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When one has many clips in the playlist, how do i delete them all in one go? Curently, I press delete 22 times in a row to delete 22 videos! I rather use the same colour/brightness settings that's why I reuse instead of closing the player and opening up a new one.










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    Note that you can store these settings in the preferences.

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When one has many clips in the playlist, how do i delete them all in one go? Curently, I press delete 22 times in a row to delete 22 videos! I rather use the same colour/brightness settings that's why I reuse instead of closing the player and opening up a new one.










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    Note that you can store these settings in the preferences.

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When one has many clips in the playlist, how do i delete them all in one go? Curently, I press delete 22 times in a row to delete 22 videos! I rather use the same colour/brightness settings that's why I reuse instead of closing the player and opening up a new one.










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When one has many clips in the playlist, how do i delete them all in one go? Curently, I press delete 22 times in a row to delete 22 videos! I rather use the same colour/brightness settings that's why I reuse instead of closing the player and opening up a new one.







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    Note that you can store these settings in the preferences.

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Note that you can store these settings in the preferences.

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Clear playlist using the hotkey CTRL + W






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    According to the VLC wiki that hotkey does NOT clear the playlist: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table You may have a custom setting somewhere and this answer does not apply.

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  • From the command line, type [vlc --help] and see for yourself You are not launching a wiki, you are launching vlc. Therefore, the local copy of vlc prevails, without regard to any wiki.

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  • Please explain. When I run .vlc.exe --help the help text that shows is help for the command line interaction and contains no information about CTRL- hotkeys. Further, the wiki I'm referring to is the official online helpfile by videolan: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table

    – music2myear
    Feb 1 at 0:59











  • I will explain AFTER you simply open VLC, load a playlist, then clear it with the hotkey ctrl+w. And, my bad on the [vlc --help]. Use the more exhaustive [vlc -H] Further, I do not recall where I learned the hotkey. Been using since Day 1.

    – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
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  • You are correct and I was not. I found one reference on a forum about a script that adds this capability to VLC, but none of the documentation available lists this key combination.

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    Feb 1 at 16:59



















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You can select all the clips with your mouse, then hit the DEL button to delete the selected clips.






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    If you're talking about VLC in a window, then with the playlist open, press CTRLA to select all the elements in the playlist, then press DEL to delete all tracks ;)






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      Other than with CTRL+A, you can also drag with your mouse around the files, and press DEL.



      Dragging and dropping also works well, to add new files.






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        Right-click in the playlist window and select Clear Playlist.






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          The CTRL+w hotkey is listed in the GUI. Preferences/All/Interface/Hotkeys Settings - scroll way way down the list. It is there.



          What a stiki wiki this is.






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            Hi Cerebrated Freak, this answer was provided previously by Pepin Jacob-Deaver.

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          !/bin/bash



          VAR=$(xdotool search --name vlc)
          xdotool windowactivate --sync $VAR key ctrl+w & sleep .1
          vlc PATHTOPLAYLISTxspf



          Find the VLC window (docked playlist). Send CTRL+w to clear playlist. Open new playlist.



          One click.






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              According to the VLC wiki that hotkey does NOT clear the playlist: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table You may have a custom setting somewhere and this answer does not apply.

              – music2myear
              Jan 31 at 23:32











            • From the command line, type [vlc --help] and see for yourself You are not launching a wiki, you are launching vlc. Therefore, the local copy of vlc prevails, without regard to any wiki.

              – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
              Feb 1 at 0:48













            • Please explain. When I run .vlc.exe --help the help text that shows is help for the command line interaction and contains no information about CTRL- hotkeys. Further, the wiki I'm referring to is the official online helpfile by videolan: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table

              – music2myear
              Feb 1 at 0:59











            • I will explain AFTER you simply open VLC, load a playlist, then clear it with the hotkey ctrl+w. And, my bad on the [vlc --help]. Use the more exhaustive [vlc -H] Further, I do not recall where I learned the hotkey. Been using since Day 1.

              – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
              Feb 1 at 1:19











            • You are correct and I was not. I found one reference on a forum about a script that adds this capability to VLC, but none of the documentation available lists this key combination.

              – music2myear
              Feb 1 at 16:59
















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            Clear playlist using the hotkey CTRL + W






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            • 1





              According to the VLC wiki that hotkey does NOT clear the playlist: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table You may have a custom setting somewhere and this answer does not apply.

              – music2myear
              Jan 31 at 23:32











            • From the command line, type [vlc --help] and see for yourself You are not launching a wiki, you are launching vlc. Therefore, the local copy of vlc prevails, without regard to any wiki.

              – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
              Feb 1 at 0:48













            • Please explain. When I run .vlc.exe --help the help text that shows is help for the command line interaction and contains no information about CTRL- hotkeys. Further, the wiki I'm referring to is the official online helpfile by videolan: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table

              – music2myear
              Feb 1 at 0:59











            • I will explain AFTER you simply open VLC, load a playlist, then clear it with the hotkey ctrl+w. And, my bad on the [vlc --help]. Use the more exhaustive [vlc -H] Further, I do not recall where I learned the hotkey. Been using since Day 1.

              – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
              Feb 1 at 1:19











            • You are correct and I was not. I found one reference on a forum about a script that adds this capability to VLC, but none of the documentation available lists this key combination.

              – music2myear
              Feb 1 at 16:59














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              According to the VLC wiki that hotkey does NOT clear the playlist: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table You may have a custom setting somewhere and this answer does not apply.

              – music2myear
              Jan 31 at 23:32











            • From the command line, type [vlc --help] and see for yourself You are not launching a wiki, you are launching vlc. Therefore, the local copy of vlc prevails, without regard to any wiki.

              – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
              Feb 1 at 0:48













            • Please explain. When I run .vlc.exe --help the help text that shows is help for the command line interaction and contains no information about CTRL- hotkeys. Further, the wiki I'm referring to is the official online helpfile by videolan: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table

              – music2myear
              Feb 1 at 0:59











            • I will explain AFTER you simply open VLC, load a playlist, then clear it with the hotkey ctrl+w. And, my bad on the [vlc --help]. Use the more exhaustive [vlc -H] Further, I do not recall where I learned the hotkey. Been using since Day 1.

              – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
              Feb 1 at 1:19











            • You are correct and I was not. I found one reference on a forum about a script that adds this capability to VLC, but none of the documentation available lists this key combination.

              – music2myear
              Feb 1 at 16:59














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              According to the VLC wiki that hotkey does NOT clear the playlist: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table You may have a custom setting somewhere and this answer does not apply.

              – music2myear
              Jan 31 at 23:32











            • From the command line, type [vlc --help] and see for yourself You are not launching a wiki, you are launching vlc. Therefore, the local copy of vlc prevails, without regard to any wiki.

              – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
              Feb 1 at 0:48













            • Please explain. When I run .vlc.exe --help the help text that shows is help for the command line interaction and contains no information about CTRL- hotkeys. Further, the wiki I'm referring to is the official online helpfile by videolan: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table

              – music2myear
              Feb 1 at 0:59











            • I will explain AFTER you simply open VLC, load a playlist, then clear it with the hotkey ctrl+w. And, my bad on the [vlc --help]. Use the more exhaustive [vlc -H] Further, I do not recall where I learned the hotkey. Been using since Day 1.

              – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
              Feb 1 at 1:19











            • You are correct and I was not. I found one reference on a forum about a script that adds this capability to VLC, but none of the documentation available lists this key combination.

              – music2myear
              Feb 1 at 16:59








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            According to the VLC wiki that hotkey does NOT clear the playlist: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table You may have a custom setting somewhere and this answer does not apply.

            – music2myear
            Jan 31 at 23:32





            According to the VLC wiki that hotkey does NOT clear the playlist: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table You may have a custom setting somewhere and this answer does not apply.

            – music2myear
            Jan 31 at 23:32













            From the command line, type [vlc --help] and see for yourself You are not launching a wiki, you are launching vlc. Therefore, the local copy of vlc prevails, without regard to any wiki.

            – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
            Feb 1 at 0:48







            From the command line, type [vlc --help] and see for yourself You are not launching a wiki, you are launching vlc. Therefore, the local copy of vlc prevails, without regard to any wiki.

            – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
            Feb 1 at 0:48















            Please explain. When I run .vlc.exe --help the help text that shows is help for the command line interaction and contains no information about CTRL- hotkeys. Further, the wiki I'm referring to is the official online helpfile by videolan: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table

            – music2myear
            Feb 1 at 0:59





            Please explain. When I run .vlc.exe --help the help text that shows is help for the command line interaction and contains no information about CTRL- hotkeys. Further, the wiki I'm referring to is the official online helpfile by videolan: wiki.videolan.org/hotkeys_table

            – music2myear
            Feb 1 at 0:59













            I will explain AFTER you simply open VLC, load a playlist, then clear it with the hotkey ctrl+w. And, my bad on the [vlc --help]. Use the more exhaustive [vlc -H] Further, I do not recall where I learned the hotkey. Been using since Day 1.

            – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
            Feb 1 at 1:19





            I will explain AFTER you simply open VLC, load a playlist, then clear it with the hotkey ctrl+w. And, my bad on the [vlc --help]. Use the more exhaustive [vlc -H] Further, I do not recall where I learned the hotkey. Been using since Day 1.

            – Pepin Jacob-Deaver
            Feb 1 at 1:19













            You are correct and I was not. I found one reference on a forum about a script that adds this capability to VLC, but none of the documentation available lists this key combination.

            – music2myear
            Feb 1 at 16:59





            You are correct and I was not. I found one reference on a forum about a script that adds this capability to VLC, but none of the documentation available lists this key combination.

            – music2myear
            Feb 1 at 16:59













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            You can select all the clips with your mouse, then hit the DEL button to delete the selected clips.






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                You can select all the clips with your mouse, then hit the DEL button to delete the selected clips.






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                You can select all the clips with your mouse, then hit the DEL button to delete the selected clips.







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                    If you're talking about VLC in a window, then with the playlist open, press CTRLA to select all the elements in the playlist, then press DEL to delete all tracks ;)






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                      If you're talking about VLC in a window, then with the playlist open, press CTRLA to select all the elements in the playlist, then press DEL to delete all tracks ;)






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                        If you're talking about VLC in a window, then with the playlist open, press CTRLA to select all the elements in the playlist, then press DEL to delete all tracks ;)






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                        If you're talking about VLC in a window, then with the playlist open, press CTRLA to select all the elements in the playlist, then press DEL to delete all tracks ;)







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                            Other than with CTRL+A, you can also drag with your mouse around the files, and press DEL.



                            Dragging and dropping also works well, to add new files.






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                              Other than with CTRL+A, you can also drag with your mouse around the files, and press DEL.



                              Dragging and dropping also works well, to add new files.






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                                Other than with CTRL+A, you can also drag with your mouse around the files, and press DEL.



                                Dragging and dropping also works well, to add new files.






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                                Other than with CTRL+A, you can also drag with your mouse around the files, and press DEL.



                                Dragging and dropping also works well, to add new files.







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                                    Right-click in the playlist window and select Clear Playlist.






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                                      Right-click in the playlist window and select Clear Playlist.






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                                        Right-click in the playlist window and select Clear Playlist.






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                                        Right-click in the playlist window and select Clear Playlist.







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                                            The CTRL+w hotkey is listed in the GUI. Preferences/All/Interface/Hotkeys Settings - scroll way way down the list. It is there.



                                            What a stiki wiki this is.






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                                              Hi Cerebrated Freak, this answer was provided previously by Pepin Jacob-Deaver.

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                                            The CTRL+w hotkey is listed in the GUI. Preferences/All/Interface/Hotkeys Settings - scroll way way down the list. It is there.



                                            What a stiki wiki this is.






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                                              Hi Cerebrated Freak, this answer was provided previously by Pepin Jacob-Deaver.

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                                            The CTRL+w hotkey is listed in the GUI. Preferences/All/Interface/Hotkeys Settings - scroll way way down the list. It is there.



                                            What a stiki wiki this is.






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                                            The CTRL+w hotkey is listed in the GUI. Preferences/All/Interface/Hotkeys Settings - scroll way way down the list. It is there.



                                            What a stiki wiki this is.







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                                              Hi Cerebrated Freak, this answer was provided previously by Pepin Jacob-Deaver.

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                                              Hi Cerebrated Freak, this answer was provided previously by Pepin Jacob-Deaver.

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                                            Hi Cerebrated Freak, this answer was provided previously by Pepin Jacob-Deaver.

                                            – angelofdev
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                                            Hi Cerebrated Freak, this answer was provided previously by Pepin Jacob-Deaver.

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                                            !/bin/bash



                                            VAR=$(xdotool search --name vlc)
                                            xdotool windowactivate --sync $VAR key ctrl+w & sleep .1
                                            vlc PATHTOPLAYLISTxspf



                                            Find the VLC window (docked playlist). Send CTRL+w to clear playlist. Open new playlist.



                                            One click.






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                                              !/bin/bash



                                              VAR=$(xdotool search --name vlc)
                                              xdotool windowactivate --sync $VAR key ctrl+w & sleep .1
                                              vlc PATHTOPLAYLISTxspf



                                              Find the VLC window (docked playlist). Send CTRL+w to clear playlist. Open new playlist.



                                              One click.






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                                                !/bin/bash



                                                VAR=$(xdotool search --name vlc)
                                                xdotool windowactivate --sync $VAR key ctrl+w & sleep .1
                                                vlc PATHTOPLAYLISTxspf



                                                Find the VLC window (docked playlist). Send CTRL+w to clear playlist. Open new playlist.



                                                One click.






                                                share|improve this answer













                                                !/bin/bash



                                                VAR=$(xdotool search --name vlc)
                                                xdotool windowactivate --sync $VAR key ctrl+w & sleep .1
                                                vlc PATHTOPLAYLISTxspf



                                                Find the VLC window (docked playlist). Send CTRL+w to clear playlist. Open new playlist.



                                                One click.







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