[packman] [Bug] OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: VLC won't "Add directory..."

[Masaru Nomiya]

Hello,

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  Subject    : [packman] [Bug] OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: VLC won't "Add directory..."
  Message-ID : <06bbddea-4e1c-48cc-84d0-c8bc35ed84e0 at andtru.org>
  Date & Time: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:58:56 -0700

[BA] == Bruce Anderson <bcom at andtru.org> has written:

BA>  I'm sorry if this is not the place to report this.

BA>  I updated to Tumbleweed 20260703 with VLC version
BA>  3.0.23-1699.10.pm-x86_64 from Packman and now if I try to add a
BA>  directory to the playlist, it doesn't work.

BA>  Steps to repeat:
BA>  1) Open VLC
BA>  2) Right click in the Playlist window and select "Add
BA>  directory..."
BA>  3) In file selection window, traverse to desired directory and
BA>  click 'Open'

BA>  and nothing happens, no directory added, file selection popup doesn't
BA>  close. Prior to this, the directory would be added to the playlist.

BA>  Opening a single file works fine. Dragging a directory from Dolphin onto the
BA>  playlist also works. As a workaround I can do "Add file..." and
BA>  select all the files in a directory and open them that way.

It's working fine on my end. How about running it after doing "$ mv
vlc-qt-interface.conf vlc-qt-interface.conf-bak"?

My environment;

   1. $ cat /etc/os-release 
      NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed"
      # VERSION="20260708"

   2. $ rpm -q
      vlc-3.0.23-1699.10.pm.20.x86_64

Best Regards.

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