trying to setup a sort of video jukebox, where the PC will randomly play all files in a folder at system startup. With 0.85, I could use, basically, "vlc.exe -Z --loop -f c:\vids\*.*" and it'd play the files just fine. But with 0.86, it no longer likes the *.* part, and instead gives me an error ("can't open *.*") before opening the files. I think it's trying to add "*.*" to the playlist, and when it tries to play the file "*.*", it can't find it. I don't want generate a playlist manually, because I don't want to have to edit it every time I add a file to the video folder.
What happened between 0.85 and 0.86 to cause VLC to no longer handle *.* correctly? Is there any way to fix it? Thanks!