Playlist Cleaner

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Description:

Playlist Cleaner is a LUA extension for VLC which checks the active playlist for files that are duplicates, deleted, or otherwise moved; and if so, removes them from the playlist. This prevents you from seeing "VLC file not found" errors. I could not find any addons along these lines for VLC, so I decided to make one myself. This is my first routine in LUA so advice or suggestions for improvement would be appreciated.

Last changelog:

5 years ago

V1.0 (11/15/2012) : First release.
V1.1 (11/27/2012) : Noticed script was accidentally removing directories from the playlist, updated it to only remove items when the I/O error code returned is "File/Folder not found."
V1.2 (12/31/2013) : Added support for cleaning out duplicate files in the playlist. Added a simple interface to control what to clean up from the playlist.

lukegm
1 month ago

If you want to use this extension on Linux (I'm using Linux Mint 19), then you might need to make this small change.

On line 68:
local pathval = string.gsub(filepath, "file:\/\/\/", "")
change to:
local pathval = string.gsub(filepath, "file://", "")

If you're using linux and the extension isn't visible in "Plugins and extensions" after you've installed it, then you may want to try this change.

To confirm, enable VLC logging then restart VLC. If you have the below error message in your logs, then you probably need to make the change.
"Error loading script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/extensions/155249-playlist.lua: .../x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/extensions/155249-playlist.lua:68: invalid escape sequence near '\/'"

I hopes this helpful.

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brianwhen
4 months ago

Line 72, after io.open line, I added:
if file~=nil then file:close() end

it seems to work better for me

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MiniJack
2 years ago

I cant get the plugin to show up in the View menu on Arch Linux?

Does the plugin support Linux?
If not will it ever?

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fragonard
2 years ago

I've downloaded it. I try to double click... no way to open it, says computer. Doesn't recognize this type of file. How do I import it to VLC? My playlist is multiplying entries at an alarming rate!

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basaquer
2 years ago

You would want to drop the file in your VLC folder, in the subfolder \lua\extensions

Playlist Cleaner will show up the next time you open "VLC" under the View menu, click on "Cleans orphaned and duplicate tracks from the playlist."

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fragonard
2 years ago

Thanks very much!

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TheAlphaRaptor
4 years ago

2.1.3 crashes every time i try to use the plugin.

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basaquer
4 years ago

I'm without a laptop right now, but I'm really sorry that's happening for you. I will try to take a look at it when my situation gets sorted out in the next week or so.

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