But you have to know which parameters-and since VLC uses its own format for device paths, I felt it might help if I explained the details.īTW, the "Open Disc" command does show "Ctrl+D" as its keyboard shortcut. That kind of functionality is why it's possible to add parameters to shortcut command lines. But personally (and my wife and friends who use VLC feel the same way), it's much faster and easier just to double-click an icon, and you're done.
I'm sure that some users don't mind dropping menus and opening and closing windows each time they want to play their discs.
That's three (or four) mental steps, compared to double-clicking an icon (a single step for most people). Yes-but to actually run the disc, you must then click the Play button (or File > Open Disc), then click OK to close the "Open." window. If VLC is installed on a Windows XP system a pop up allows the selection of the player. Play DVD with VLC).ĭJ: This is not a problem for VLC. Rename your new shortcut to remind you what it does (e.g. NOTE: If "D" isn't your CD drive's letter, use the correct letter.ħ. To make a shortcut that plays an audio CD, add this (including the quote marks!) to the text in the Target text box: NOTE: If "D" isn't your DVD drive's letter, use the correct letter.ī. To make a shortcut that plays a DVD, add this (including the quote marks!) to the text in the Target text box: depending on whether you want to make a shortcut that will play a DVD or an audio CD:Ī. Click the Shortcut tab, then click the Target text box.Ĥ. Right-click the new shortcut, then click Properties. Make a copy of the VLC shortcut on your desktop (or copy it from your Start Menu).Ģ. Here's how to add shortcuts to your desktop that run VLC and automatically play the DVD or audio CD you've inserted:ġ. There is also option to set a default in VLC for this in the advanced preferences.Īll in all much easier than tampering with all the settings files! Thanks again to caribriz for the help.I love VLC Media Player-but it got a bit tiresome having to manually select my local drive each time I wanted to play a DVD or audio CD. Anyway, In Settings > Removable Drives and Media > Multimedia tab > Audio CDs : I checked the Play box and changed the command to vlc cdda:///dev/sr0 which seems to be the DVD drive on this computer (found this through VLC by choosing to Open Disc and cycling through the Media options in the Disc device pulldown (or maybe I found it some other way in VLC, can't remember)). (I think Mint as I can't find it on my Ubuntu machine running XFCE, so there you go)Ģ. Also not sure if this is a Mint 13 issue or XFCE issue. I'm not sure at which version this was implemented, but the Media/CD (and DVD, camera, etc.) autoplay settings moved from Preferred Applications to Removable Drives and Media, (I think, as some screenshots show the latter) which I guess makes sense but I never even chose Removable Drives and Media as it looked like hardware settings for USB sticks or possibly removable hard drives. Thanks caribriz, got me to the right direction!ġ.