Prevent VLC from looping playlist

Question

I'm trying to prevent VLC from looping back to the beginning of a playlist when I hit "next video". Is there a way to disable it from playing the first video in a playlist if you click "next video in playlist" while the last video in the playlist is currently playing?

Essentially I need this functionality:

• "next video" moves to the next video in the playlist for all videos except the last video in the playlist.
• if "next video" is pressed while the last video is currently playing, nothing happens.

Solution 1

At the bottom of the player where the controls are you'll see 9 control buttons (play, fast reverse, stop, fast forward, etc.). The 8th control button (2 opposite facing arrows) is the loop control toggle. First click is "loop all", second click is "loop 1", third click is "no loop"

Solution 2

For mac this setting can be found in the menu bar, under Playback. Just select the option you prefer, or disable by selecting the active option. here is a screenshot of the menu dropdown

Comments

[clhy]

I haven't looked into VLC settings but is it specific to some version or have you looked at playback settings ?

[migmigson]

I've looked at all the settings, both basic and advanced before I asked the question. I was hoping there was some functionality I could implement beyond what was in those checkboxes somehow, or that maybe I'd overlooked something.

[migmigson]

This does not achieve the functionality I'm after, I'm not sure if you tested or not. Even with loop off, pressing "next video" still returns to the first video in the playlist when the last video in the playlist is playing. Thanks anyway.

[migmigson]

Yeah, I browsed through all the settings as well, I was hoping I'd overlooked something or that there was some wizardly scripting I could implement. Thanks a lot!

[migmigson]

This does not achieve the functionality I was looking for. Even with "no loop" selected, pressing "next video" still returns to the first video in the playlist when the last video in the playlist is playing. Thanks anyway.

[migmigson]

This does not achieve the functionality I was looking for. Even with "repeat all" unselected, pressing "next video" still returns to the first video in the playlist when the last video in the playlist is playing. Thanks anyway.