Do you mean play a folder? I just press command O. Navigate to the pop up button which selects the drive I want. Then I GO along to browser then interact. Navigate to the folder I want and then uninteract. Then simply tab along to open. I am not sure that what you mean though.
Regards David Griffith On 7 Oct 2011, at 17:01, Christopher Harrington wrote: > Hi, > Was wondering if anyone knows how to add directories in VLC? I've never been > able to get that to work. > Thanks for any help, > Chris Harrington > On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:02 AM, David Griffith wrote: > >> Well maybe this is a guide by an idiot so it may suffice. >> I am a fairly new Mac user but one of the most difficult and unintuitive >> programs so far is ITunes. Luckily for me all my important needs are met by >> the much sleeker and intuitive free VLC media player. This has the bonus of >> inbuilt support for filetypes not native to the mac like wma and wmv files. >> First off all assemble the mp3 files you want in a playlist in a folder in >> Finder. If you are doing this from a CD you can use ITunes for this import. >> I changed the import settings in ITunes so that it imported ripped CDs as >> mp3 files. ITunes will save the CD in a folder in the ITunes Media library >> which you can find in Finder under Music and then ITunes. >> What you next do is open VLC. >> Select file open with command O and navigate to the folder in which you have >> the mp3 files stored. Make sure you select the folder and not the individual >> mp3 file. >> VLC will start to play all the files in the folder.. >> If you want to create a playlist file first of all press cmd P to pause >> playing so you can hear Voiceover. Now press command shift + to >> automatically add all the files in the folder to a playlist. >> Now press command S to save this playlist. You can give this a name and >> select where you want to save the playlist. I tend to put in the same folder >> as the mp3 files. >> >> You can then simply play this playlist in finder. >> What I did was associate both mp3 files and playlist files with VLC. I now >> have a very sleek and powerful media tool on my Mac. As a little refinement >> I have set a couple of hot spots in VLC so that I can instantly get the >> track title announced and time played. >> >> As I say I am a newbie to the Mac but am extremely relieved to find VLC >> which is so simple to use. I suppose I may get used to ITunes one day but >> find it very difficult as I did not use it on the Windows side. I seem to >> be constantly interacting and uninteractin g. If anybody knows a good guide >> for use with Voiceover then please let me know. >> >> Regards >> David Griffith 6 Oct 2011, at 15:08, Sarah May wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Martin, >>> >>> I need an idiot’s guide as well. SO you aren’t alone. >>> >>> Sarah >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Brown >>> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 7:23 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: An Idiot's guide to creating playlists in iTunes >>> >>> Everyone, >>> >>> I would like to create playlists so that I might put specific music into >>> them in order to use my iPod Touch. I have a Mac, but I just cannot get to >>> grips with how to use iTunes and copy music into it from an external drive >>> in order to make playlists. >>> >>> Please, please, please, could someone give me an idiot's step-by-step guide >>> on how to do this? >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> >>> Martin >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 10.0.1410 / Virus Database: 1520/3940 - Release Date: 10/05/11 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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