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This page describes how to Switch off your computer automatically, when VLC has finished playing a file.

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Contents 1 General idea 2 Quit VLC 3 Shutdown 3.1 Windows 3.2 Linux

General idea

It is not a feature included in VLC media player but small scripts can do it for you.

Quit VLC

You can quit VLC media player after playback is finished, by adding

vlc://quit

to the playlist.

Shutdown

Windows

Make a .bat file. The first command would be launching VLC, the second one is

SHUTDOWN -s -t 01

.

Add vlc://quit to leave.

Launch VLC media player through the shortcut to the bat file.

Linux

Make a .sh.

#! /bin/sh

vlc && shutdown -h now