--recursive expand won't expand multiple paths

[reviver]

If I run this command:

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vlc --fullscreen --random --logfile /tmp/vlc_debug.out --logmode html --log-verbose 2 --playlist-tree --recursive expand /path/to/TV\ Shows /path/to/Movies

only one of the paths is expanded in the playlist. It often changes which one does get expanded, but it's never both of them. Naturally, this greatly skews --random as the one that does get expanded then gets the most screen time. Is this a bug? (Am I actually passing in file paths as intended?) If it is a bug, I can certainly add it to trac.

(Also, I would attach the debug file for more insight, but it isn't being created for some reason. It doesn't look like any simple things like permissions are to blame.)

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

That's a design limitation of the VLC playlist. There is nothing to do about this but cross your fingers that the Messiah will take up the daunting task of rewriting it. This is unlikely to happen without a corporate sponsor.