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Markus Gratis
Asked: 2018-02-23 11:50:59 +0800 CST

Change VLC Home Directory

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I just installed VLC 3.0 via snap. Unlike the previous versions nothing shows up now when I click "My Music" or "My Videos". I think it set the wrong base directory. /home/gratis/snap/vlc/158 is where .cache , .config etc. are so I would guess that's currently set to be the home directory. I don't require VLC to move all it's files, I would just like it to locate my stuff, which is /home/gratis/Music ,and /home/gratis/Videos respectively.

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2 Answers

  1. I was unable to find an VLC option for this, however:

    Media Library

    You can add directories to your media library.

    Select the library in the VLC interface ,
    then right click in the empty space -> select add folder -> select your Videos/Music folders.

    Symlinks

    You could try to set symlinks* to the directory where VLC is looking for them, i.e.

    ln -s /home/gratis/Videos /home/gratis/snap/vlc/158/Videos

    (*)I'm unable to test this at the moment

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  2. Best Answer

    In Tools -> Preferences, select All in Show Settings. Then select Playlist and enable Use media library.

    Enable Media Library in VLC

    Then select Media Library and right click on the white space to add a directory.

    Add custom directory

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