How to add "Add to VLC playlist" to the right click menu of Nautilus?

Question

The Problem

While you are playing any song or other media file on VLC and open another such file, then another instance of VLC opens. (You aren't going to hear and understand anything until you are a robot)

What I Want

I what to add a "Add to VLC Playlist" to the right click menu of Nautilus as similar in Windows.

Answer 1

It can be fixed in VLC preferences:

• Open VLC preferences by going to tools menu

• In preferences, Enable "Allow only one instance" and "Enqueue files in one instance mode" like shown below:

• Click save. That's it!

From now on when you open files with VLC they will be enqueued in your playlist.

Answer 2

You can do that using nautilus-action-Configuration-Tool

1. Install the tool using using

   sudo apt-get install nautilus-action
   

2. After that close all the open nautilus instances

   nautilus -q
   

3. Open nautilus-action-Configuration-Tool.

4. Then click on add new action button and name your action.

5. Click the Command tab and enter the command

   vlc --one-instance
   

   You should also enter the appropriate parameter into the Parameters box — you can click the Legend button to see a list of parameters you can use.

   In our case, we want the %f parameter to feed filename or better %B if we may have spaces in it.We can also view all the detailes about the parameters by clicking on the Legend button.

   Nautilus-Actions shows you a preview of the command it will run, so you’ll know you’re on the right track.

Answer 3

First Method:

Create a new script called add-to-vlc inside the directory ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts

Add this to the file:

#!/bin/bash
for File in "$@"
do
if [ -d "$File" ]; then
zenity --error --text="'$File' is a directory."
exit
fi
done
vlc --one-instance "$File"

Give permissions to the file:

chmod +x add-to-vlc

Now restart nautilus:

nautilus -q 

Now you can use it just right click on a file then go to scripts entry and choose add-to-vlc

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Second Method:

Install nautilus actions:

sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions

Restart Nautilus:

nautilus -q

Launch the Nautilus-Actions Configuration Tool from Dash:

In the Action Tab Enter the name you want to save:

In the command tab add the command as below in the picture(path:/usr/bin/vlc and Parameters: --one-instance %B)

Now save and exit, now whenever you right click on a file you can go to Nautlus Actions and choose Add to vlc:

Answer 4

Solution using no other application/tool: (For Nautilus 3)

1. Create a file ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/Add to VLC playlist with following content in it:

   #! /bin/bash  
   echo -n "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" | xargs -d '\n' vlc --one-instance --playlist-enqueue  
   

   Command to create the required file:

   echo -e "#! /bin/bash \necho -n \"\$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS\" | xargs -d '\\\n' vlc --one-instance --playlist-enqueue" > ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/"Add to VLC playlist"  
   

2. Make it executable:

   chmod u+x ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/"Add to VLC playlist"  
   

Done!

• Now right click on any media file(s) and select Add to VLC Playlist from Scripts submenu.
• Works for directories too!
  Just include the intended directory or directories (containing audio/video media) in the selection.

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For Naultilus 2
Change ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/"Add to VLC playlist" to ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/"Add to VLC playlist"