"projectM preset path" not recursive?
Posted: 23 Sep 2023 02:31
In an effort to add more projectM visualizations to VLC (besides the included one), I downloaded projectM from Steam and specified its presets folder as the value for "projectM preset path" in VLC's preferences (Tools > Preferences > Show settings: All > Audio > Visualizations > projectM > projectM preset path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\projectM\presets). Then I played an audio file and started up the projectM visualizer, but only got the same built-in visualization!
This led me to believe that VLC does not use recursion (i.e. search in subdirectories) when looking for projectM presets in the specified path. So, I figured I'd try to copy all the files from all the directories and just store them into one large directory. However, when I looked at the property sheet for the source directory, it showed me a total of a whopping 9,791 FILES in 193 subdirectories! I figure it is not humanly possible to COPY almost TEN THOUSAND FILES from almost TWO HUNDRED FOLDERS and expect to throw them all into just ONE LARGE DIRECTORY!
So, instead, I hope that this little oversight can be resolved soon.
This led me to believe that VLC does not use recursion (i.e. search in subdirectories) when looking for projectM presets in the specified path. So, I figured I'd try to copy all the files from all the directories and just store them into one large directory. However, when I looked at the property sheet for the source directory, it showed me a total of a whopping 9,791 FILES in 193 subdirectories! I figure it is not humanly possible to COPY almost TEN THOUSAND FILES from almost TWO HUNDRED FOLDERS and expect to throw them all into just ONE LARGE DIRECTORY!
So, instead, I hope that this little oversight can be resolved soon.