No The playlist is just a text file which points the media player to the tracks you want to play.
By the way I have just tested this method and it worked perfectly so it will definitely do what you want. David Griffith > On 15 Nov 2014, at 23:40, Eleanor Martha Burke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > if I save a playlist in this way,is that duplicating my tracks?I just don't > want to keep duplicating and taking up more space. > > > >> On 15 Nov 2014, at 23:29, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have not actually done this completely but I believe the following will >> work in VLC. >> This all assumes vLC has ben set as your default MP3 player. >> 1. Go to the first tracks you want to add to your playlist in finder. Select >> each track and press command down arrow to open them. >> 2. VLC will open the first track and start playing it. Press space to pause >> the playing. >> 3. Keep VLC open and command tab back to finder to identify the next tracks >> you want to add to your playlist Again select these tracks and press >> command downarrow to open them in VLC. >> 4Again press space to pause playing You should now have a temporary >> playlist with all the selected files you have added., both in step 1 and 3. >> Keep on command tabbing away from VLC to finder to find other files you want >> to add to your playlist. VLC will always start playing the latest files you >> add but the earlier elections should still be in the temporary playlist. >> They will stay there until VLC is closed.. >> 5. Finally when you have added all the files you want to your playlist press >> command S to bring up the save menu and give a name for your playlist and >> choose a location for your playlists. I have a finder folder called >> playlists. VLC will remember the last folder you saved to so it convenient >> to create such a folder for quick saving of playlists. >> >> David Griffith >> . >> to pause an >>> On 15 Nov 2014, at 23:01, Eleanor Martha Burke >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> That is worth me filing it too, now another question for David or whoever, >>> say I want to make a playlist of tracks from different albums, then how >>> should I do that please and how should I save it? >>> >>> Eleanor >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail the U. S. Male" >>> <[email protected]> >>> To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 10:19 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Music >>> >>> >>>> thank you very much! I couldn't figure out how! you have been a great >>>> help! This e-mail goes into my storage folder, to be referred to quite >>>> often, until I have memorized how to do this. >>>> Mr. Gail Crowe, and my guide dog Fred >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 4:12 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Music >>>> >>>> >>>>> Yes there are two ways. >>>>> 1. The way I prefer is to open the folder in finder, press command A to >>>>> select all and then command down arrow. >>>>> If VLC is your default player it will open all the files as a temporary >>>>> playlist and you can navigate through the files using command left and >>>>> right arrow.. You can also save the open files as an actual playlist with >>>>> command S. >>>>> 2. the other method is to press command O within VLC and then select a >>>>> folder to open rather than a single file. >>>>> Again VLC will open the whole folder of files in a temporary playlist. >>>>> >>>>> David Griffith >>>>> David Griffiththe >>>>>> On 15 Nov 2014, at 22:00, Gail the U. S. Male <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> david, is there a way to make VLC player play all the music in a folder, >>>>>> like you could with Winamp? I use it as my default also, on my Mac. but >>>>>> I have to open each song I want to hear. any help will be greatly >>>>>> appreciated! >>>>>> Mr. Gail Crowe, and my guide dog Fred >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" >>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 3:56 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: Music >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> The freeware VLC media player will play both mp3 and WMA files and >>>>>>> pretty much any other music or video format. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You can get a plug in for iTunes to play WMA but personally I do not >>>>>>> bother. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I use VLC as my default player from Finder and simply open iTunes if I >>>>>>> want to play media from within that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Google VLC Videodland and follow links for the Mac version. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> David Griffith >>>>>>>> On 15 Nov 2014, at 21:00, Ann Byrne <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Can I play .mp3 files on the Mac without going through iTunes? Will >>>>>>>> it play .wma files? If I paste my music library from the PC, mostly >>>>>>>> .mp3 files but a few .wma's, into the iTunes library, will iTunes >>>>>>>> convert them or do I have to do something??? I have a .midi folder I >>>>>>>> would like to transfer. 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