surrim/vlc-delete

VLC extension to remove videos from the harddisk

Install

Windows

Copy vlc-delete.lua to %appdata%\Roaming\vlc\lua\extensions\ and restart the VLC Media Player.

Installation script (requires Windows 10 / curl)

mkdir %appdata%\Roaming\vlc\lua\extensions\
curl -# -o %appdata%\Roaming\vlc\lua\extensions\vlc-delete.lua https://raw.githubusercontent.com/surrim/vlc-delete/master/vlc-delete.lua

Linux

Copy the vlc-delete.lua file to ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/ and restart the VLC Media Player.

Installation script

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
curl -# -o ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/vlc-delete.lua https://raw.githubusercontent.com/surrim/vlc-delete/master/vlc-delete.lua

Installation script for Flatpak

mkdir -p ~/.var/app/org.videolan.VLC/data/vlc/lua/extensions/
curl -# -o ~/.var/app/org.videolan.VLC/data/vlc/lua/extensions/vlc-delete.lua https://raw.githubusercontent.com/surrim/vlc-delete/master/vlc-delete.lua

Note: If trash-cli is installed videos will be moved to the recycle bin instead of removing them directly.

Usage

When playing a video you can click on View → Remove current file from playlist and disk. Then the video will be removed and the next one is played.

Known bugs and issues

• There is no fixed shortcut key; it depends on the menu language.
  For instance in English: Press and hold Alt to activate the hotkey navigation, then press i (Vi̲ew), then r (R̲emove current file from playlist and disk). I haven't found a solution to implement a fixed key; probably it's not supported by the VLC Media Player.
  
• Windows: UNC paths like \SERVER\Share\File.mp4 are not working.
  As a workaround, you could use net use P: "\uncpath" in the Windows terminal and open the file with a regular path. Thanks for contributing Taomyn and freeload101
• Windows: Video can't be deleted if the file name contains emojis.
  Thanks for contributing Jonas1312

If you create a new issue please include your VLC Version number and operating system. Otherwise it's hard to reproduce.
The biggest help would be to contribute some Lua Code.