I don't understand why I can't browse media with a file-manager tree-view. Is VLC shying away from appealing to power-users? My media often lacks metadata, or I can't rely on it, or it will take less screen-taps because of some file-system structure I've organized.
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Please don't put words in my mouth or project your sentiments on me... file/folder-based browsing is definitely relevant and a key feature to a positive user experience (for me, and I assume many many other 'power' users).
Jean-Baptiste Kempfchanged title from No view for file/folder browsing (only artist, album, genre, etc) to No view for file/folder browsing (only artist, album, genre, etc) on Auto
changed title from No view for file/folder browsing (only artist, album, genre, etc) to No view for file/folder browsing (only artist, album, genre, etc) on Auto
Haha, "goes against guidelines" what a joke... You think you know what's
safe for me and millions of other long time users? Safety is keeping all my
ingrained muscle memory habits available. Safety is folder browsing,
sorting by date modified OR title, etc. Sad to hear such a response from
VLC devs.
Rocket Player has folder based browsing... And hasn't been disabled in
years of Android Auto updates. They lack sorting functionality though,
which definitely makes more effort for quickly and efficiently using the
interface safely during driving.