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Delete video not working

Postby luv2skyski » 20 Dec 2021 14:24

I'm new here to the forum. Hello and good morning!

I'm having a little issue with VLC on my iPad mini (4th gen).
When I'm on the video tab and select a video to delete none of the selections at the bottom of the screen work. (Add to playlist, edit, delete...)
I've restarted the app, restarted my iPad, and even deleted and reinstalled the VLC app. It's still doing the same.

As always, thanks in advance.
Hope everyone has a great day.

Sincerely, Dave.

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Re: Delete video not working

Postby bubu? » 20 Dec 2021 14:54

Hello,

Thank you for the report!

Indeed, this sound quite problematic. Does it happen to a specific video or any other types of media such as an audio file?

Could you please confirm the version of the VLC app and the iOS version of your ipad as well?

Thanks.
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Re: Delete video not working

Postby luv2skyski » 21 Dec 2021 14:24

Thanks for the response.
It happens to all the videos. I just added a music file and it's happening with that also.
3.2.13 is the VLC version and my iPad is 15.2.
Thanks again.
Sincerely, Dave.

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Re: Delete video not working

Postby luv2skyski » 28 Dec 2021 13:06

Bump.

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Re: Delete video not working

Postby behr » 28 Dec 2021 17:01

You are clicking the edit icon in top right corner, and then selecting an item by checking one of the circles, right? Before you select an item, the actions remain greyed out, but turn orange after you select one or more items. That works for me perfectly on iOS 15.2 and 3.3.0 beta of VLC (I don't think the beta has changed anything in that respect). Maybe sharing a screenshot would help.

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Re: Delete video not working

Postby luv2skyski » 28 Dec 2021 19:50

Ok.
Thanks for the response.
Here ya go:

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The only way I've found to get rid of the videos I've watched is to delete and reinstall VLC.
Sincerely, Dave.

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Re: Delete video not working

Postby luv2skyski » 28 Dec 2021 20:36

FWIW: I did find a workaround.

On the iPad:
Settings
General
iPad storage
VLC
Select EDIT next to documents then delete the files you don't want.

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Not very convenient though...

Sincerely, Dave.

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Re: Delete video not working

Postby behr » 29 Dec 2021 10:52

Sorry that I could not help, sometimes the interface on iOSis not exactly self-explanatory. So I cannot reproduce this behavior on my device. Once the buttons are orange, they produce some results. I tried various settings (portrait/landscape, light/dark, etc.) but cannot get the buttons to fail.

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Re: Delete video not working

Postby bubu? » 30 Dec 2021 11:52

We did some improvement on how these actions work during the last year, and it will be released with the next version.
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Re: Delete video not working

Postby Tnnman » 15 Jan 2022 23:05

Hello,

Thank you for the report!

Indeed, this sound quite problematic. Does it happen to a specific video or any other types of media such as an audio file?

Could you please confirm the version of the VLC app and the iOS version of your ipad as well?

Thanks.
I installed vlc and the menu page has no menu to select a device or source, it just says no media files found. I am trying to view video lessons off dvds.

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Re: Delete video not working

Postby Tnnman » 15 Jan 2022 23:06

I installed vlc and the menu page has no menu to select a device or source, it just says no media files found. I am trying to view video lessons off dvds.

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Re: Delete video not working

Postby fkuehne » 16 Jan 2022 11:14

@Tnnman: please open a new thread for a new problem. Note that DVD playback is not supported on iOS.
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