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Disable autoplay in VLC

jack554 Posted messages 32 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
jee pee Posted messages 9444 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -

Hello

When VLC is open and I drag an MP3 or MP4 file into it, playback starts immediately.

Can we prevent that, meaning the audio or video loads into VLC but doesn't start, and only starts when we click on the usual right arrow?

Thank you in advance for your responses.

Jack.

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    fmq Posted messages 4899 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   721
     

    hello

    not to my knowledge but you can drag and drop

    into the playlist to bypass autoplay

    cia ciao

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  2. jack554 Posted messages 32 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    Thanks fmq.

    The problem then is that if I drag 3 MP3 files into the playlist, it plays them one after the other! That's not what I want.

    In fact, I want to start and stop my tracks myself, plain and simple!

    Maybe another player can do that?

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    1. fmq Posted messages 4899 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   721
       

      evening

      in vlc / tools / preferences / show all settings

      playlist / check "play then pause"

      save exit relaunch vlc

      ciao ciao

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  3. jack554 Posted messages 32 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    No, it doesn’t do what I want, the MP3 playback starts automatically... :-(

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  4. jack554 Posted messages 32 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     

    So I have a broader question:

    Does anyone know of an MP3 player (Windows or iOS) that stops at the end of a track and does not automatically play the next one?

    I have tested VLC and Flacbox: they relentlessly queue up the MP3s and there is nothing in the settings to prevent that!

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  6. jee pee Posted messages 9444 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 981
     

    Hello,

    In VLC, tools/preferences/playback check Start in pause and Play then pause

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    1. Pierr10 Posted messages 13835 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   5 843
       

      Hello,

      It should be specified that in the Preferences, you need to check All, at the bottom of the window. Otherwise, we miss out on everything interesting!

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      1. jee pee Posted messages 9444 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 981 > Pierr10 Posted messages 13835 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         

        Indeed, it needs to have all the options

        And maybe even the 2 options I mentioned earlier are unnecessary. After resetting all the options to zero; to start from a baseline situation, it should always be enough to uncheck Auto-launch in the Playlist.

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