Documentation:Modules/directory

Module: directory
Type	Access
First VLC version	-
Last VLC version	-
Operating system(s)	all
Description	recursively add files from a directory into the playlist
Shortcut(s)	-

Options

• recursive <string> : Specify behavior when dealing with subdirectories. Can be "ignore" to ignore sub directories, "collapse" to add sub directories without expanding them and "expand" to add sub directories and expand them default value: "expand"
• ignore-filetypes <string> : Comma seperated list of file extensions to ignore when adding directory items to the playlist default value: "m3u,db,nfo,jpg,gif,sfv,txt,sub,idx,srt,cue"

Example

Open a directory:

% vlc directory:///path/to/dir

You can also use:

% vlc /path/to/dir

or

% vlc dir:///path/to/dir

or even

% vlc file:///path/to/dir

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