Option to directly delete file from harddrive

[sector]

Ok then how do we get this code developed? it's been 6 years and there has been no movment. ?

[VLC_help]

Hire someone to do it. It is quite easy to add one button to QT4 GUI and force to remove file
http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qfile.html#remove

but it is somewhat difficult to make it work in such way that nobody will complain.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

here, let me help you, I wrote an extension for VLC that will delete the current file from disk:
http://addons.videolan.org/content/show ... ent=153041

edit: also available on github: https://github.com/VanNostrand/Diskdelete

Nice!

[carnitastaco]

hey guys, I'd been keeping an eye on this for a while, but missed this diskdelete link. Once I tracked the code down, it didn't work on windows 7, but I actually got it working by changing the filename length and making the program skip to the next file and wait a little bit before trying to delete. I don't know anything about programming so I'm sure there are more or better ways to do this, I just messed around with it a bunch until it worked.

Here's what I used, just save as a .lua and copy to lua extensions folder, then select disk delete from the view menu

--[[
INSTALLATION (create directories if they don't exist):
- put the file in the VLC subdir /lua/extensions, by default:
* Windows (all users): %ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\
* Windows (current user): %APPDATA%\VLC\lua\extensions\
* Linux (all users): /usr/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
* Linux (current user): ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
* Mac OS X (all users): /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/extensions/
- Restart VLC.
]]--

--[[ Extension description ]]

function descriptor()
return { title = "Diskdelete" ;
version = "0.2" ;
author = "Mark Morschhäuser" ;
shortdesc = "DELETE current playing FILE FROM DISK";
description = "<h1>Diskdelete</h1>"
.. "When you're playing a file, use Diskdelete to "
.. "easily delete this file <b>from your disk</b> with one click."
.. "<br>This will NOT change your playlist, it will <b>ERASE the file</b> itself!"
.. "<br>It will not use the Recycle Bin, the file will be gone immediately!"
.. "<br>This extension has been tested on GNU Linux with VLC 2.0.3."
.. "<br>The author is not responsible for damage caused by this extension.";
url = "https://github.com/VanNostrand/Diskdelete"
}
end

--[[ Hooks ]]

-- Activation hook
function activate()
vlc.msg.dbg("[Diskdelete] Activated")
d = vlc.dialog("Diskdelete")
d:add_label("<b>Clicking</b> this button will <b>delete</b> the currently playing file <b>from disk</b>.<br>You have to <b>be sure</b> as <b>you won't be asked</b> again!<br>You are responsible for your own actions, consider yourself warned.")
d:add_button("DELETE CURRENT FILE PERMANENTLY FROM DISK WITHOUT ASKING", delete)
d:show()
end

-- Deactivation hook
function deactivate()
vlc.msg.dbg("[Diskdelete] Deactivated")
vlc.deactivate()
end

function close()
deactivate()
end

--[[ The file deletion routine ]]
function delete()
item = vlc.input.item() -- get the current playing file
vlc.playlist.skip(1)
vlc.misc.mwait(vlc.misc.mdate() + 3000000)
uri = item:uri() -- extract it's URI
filename = vlc.strings.decode_uri(uri) -- decode %foo stuff from the URI
filename = string.sub(filename,9) -- remove 'file://' prefix which is 7 chars long
vlc.msg.dbg("[Diskdelete] selected for deletion: " .. filename)

retval, err = os.remove(filename) -- delete the file with this filename from disk
if(retval == nil) -- error handling; if deletion failed, print why
then
vlc.msg.dbg("[Diskdelete] error: " .. err)

end

end

-- This empty function is there, because vlc pested me otherwise
function meta_changed()
end

[Stockel1949]

File script but if it is installed the file don't delete after hitting the button. (Win Vista)

[mederi]

Working solution for Windows users:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=108811#p368432

[yoestiee]

In how much time this feature will be coded ? Can't wait for it !!!

[mikeofyle]

I love VLC, but there are some important simple features which are conspicuously absent. This one most of all! (I want this feature so hard!)

[sl5net]

hi i created for seconds a little buggy workaround for this problem. works only with OS windows. if you want help / you interested ask me. you need to have little programmings skills. best regards

the AHK script starts like this:

Code: Select all

#IfWinActive VLC media player ahk_class QWidget del:: ControlSend,,^i,VLC media player ahk_class QWidget ...

tip: delete the files later. collect adress in list. and delete lalter.

[ruimores]

i don't know if it is working right
RealDelete - http://addons.videolan.org/content/show ... ent=167857