this does work and it works great! last night I tried it and played the folder for several hours. the only problem I had is that about every 2 or 3 songs VLC would stop. when I would tell it to go to the next track, it would, but it would start a measure or 2 in from the beginning of the song. maybe it’s the screen saver settings, I don’t know but I’m probably going to have my computer tech come over here and figure it out because I don’t have any readily available sighted help here. I did adjust the screen saver settings but I’m still having trouble. the rest is solved though so many thanks to you and David for sticking with me on this. > On Jan 11, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Okay, this does work. Because it says "open file" when you do cmd-o, I didn't > realize this would work for folders. > > Open vlc. > Do cmd-o. > You will be in a dialog where you have to choose a folder. Choose the folder > that would either be the one you want or would have that folder under it from > the pop-up. Then interact with the browser or list view or whatever you have > set in finder, and find the folder you want. Stop interacting and > vo-right-arrow to "open". This should indeed play everything in the folder > and its subfolders. Much easier than using terminal. > > If vlc is crashing, I would say maybe you have other files mixed in with your > music files. I don't really know if that would cause the crashing or slowness > between songs but maybe it would. I run large folders with lots of subfolders > and songs, both from terminal and with a playlist and I don't have delays. I > am pretty sure the cmd-o method should work also. > > -- > Cheryl > > I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. > I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper > thrown in the trash! > Then God gave me a new heart and life: > His joy for my despairing tears! > And now, every day: > "This I call to mind, > and therefore I have hope: > The steadfast love of the Lord > never ceases; > his mercies never come to an end; > they are new every morning; > great is your faithfulness." > (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > > > > > On Jan 10, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I might be missing something here but thefts time I did that, opened a folder > from the menu it just opened as it would if I did command-down arrow and > showed me the subfolders inside. nothing about playing it. that’s why I was > looking for “open with” the way you can do with a single sound file but that > option doesn’t seem to be there. > > if I’m in VLC and I press command-o then what would I do to highlight the > folder I wanted it to play? >> On Jan 10, 2015, at 5:48 PM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am not sure why VLC would crash. >> >> To open a folder just highlight the folder and navigate to the open button. >> >> David Griffith >> >> On 10/01/2015 21:38, Lorie McCloud wrote: >>> if I open VLC first, how do I get to my folders? while I was looking for >>> the one I wanted, VLC crashed. how do I highlight a folder once VLC is open? >>>> On Jan 10, 2015, at 12:09 AM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> No it does not matter. If you highlight the file and press return it will >>>> play that file. If you highlight the folder and press return it will play >>>> the folder. >>>> >>>> David Griffith >>>>> On 10 Jan 2015, at 05:39, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> am I correct in assuming that if I open vlc and press command-o that I >>>>> need to browse for the folder I want to playy? it says: “open file” does >>>>> that matter when it’s a folder I’m after? >>>>>> On Jan 9, 2015, at 4:20 PM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I have not really been following this thread but I am not sure why you >>>>>> are having to use Terminal. There may be some reason you want O take >>>>>> the Terminal route that I have not picked up on. however I do not have >>>>>> to use Terminal to play folders of music with VLC. Whatever the folder >>>>>> size if I want to play a folder of music in VLC, I simply press command >>>>>> A in the Finder folder window and then command down arrow to open the >>>>>> selected files as a temporary playlist in VLC. This assumes that VLC is >>>>>> the default player for the files you want to play. >>>>>> Alternatively just open VLC, press command O, highlight the folder and >>>>>> press return and this will do the same thing. >>>>>> >>>>>> David Griffith >>>>>>> On 9 Jan 2015, at 20:43, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I got the terminal commands to work with VLC last night. it started >>>>>>> playing right away but it stopped often and I would have to tell it to >>>>>>> go to the next track. it staid stuck in the same album and wouldn’t >>>>>>> wander around as I wanted it to. it’s a pretty big folder probably 25 >>>>>>> or more artists and a lot of them have more than 1 album. is there some >>>>>>> setting I can change to get it to do what I want or do you think maybe >>>>>>> the folder’s just too big? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TThanks. >>>>>>>> On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You can start with /Users (note the slash in front) but usually when >>>>>>>> you open terminal you are in your home directory you can just start >>>>>>>> with the directory. For instance from my home directory: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> open -a /Applications/VLC.app Music/Classical >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I made this up but this should give you an example. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If this doesn't work, tell what the directory is and I can send you an >>>>>>>> exact example to past into Terminal. Also remember that when typing >>>>>>>> you can tab to have it complete. Fore example, once you type VL you >>>>>>>> can probably tab and it will complete VLC.app but there will be a >>>>>>>> slash after that and no space so you would have to space before typing >>>>>>>> the directory. The same with /applications. You can type /App and do a >>>>>>>> tab and it should compete /Applications with a slash after that and of >>>>>>>> course then you can start VLC.app without spacing. Voiceover should >>>>>>>> echo enough for you to know what you are doing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Cheryl >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >>>>>>>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper >>>>>>>> thrown in the trash! >>>>>>>> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >>>>>>>> His joy for my despairing tears! >>>>>>>> And now, every day: >>>>>>>> "This I call to mind, >>>>>>>> and therefore I have hope: >>>>>>>> The steadfast love of the Lord >>>>>>>> never ceases; >>>>>>>> his mercies never come to an end; >>>>>>>> they are new every morning; >>>>>>>> great is your faithfulness." >>>>>>>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jan 5, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I’m requesting a lesson in terminal. I followed Cheryl’s instructions >>>>>>>> about how to open a music folder in vlc. I got the message “file does >>>>>>>> not exist”. it’s a folder, but besides that I must have done the >>>>>>>> syntax incorrectly as far as the path goes. do you start from users/ >>>>>>>> or before that? I wrote the name of each folder with a slash >>>>>>>> in-between. what am I missing? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>> Lorie >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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