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#vlc

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Does anyone know if there is a way for #VLC Media Player to retain #playlist data after closing the program? I had a crash today, and recreating my playlist was hard. I have tried saving to an XSPF playlist file, but these don't update with new entries (they seem to be read-only) If the feature doesn't exist, I am willing to put aside some money to send to VideoLAN to have it as a feature on Linux and other platforms.

Die #Multicast streams im @ffhl sind jetzt zusätzlich auch mit dem @videolan v3 unter "Local Netzwork -> Network streams (SAP)" find- und abspielbar. Nur die mit "(v4)" markierten brauchen noch den #VLC v4/nightly. Den v4 nightly zum Laufen zu bekommen, schien bei vielen noch eine zu große Hürde zu sein. Würde mich sehr über Feedback freuen, ob es jetzt auch bei anderen geht im @ffhl geht.

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Ils/elles reconditionnent sous #Linux, plus léger que Windows, des PCs ainsi sauvés de la benne. Ces PCs équipent familles de lycéens en fracture numérique avec #Linuxmint et écoles primaires.
Une salle 💯 % #logicielslibres flexible, ergonomique, adaptée PMR avec 3 bureaux électriques, et conviviale avec un coût logiciel nul ou presque :
- Pcs reconditionnés intégrés au réseau pédagogique (#Linux, #Firefox, #libreoffice, #Python, etc.)
- Zone Multimédia (#VLC, OBS, Kdenlive etC.)
⚠️ #chiptune

Dynebolic is a Linux distribution developed for multimedia production.

Run via USB flash drive or DVD.
Run via computer with extremely low resources.
No background communications established without user consent.
Recommended by Free Software Foundation.

APPLICATIONS
#Ardour7
#Audacity
#darktable
#GIMP
#Inkscape
#Kdenlive
#OBSStudio
#soundKonverter
#Scribus
#Tomb encryption
#VLC

Website: dyne.org/dynebolic
Mastodon: @dyne

A bit more looking at #VLC documentation reveals that it's very thin for such a ubiquitous and long-lived project.

It's bizarre that the "playlist" word itself is the first item you see, in the most prominent position in the app, yet the word is almost totally missing from the documentation. Searching gives you only three hits, all down in the weeds of disk paths and inner workings.

All the documentation of making and managing playlists is 3rd party sites on the web.

On my todo list is to go file an issue with the #VLC project about how stale links for streaming sources fail catastrophically.

I like to have a playlist of favourite streaming radio sources, but when they become invalid VLC fails terribly, spewing garbage characters and out-of-control pop-ups etc.

Maybe it should be a project to contribute (some day) if I could find a few hours a week to get involved. It's a great tool and I really hope it would keep improving.

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FOSS NEWS

Firefox receives new Terms of Use, Mozilla argues that it will offer users "more transparency" over their "rights and permissions", but its wording raises concerns, it only applies to the executable code though, so forks like LibreWolf probably won't be affected:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/mozill
(Mozilla going down the dark path even further, what a surprise...)

Mozilla confirms Firefox will keep supporting Manifest V2:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/
(The only thing they do right nowadays)

VLC project celebrates 20 years anniversary with a new “LUNAR TIME CAPSULE” where people can send their personal videos to the Moon, videos will be stored on microSD cards enclosed in a sealed titanium capsule:
news.itsfoss.com/vlc-moon-expe
(UFOs after watching the videos: oh this human breed is so dumb, they won't be a treat to us, they'll destroy themselves anyways, let's just leave them alone with their bs)

Nextcloud Hub 10 released with new AI agent for performing various tasks (creating calendar entries, reading messages, writing emails etc.) with the option to self-host AI agent:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/2/
(Oh yeah now Nexcloud users will also be dumbed down by AI doing everything instead of them lol)

Luanti 5.11.0 released with in-game settings menu, touchscreen layout editor, more server list info in online server list etc.:
blog.luanti.org/2025/02/14/5.1

(Linux news in original post)

OMG! Ubuntu · Mozilla is Introducing 'Terms of Use' to FirefoxHot off the back of its recent leadership rejig, Mozilla has announced users of Firefox will soon be subject to a 'Terms of Use' policy — a first for the
#WeeklyNews#News#FOSS

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

- #K9Mail developer quits Mozilla, thanks @cketti for all the good work
- #surveillance laws want #backdoor access in #France again
- #FOSSGIS 2025 in March, get the app
- #onionshare crash fix soon
- #RiMusic might be in danger
- #SimpleX has group growing pains
- #Termux GUI is finally available
- #Threema Libre reacts
- #VLC with Remote Access
- #XScreenSaver has nice privacy policy

Click for +218 lines of news: f-droid.org/2025/02/27/twif.ht

f-droid.orgSaving screens | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App RepositoryThis Week in F-DroidTWIF curated on Thursday, 27 Feb 2025, Week 9F-Droid coreTermux:GUI, A plugin for Termux to use the Android GUI from terminal application...

linuxiac.com/vlc-celebrates-20

You can send your video, to the moon, with VLC, literally.

The VLC Lunar Time Capsule program will hitch a ride on Griffin, the Lander from NASA's Artemis program. You'll need to submit your video by Feb 28th 2025 though.

The capsule will also include 1000 classic movies picked by the team at VLC

Linuxiac · VLC Celebrates 20 Years by Sending Videos to the MoonCelebrate VLC’s 20th anniversary by sending your video to the Moon with the first lunar time capsule.
#Science#Space#NASA