From 76e6d6583333664a5c68f690f0a901ff4137e5f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyn Perrine Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:02:20 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add how to get music from other devices on oepn devices to vlc --- source/2/2.5/2.5.2/vlc.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/2/2.5/2.5.2/vlc.rst b/source/2/2.5/2.5.2/vlc.rst index f4ad27db..c42325e5 100644 --- a/source/2/2.5/2.5.2/vlc.rst +++ b/source/2/2.5/2.5.2/vlc.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ VLC is the default media player for Lubuntu that can open both audio and video f Usage ------ -To open media stored locally on your system click media open :menuselection:`Media --> Open File` and navigate your local files or press :kbd:`control +o` on the keyboard to open files stored locally on your machine. If you want to say listen to two videos or songs from an album you hold :kbd:`Control +left click` to open multiple files at once or press :kbd:`Control+A` to select all files in a folder. If you wish to open media from somewhere on the internet on :menuselection:`Media --> Open Network Stream` or press :kbd:`Control + N`. To open a whole directory use :menuselection:`Media --> Open Directory` or press :kbd:`control +F`. VLC also keeps track of recently opened media in case you want to view media again in :menuselection:`Media --> Open Recent Media --> file name`. If you have copied a path in your clipboard you can press :kbd:`Control +V` or :menuselection:`Media --> Open Location from clipboard` to quickly open a location in your clipboard. +To open media stored locally on your system click media open :menuselection:`Media --> Open File` and navigate your local files or press :kbd:`control +o` on the keyboard to open files stored locally on your machine. If you have music on a usb device, optical disk, or another partiton the :guilabel:`Devices` segment will let you navigate to those files from here. If you want to say listen to two videos or songs from an album you hold :kbd:`Control +left click` to open multiple files at once or press :kbd:`Control+A` to select all files in a folder. If you wish to open media from somewhere on the internet on :menuselection:`Media --> Open Network Stream` or press :kbd:`Control + N`. To open a whole directory use :menuselection:`Media --> Open Directory` or press :kbd:`control +F`. VLC also keeps track of recently opened media in case you want to view media again in :menuselection:`Media --> Open Recent Media --> file name`. If you have copied a path in your clipboard you can press :kbd:`Control +V` or :menuselection:`Media --> Open Location from clipboard` to quickly open a location in your clipboard. .. image:: vlc-file-open.png