I was very annoyed by the fact that VLC did not keep the playlist when restarted and I was always forced to load the playlist myself. In my case the playlist is in a url (it is supplied by my broadband and TV provider) but it could also be a file.

It turns out that the solution  is very simple:

  1. Open VLC
  2. Go to Settings/Preferences.
  3. Select Playlist
  4. Enter your default playlist in the Default stream field.

Basically you can build your playlist, save it (open the playlist with CTRL+P and then Manage/Save playlist) and then put the full path to the saved playlist in the Default stream field as explained in the steps above.

9 Responses to “Getting VLC to load my default playlist”

  1. stdavidsprimary Says:

    Thanks:)
    That has been bugging me!

  2. Robert K. Says:

    great…. was a big help i searched so long for that ‘feature’

  3. White Says:

    Thanks, guess I’m too slow to figure out stream == playlist

  4. Brandon Says:

    Wonderful tip! Along with the setting for “append to playlist” when you have “single window” mode enabled this allows you to build up a persistent playlist. If only there was a way to save it automatically.

  5. Andrei Says:

    Big thanks! :) I searched so long for that

  6. Jorge Says:

    Thanx a lot


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