Description: This VLC extension allows you to save bookmarks for your media files and store them permanently.
**Overview** The default Custom Bookmarks of vlc cannot be stored permanently without save a playlist file. If you close the media file, the bookmarks will disappear. So we need a bookmark management extension to store them permanently.
**INSTALLATION** Download the file by clicking on the download button or from the "Files" tab above and put it in the location: • Windows (all users): %ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\ • Windows (current user): %APPDATA%\vlc\lua\extensions\ • Linux (all users): /usr/lib/vlc/lua/extensions/ • Linux (current user): ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/ • Mac OS X (all users): /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/extensions/ • Mac OS X (current user): /Users/%your_user_name%/Library/Application\ Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/extensions/ (Create directories if they don't exist!)
**USAGE** - Start vlc and open a media like video, audio and even network stream - Click on the menu View > Bookmarks or VLC > Extension > Bookmarks on Mac OS X
**Feature** The extension use an hash algorithm to associate bookmarks to the media files, so it works even if the files are moved or renamed, as long as their contents are not changedLast changelog:
Thank you for this extension! We use this on our team by creating a directory junction on the bookmarks folder to a Microsoft OneDrive directory so we can all share the bookmarks. To make this extension safe for multiple people to add bookmarks to a video at the same time, I added a line to the addBookmark() function to reload the existing bookmark file before adding the new bookmark to the file by calling "load_bookmarks()" first.
To do this, each user will need to have the same shared folder linked to their OneDrive. In MS Teams, you view the Files tab and select "Add short to OneDrive".
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to "%AppData%\vlc". If directories "lua\extensions\userdata" does not exist, create any missing directories.
Patch the file vlc_permanents_bookmarks.lua in the extensions directory
If directory "bookmarks" exists under the "userdata" directory, rename/move/delete it.
Click on the Windows Start button and type in "cmd". Right-click on "Command Prompt" and select "Run as Administrator"
Run the following command but update to represent your local directory
mklink /j C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\extensions\userdata\bookmarks "C:\Users\[USER]\[ONEDRIVE Dir]\[SHAREPOINT PATH]\bookmarks"
Will report "Junction created" if successful
Hi can you please add/ fix:
- filter option to the VLC Permanents Bookmarsk windows so it is possible to search for a specific bookmark
- windows resizing so default value when adding, deleting etc. currently the windows resizes back to the original smaller resolution when action is made and that is particularly stressful when there is a lot of longer bookmarks (fullscreen would be perfect for me but it keeps resetting)
- double click on bookmark should perform same action as "GO" button
- right click on bookmark opens pop-up with the options from the buttons on the left hand side (similar to default windows pop-up)
It seems I can't activate the extension - I can't tick the box in the "view"-menu. I've put it into /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/extensions. I've also tried /usr/share/vlc/lua/extensions and .local/share/vlc/lua/extensions with the same results. Any help is much appreciated! :-)
Unfortunately at the moment vlc doesn't allow to assign keyboard shortcuts for opening extensions. The closest thing you can do for start an extension without using the mouse is hit alt i to open the View menu and scroll down to the extension.
If you are in mac OS another possible solution is explained here: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=78902#p450085
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Thank you for this extension! We use this on our team by creating a directory junction on the bookmarks folder to a Microsoft OneDrive directory so we can all share the bookmarks. To make this extension safe for multiple people to add bookmarks to a video at the same time, I added a line to the addBookmark() function to reload the existing bookmark file before adding the new bookmark to the file by calling "load_bookmarks()" first.
To do this, each user will need to have the same shared folder linked to their OneDrive. In MS Teams, you view the Files tab and select "Add short to OneDrive". Open Windows Explorer and navigate to "%AppData%\vlc". If directories "lua\extensions\userdata" does not exist, create any missing directories. Patch the file vlc_permanents_bookmarks.lua in the extensions directory If directory "bookmarks" exists under the "userdata" directory, rename/move/delete it. Click on the Windows Start button and type in "cmd". Right-click on "Command Prompt" and select "Run as Administrator" Run the following command but update to represent your local directory mklink /j C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\extensions\userdata\bookmarks "C:\Users\[USER]\[ONEDRIVE Dir]\[SHAREPOINT PATH]\bookmarks" Will report "Junction created" if successful
Hi can you please add/ fix: - filter option to the VLC Permanents Bookmarsk windows so it is possible to search for a specific bookmark - windows resizing so default value when adding, deleting etc. currently the windows resizes back to the original smaller resolution when action is made and that is particularly stressful when there is a lot of longer bookmarks (fullscreen would be perfect for me but it keeps resetting) - double click on bookmark should perform same action as "GO" button - right click on bookmark opens pop-up with the options from the buttons on the left hand side (similar to default windows pop-up)
It seems I can't activate the extension - I can't tick the box in the "view"-menu. I've put it into /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/extensions. I've also tried /usr/share/vlc/lua/extensions and .local/share/vlc/lua/extensions with the same results. Any help is much appreciated! :-)
How can i export the bookmarks and keep it in notes like notion ?
can you add a keyboard shortcut?, as well as the ctrl b of the custom markers or something like that.
Unfortunately at the moment vlc doesn't allow to assign keyboard shortcuts for opening extensions. The closest thing you can do for start an extension without using the mouse is hit alt i to open the View menu and scroll down to the extension. If you are in mac OS another possible solution is explained here: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=78902#p450085