Re: [dev] Request for video player recommendation with a good playlist

From: Alef Farah <afarah_AT_inf.ufrgs.br>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 05:25:09 -0200

If you're still looking and if the "no playlist" approach is acceptable
I'd suggest trying out ranger (an ncurses file manager with vim-like
keybindings). It even supports video previews, though I don't think you
can define a numerical order for selected files (without patching it).

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 04:54:46PM +0100, Mattias Andrée wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:48:56 -0500
> Alexander Keller <contact_AT_nycroth.com> wrote:
>
> > The simplest way I can imagine is to link them into a
> > directory temporarily and/or permanently with:
> >
> > mkdir playlist
> > ln *some_glob_pattern* playlist
> >
> > Then use the vidir(1) program to edit the files to number
> > them sequentially the way you want. Then you can either
> > create a playlist and delete the directory using some
> > basic command line tools or just keep the directory as a
> > playlist.
> >
>
> The problem with this approach is that I cannot
> edit the list whilst it is playing, except for
> removing files.
Received on Thu Jan 19 2017 - 08:25:09 CET