There is a new add on
under development for VLC Media Player.
To obtain the add on please go to http://addons.nvda-project.org/dev.en.html
In most cases people
will add folders with music to their playlist. To play music
from off your computer in VLC Media player, press the Alt key
until you hear NVDA say media Alt + M. Next, arrow down the menu
until you hear NVDA say open folder then press the Enter key. An
open folder dialogue box will come up. You can use the NVDA key
+ the letter T to confirm this.
You will have to
Shift/Tab a couple of times until you hear NVDA say tree view.
Next, you can use your right arrow key to expand the branch and
your down or up arrow keys to navigate the tree view. The left
arrow key will collapse the branch. You will need to locate
where ever your music files are located. This will depend on
where you have put them (for example on a Windows 10 machine it
might be My PC, Music, and your music may be in folders within
this directory).
Keeping your music in
folders makes it a lot easier to find the type of music you
like. Most people, when they back up their music CDs (IE when
they are backed up to their computer), usually the artist name
and the album name will be the name of the folder, and the music
files will be within the folder. Most people will have their
music in an Mp3 or WMA file format.
When you have located
your folder with your music in it, navigate the tree view until
you find the album you want to play. When you have located the
folder or album you want to listen to, you will need to press
the Enter key on it. Next, tab until you hear NVDA say the album
name, and tab once more and you will hear NVDA say open folder.
Press the Enter key. The folder with your music should now start
playing for you.
To add more folders
with music in them, just repeat the process to find them as
mentioned above.
Another way to play
your music with VLC Media Player is to go into Windows Explorer/
File Manager on your computer. Use the Windows key + the letter
E to do this. Locate your C: drive. When found, press the Enter
key then navigate to where your music is kept; for example C:
drive, my full albums or whatever you have called it. Locate the
folder with the name of the artist and album you want to listen
to. You can now use the applications key on your computer. A
context menu will come up. Arrow down, until you hear NVDA say
Add to VLC Media Player's playlist. The option just under it
will give you the option to play with VLC Media player and not
another music player. Just press the Enter key on this menu and
it will play it in VLC Media Player.
If you want to keep on
adding music to the playlist repeat the process for each album.
If your computer does
not have an applications key, while on the music folder, press
the Shift key + the F10 key. This will bring up the context menu
where you can arrow down to the options as mentioned above.
When your music is
playing, if you press the letter N it will tell you the name of
the next song and pressing the letter P will tell you the name
of the previous song. Pressing the spacebar will pause/play the
song. The letter S will stop the song being played.
When you have put
together your play list it can be saved with VLC Media player.
To save your play list press the Alt key until you hear NVDA say
Media Alt + M. Next, arrow down until you hear NVDA say save
play list to file, then press the Enter key. A save dialogue
will come up and NVDA will default to the file name section.
Give your play list a name then tab until you hear NVDA say save
as type. It will give you 4 options to choose from. These are:
XSPF playlist (*.xspf), M3U playlist (*.m3u), M3U8 playlist
(*.m3u8), HTML playlist (*.html).
Next, tab until you
hear where you want to save this play list (the name of its
location). Then, Shift/Tab back until you hear NVDA say save,
then press the Enter key and the playlist will be saved to that
location. It would be a good idea to save the playlist where all
of your music/albums are so it is easier to find.
To play the same play
list, locate the one you want, then press the Enter key and your
list should come up in VLC Media player.
If you also check
under the media/play recent media menu, then press the Enter
key, it will come up with the music you have just been playing.
You can also arrow down or up this section, or press the Enter
key to play a song; or clear it when finished with it.
Depending on which
operating system you have, the easiest way to set VLC Media
player as your player for watching DVDs or listening to music is
to go into the control panel in Windows. Locate the auto play
icon then press the Enter key. When it comes up you will be
given various options. There is a check box just under this
section that will need to be checked. Use the space bar for
this. Make sure the check box under this section is also
checked. Choose what to do with each type of media.
You will be given
extra sections that you can customize in this section which can
easily be tabbed through. One of the sections will be called
Music and there will be a combo box. Change this to VLC Media
player. If you set the DVD movie to VLC Media player, when you
put in a DVD it will come up in VLC Media Player. Locate the Audio CD
section and change this to VLC Media player and the one
underneath it called enhanced audio CD as well. Make sure you
save your settings by pressing the Enter key on the save button.
You can use the Alt key + the F4 key to shut any windows that
are open. Now, when you put in either a music CD or DVD, it will
come up in VLC Media player.
If you have some Google
devices around the house (such as a Chromecast, Chromecast
audio or Google smart speakers like the Google Mini, Google
Home or Max), you can play your music/movies to the
appropriate device.
This will
be from a Windows computer using VLC Media player 3.