VLC does not remember last used drive path after suspend/disconnect
- in mobile (Android) version, go into some deep directory structure on external/net drive and play a video from there eg. "Browser>drive>X>Y>Z>VID.MP4"
- during the playback pause video and put the playback device to sleep or let it idle till it goes into suspend/screensaver mode
- after a while (few mins), on resumption, VLC is no longer active and has to be restarted
- on restart and navigation to the drive, it does not go to the path /X/Y/Z from which the last video was launched, but starts at "Browser>drive>" all over again
In 2.2 on waking the device if the video could not be resumed, because the drive were disconnected or other reason, it would land in the main menu but upon the navigation to the reconnected drive, it would select the last used path automatically, rather than starting at the root.
I purposefully kept the old version till now to keep this functionality intact, but was unable to keep it up due to codec support need. It does not seem to be device specific either, as I checked 2.2 and 3.0+ on two devices each with same result. It would be swell if the aforementioned functionality were reinstated, as VLC in spite of its great underlying engine and playback compatibility, has always lacked in the UI and functionality areas, and this is regress rather than progress. Not to mention the annoyance of having to do a whole app/device/path navigation each time the device idles to screensaver/suspend for a few minutes.