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Remember last position on video when closing VLC?

Postby Dirkk » 19 Jun 2012 13:19

Is it possible to make VLC save the last position automatically you have viewed on a video when closing VLC?

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Re: Remember last position on video when closing VLC?

Postby mederi » 19 Jun 2012 14:16

VLC Extension script: Remember position; "mempos.lua"
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Re: Remember last position on video when closing VLC?

Postby Dirkk » 19 Jun 2012 14:48

Many thanks.
Installation (in ubuntu):
1. Install by copy/pasting the below code to the file ~/.local/share/vlc/extensions/mempos.lua
2. Restart VLC and check the menu item View->Remember position
I am not able to manage this, I do not have such a folder like "extension" and cannot find "mempos.lua".

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Re: Remember last position on video when closing VLC?

Postby mederi » 19 Jun 2012 19:27

You can read proper installation instructions for different operating systems for example here:
http://addons.videolan.org/content/show ... ent=149618

So copy the code from the webpage without that mess
<="" end="" lastsavepos="elapsed_time;" pre="" savedb();="" then="">
at the end and put it in a text file and name it "mempos.lua". Put the file in "\lua\extensions\" directory. If "extensions" folder does not exists, then create it there. Start VLC and now you should find the available extension in VLC menu: View > Remember position

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Re: Remember last position on video when closing VLC?

Postby Dirkk » 19 Jun 2012 20:04

Many thanks, mederi,

It works now, thanks to your helpful explanations and links.

Many thanks again.

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Re: Remember last position on video when closing VLC?

Postby ajkessel » 07 Mar 2014 14:01

Running vlc 2.1.4 win7/64 bit. I can install the extension and "remember position" appears in my "view" menu, but the menu item is inoperative. No check mark appears when I select it. The debug console says:

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[0000000002106e30] lua generic error: Could not activate extension!
Any ideas how to troubleshoot?

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Re: Remember last position on video when closing VLC?

Postby mederi » 08 Mar 2014 17:02

The extension does not work in VLC-2.1.x
Use srpos plugin: http://addons.videolan.org/content/show ... ent=154600

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Re: Remember last position on video when closing VLC?

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