VLC for Chromebook does not see microSD card

VLC for Android and Chrome OS specific usage questions
dac10012
New Cone
New Cone
Posts: 3
Joined: 19 Aug 2018 05:12

VLC for Chromebook does not see microSD card

Postby dac10012 » 19 Aug 2018 05:17

VLC for Chromebook cannot access the media files on the microSD card in my Chromebook 3. It can't even see the SD card. Any workaround for this or is this impossible for Chrome OS?

Dekans
Developer
Developer
Posts: 487
Joined: 12 Dec 2014 14:09
VLC version: master
Operating System: Linux

Re: VLC for Chromebook does not see microSD card

Postby Dekans » 07 Sep 2018 15:13

This is likely due to ChromeOS.

I talked about it to Google, we are waiting for their feedback.

JaScoMaze
New Cone
New Cone
Posts: 1
Joined: 13 Sep 2018 01:05

Re: VLC for Chromebook does not see microSD card

Postby JaScoMaze » 13 Sep 2018 01:12

Hello..
What I was able to do to get the videos to play was select "Files" app. From within the Files app, go to your SD card and configured VLC as your default player. When you open the video file, VLC will open the file and play it.

Afterwards, the video will then be listed in the VLC history and you can watch it again.

But, being able to see and play the video files directly from within VLC would be nice.

I've even tried Archos Video Player which can see the SD card and downloads the metadata for your files, etc., told it to link to VLC as an external player, but when this occurs, VLC reports that the file link location can not be found. Not sure which is having the issue.

Thanks..

Dekans
Developer
Developer
Posts: 487
Joined: 12 Dec 2014 14:09
VLC version: master
Operating System: Linux

Re: VLC for Chromebook does not see microSD card

Postby Dekans » 13 Sep 2018 16:20

Archos Video Player can read the SD Card on Chromebooks? I'll take another look then.

Also, you can drag& drop files from 'Files' to VLC app on Chromebook (and Samsung DeX) :)


Return to “VLC for Android and Chrome OS”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests