Follow these steps to shuffle songs in vlc.
1.Open vlc media player.
2.Go to Media.
3.Open Folder/Disc.
4.Go to playlist.
5. Select show playlist.
6.The play list will appear in a new window.
7.In the bottom panel you will see 4 buttons.
8Click on the second button(from left-random off) .
9.That's it.Enjoy listining now.
1.Open vlc media player.
2.Go to Media.
3.Open Folder/Disc.
4.Go to playlist.
5. Select show playlist.
6.The play list will appear in a new window.
7.In the bottom panel you will see 4 buttons.
8Click on the second button(from left-random off) .
9.That's it.Enjoy listining now.
No such buttons in VLC 2.1.5 (Mac OS X). There is no "bottom panel", either. The playlist view is just a list, with a sidebar for navigating sources, a search box and fullscreen/windowed selector at top right, and a footer with playback controls.
ReplyDeletewhen you open your vlc, go to the 'view' option at the top. There select 'show shuffle and repeat buttons'. You will get some buttons alongside the playback controls. The rightmost in them will be the shuffle one.
DeleteThanks, it was bothering me for some time.
DeleteThanks that was really helpful! I had to poke around on mine but saw 'Advanced Controls' and then the buttons you mentioned showed up.
DeleteMine is also 2.1.5. and this doesn't work.
ReplyDeletewhen you open your vlc, go to the 'view' option at the top. There select 'show shuffle and repeat buttons'. You will get some buttons alongside the playback controls. The rightmost in them will be the shuffle one.
DeleteOn my Android phone None of that is applicable... I need to know how to do this from the Android/mobile platform
DeleteFuck, is there really no way to actually shuffle the playlist itself, how the tracks are listed, rather than just play tracks randomly from an unchanged list? Even Windows media player has that kind of feature :/
ReplyDeleteIT's amazing! All these years and for some reason there is no media player anywhere in any way shape or form that can open a folder of music videos and shuffle a playlist It's unbelieveable that this doesn't exist I can't believe I have searched for years for a media player that will do ONE SIMPLE THING! PLAY A SHUFFLED PLAYLIST OF MUSIC VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteThe mankind have been on the moon but a shuffled playing is beyond the abilities.
DeleteFound a way to shuffle all songs, regardless of creating playlists: hold any song, a menu appears, tap "play all".
ReplyDeleteWhen player starts, tap the shuffle icon on the bottom left - et voilà
... On Android that is...
DeleteHey thanks for the reply at least but I don't think this works on the computer. I'll experiment. Again thanks for reply!
DeleteDoesn't work for me on Android either. I don't get a menu when I hold a song.
Deletepgradone Thanks it worked for me. I was trying to play the playlist and it never played the entire list and played one song and used to keep on playing it. I had to manually click and play the track.
ReplyDeleteBut thanks for your advice now the entire playlist plays properly.
Worked for me on Android, thanks. The shuffle icon is the crossed arrows.
ReplyDeleteBut can you repeat play the shuffle? Either the same shuffled order or reshuffle and play again for a non-stop playlist.
DeleteThanks, Snuffles. That did it for the Mac issue. I thought the "View" menu stuff was just for the currently displayed video/song; it didn't intuitively seem to have anything to do with the playlist, which is elsewhere in the menu system, under "Window".
ReplyDeleteI read all the comments, thanks for all the clues. I use vlc2.2.1 on xp64pro and I found how to randomize a playlist at will or play in order at will.
ReplyDeleteRun VLC, Tools → Customize Interface
On the Mail Toolbar (line 2) and on the Fullscreen Controler, add the random button (thick curvy X). Click close. That's it. Clicking the random button will now randomize playback of any existing or new playlists. The random button will stay clicked until you un-click it even after closing and re-opening VLC. Un-click the random button and any existing or new playlists you load will now play as listed in the play list. I should kick myself for not finding this a long time ago.
Hey Bob,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reply but what I am looking for is a shuffled playlist not just randomizing.I have the wavy x on my control bars both fullscreen and docked and that just plays a playlist randomly. A good example of what I am looking for is the foobar audio player. You load a playlist and then you have an option called "shuffle" on the sort menu and it mixes the playlist up and then just goes down the list of mixed up items. If you close the player it will resume right where you left off and that is the kind of feature I am looking for in a video media player which still to this date does not exist anywhere. I've asked in all kinds of forums and did extensive research but there isn't a media player out there that can load a playlist of videos, shuffle it and play every file on the mixed up list and also resume where you left off. The closes thing is Windows Media Player but it only plays about one tenth of the formats out there so it is pretty much useless. Still, thanks for the reply friend.
Scott Morr
I know this post is 4 years old, but in case someone stumbles on it looking for a Playlist Shuffle feature (not randomized playing using the button), there is an add-on for it here: https://addons.videolan.org/p/1154030/
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