VLC Playlist order shuffles each time VLC starts

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VLC Playlist order shuffles each time VLC starts

Postby tmarkett » 30 Mar 2009 03:44

VLC will not follow the order of the clips in a playlist created by VLC. VLC can create an xspf or an m3u playlist file but when VLC is started by launching the playlist the files are no longer in the order they were when the file was created. The order of the files is important for continuity.
Anybody know how to defeat this randomness by VLC?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: VLC Playlist order shuffles each time VLC starts

Postby g0nad » 18 Apr 2009 02:10

I too have this problem, it's irritating enough that I've signed up to post on the forum.

Vista Home Premium, VLC 0.9.9.
Start VLC, drag'n'drop files into the playlist editor in the order I want then save the playlist.
Close VLC.
Open the playlist directly. It then loads the playlist in the wrong order.

I saw something about going through the registry and adding '--no-random', that is not a solution. I suspect that this problem most likely affects more than one platform.

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Re: VLC Playlist order shuffles each time VLC starts

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 18 Apr 2009 03:13

Select the ID column and sort with it.
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Re: VLC Playlist order shuffles each time VLC starts

Postby g0nad » 18 Apr 2009 03:42

Is there a way for that to be the default behaviour?

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Re: VLC Playlist order shuffles each time VLC starts

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 18 Apr 2009 09:55

It should autosave.
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Re: VLC Playlist order shuffles each time VLC starts

Postby bup » 22 Jul 2009 12:13

This happens to me every time when I drag & drop the whole folder:
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Note that Track number column is the one selected for sorting but files are not sorted correctly. If it helps, the same file is at the top each time. It happens on most of folders.


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