Custom Scene Selection

[jared779]

Here is my vision: Sometimes, either for a presentation or personal use, I would like only a specific scene to play and nothing else. Bookmarks currently exist in VLC for a starting place in the video, but not the end. So when I find my favorite scene (or a new one during play), I save a start and end point. Then when someone goes to present and find the favorited scene, they find their arbitrary save location, click something representing the scene and it plays only what was saved. At the end of the clip, VLC can close or just pause.

From searching and normal use, I haven't seen anything like this yet. If there is something like this, please let me know. Otherwise, I think something like this would be easy for someone familiar with the api or plugin development experience to make.

[mederi]

CLI options: :start-time and :stop-time.
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 33#p362790

Perhaps AB-loop could be saved as these start-time and stop-time options in a playlist.

[jared779]

Thanks for the interest mederi! I like the thread's idea for playlisting items. It does seem rather cumbersome to edit a text file for those with limited computer mobility. I imagine avid digital movie collectors or people with very long video streams would like something to click quickly for a specific movie scene. Possibly an 'add end point' under bookmarks.

[bcourts]

You could try my Clipper extension at http://addons.videolan.org/content/show ... ent=163792. It does not trim the video file itself, nor make other changes to the file. It allows you to go through a video (or several videos) and decide where to start and stop each one. After you save the playlist with that information, you can load the playlist with VLC''s "Media | Open File" menu item, without using the extension.