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I use VLC on my htpc and was wondering if its possible for VLC to watch a folder for videos and display those videos in the play list. This way i wont have to browse to the media files, just open VLC then open the play list.

Thanks for any info.

How come my post was moved? Its not specific to a OS and was just wondering if i can watch a folder for videos using the play list.

Thanks

open the playlist and open a directory.

I believe that VLC v0.9.0 will be able to do what you want, unless I misunderstand what you’re saying. It will have a media library that will load all of you’re music and videos files, and it will open up whenever VLC is launched.

How come my post was moved? Its not specific to a OS and was just wondering if i can watch a folder for videos using the play list.

I guess it was moved because this is not currently available, and so it was assumed to be a feature request, but you know what they say when you assume…ah…umm...

It will have a media library that will load all of you’re music and videos files, and it will open up whenever VLC is launched.

CloudStalker that is exactly what i was asking about thanks for the info.

Although it’s still under development you could give 0.9.0 a try in one of the nightly builds: http://nightlies.videolan.org./

It would be best to get the zipped version for testing purposes.