VLC Player problem with "Play All"

[YTBOY83]

VLC Player is my defualt media player. For some reason when i go into my music folders and click on "Play All" Tab, VLC does not carry out my command.

Any help on how to resolve this problem would be very grateful.

 

[koolkat77]

have you tried uninstalling and installing it again.

 

[YTBOY83]

Done that, it has not made a difference.

 

[boohbah]

maybe try going into default programs and reassigning your music file-types to open with vlc, occasionally i have to reset mine for winamp when i reinstall/update a codec pack

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
Go to the top level of the music folder you want (probably album)
then from Windows explorer select open with VLC -- should then play all the files in that folder (i.e all the tracks).

Alternatively open VLC
then select OPEN FOLDER and select the ddirectory / album you want to play.

You might be selecting a playlist which might not contain all the tracks you want to play. I actually never bother with playlists.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[boohbah]

i think the op is referring to the play all tab that shows in explorer when a media folder is opened



occasionally this will happen with some of my music folders,
when the play all tab doesn't show, for me i highlight all the tracks and usually the play all tab shows then.
another way round it is to to make a playlist for that album or folder and save it in the same folder .clicking the playlist plays all.

i use mp3tag to generate a winamp playlist file.

 

[YTBOY83]

i think the op is referring to the play all tab that shows in explorer when a media folder is opened

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occasionally this will happen with some of my music folders,
when the play all tab doesn't show, for me i highlight all the tracks and usually the play all tab shows then.
another way round it is to to make a playlist for that album or folder and save it in the same folder .clicking the playlist plays all.

i use mp3tag to generate a winamp playlist file.

I never use playlists, this problem remains unresolved.

 

[koolkat77]

have you tried the same feature in other players??

 

[YTBOY83]

have you tried the same feature in other players??

I do not use other players anymore , VLC recently became my favourite media player.

 

[boohbah]

i was just thinking the same as koolkat, try using a different player to see if the problem persists ,that way you can rule out vlc being the culprit.
as an experement select an mp3 and choose wmp in open with /default prog, then try opening a music folder and see if the play all works then.
revert when done.

 

[seekermeister]

I'm not certain that it is VLC, but when I highlight multiple files in my file manager and select play from the context menu, it will only play the first one on the list. To have VLC play a series of files, I use Media>Open File on VLC itself.

 

[YTBOY83]

i was just thinking the same as koolkat, try using a different player to see if the problem persists ,that way you can rule out vlc being the culprit.
as an experement select an mp3 and choose wmp in open with /default prog, then try opening a music folder and see if the play all works then.
revert when done.

Some media players worked with the "Play All" Tab and some did not.

 

[koolkat77]

i was just thinking the same as koolkat, try using a different player to see if the problem persists ,that way you can rule out vlc being the culprit.
as an experement select an mp3 and choose wmp in open with /default prog, then try opening a music folder and see if the play all works then.
revert when done.

Some media players worked with the "Play All" Tab and some did not.

guess im gonna give a try on VLC "play all" i will let you know what i find out :huh:

edit: okay, so i downloaded and "played all" my songs .. it seemed to have added all of them to the list..
wonder what has happened to yours

You say 'some did' and 'some did not' how many players have you installed? or you installed them for testing if it works?

 

[boohbah]

i too tried using vlc as default player and play all worked fine,
give this tutorial a try and see if it works after that.

SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker - Windows 7 Forums

 

[YTBOY83]

i was just thinking the same as koolkat, try using a different player to see if the problem persists ,that way you can rule out vlc being the culprit.
as an experement select an mp3 and choose wmp in open with /default prog, then try opening a music folder and see if the play all works then.
revert when done.

Some media players worked with the "Play All" Tab and some did not.

guess im gonna give a try on VLC "play all" i will let you know what i find out :huh:

edit: okay, so i downloaded and "played all" my songs .. it seemed to have added all of them to the list..
wonder what has happened to yours

You say 'some did' and 'some did not' how many players have you installed? or you installed them for testing if it works?

I installed some for test purposes and to see if there was any other good ones.