How to play back multiple videos, stopping after each one?

Question

I want to watch a number of trailers and make notes inbetween each one. So, instead having them play one after the other without stopping, I want each one to automatically stop once it's done, and then I'll hit a key to play the next one in the playlist.

How do I do this?

Solution

In Movie Player (Totem), I could not find a preference or plugin to achieve this.

In VLC Media Player:

• Select Tools > Preferences
• Select the Interface tab (default tab)
• At the bottom of the Interface options, in the Playlist section, tick "Pause on the last frame of a video"
• Click Save
• Start playing the first video
• It will pause once it reaches the end
• To move on to the next video, hit n (next).
• If you need to go back, hit p (previous).

Comments

[thSoft]

In VLC 2.2.1: go to Preferences, press Show all, then check Playlist > Play and pause.