Opening the zip file itself works.
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$ vlc videos.zip
But VLC is always starting the 1st video file from the archive. I want VLC to play a specific file. So I tried this ...
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$ vlc 'videos.zip!video2.mp4'
$ vlc 'videos.zip!/video2.mp4'
$ vlc 'zip://videos.zip!video2.mp4'
$ vlc 'zip://videos.zip!/video2.mp4'
... but nothing is going to work
I always get an error like this:"Your input can't be opened
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'zip://video.zip!/video2.mp4'. Check the log for details."
The log shows this:
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main debug: processing request item: zip://videos.zip!/video2.mp4, node: Playlist, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on zip://videos.zip!/video2.mp4
main debug: zip://videos.zip!/video2.mp4 is at 0
main debug: starting playback of new item
main debug: resyncing on zip://videos.zip!/video2.mp4
main debug: zip://videos.zip!/video2.mp4 is at 0
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'zip://videos.zip!/video2.mp4'
main debug: selected audio language[0] en
main debug: selected sub language[0] en
main debug: requesting art for new input thread
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates
main debug: using default timeshift path
main debug: `zip://videos.zip!/video2.mp4' gives access `zip' demux `any' path `videos.zip!/video2.mp4'
main debug: creating demux: access='zip' demux='any' location='videos.zip!/video2.mp4' file='(null)'
main debug: looking for access_demux module matching "zip": 14 candidates
main debug: no meta fetcher modules matched
main debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates
main debug: no access_demux modules matched
main debug: creating access: zip://videos.zip!/video2.mp4
main debug: looking for access module matching "zip": 23 candidates
main debug: no access modules matched
main debug: dead input
main debug: no art finder modules matched
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
main debug: exiting
So... maybe my command is wrong? What do I need to do to make this work?
Alternative thought: When I open the zip file itself, VLC seems to handle it like a playlist. Is there maybe a way to select the playlist entry that VLC should play? If there is any option to control (enable/disable) auto play as well, that would be great, too.
Any ideas?