Play a folder

What it does

When you open a video, Vantage Player lines up the other videos in its folder. Next and previous move through that folder, so there is no playlist to build. A folder browser on the left edge shows the folder as thumbnails.

How to use it

Next and previous

• Press Right for the next video and Left for the previous one. Holding the key down moves one video, not the whole folder.
• Or drag across the picture: drag to the right for the next video, to the left for the previous one.
• Or use the previous and next buttons in the middle of the control bar.
• Media keys on a keyboard (next, previous, play/pause) work too.

At the first or last video, the picture bounces instead of moving.

The folder browser

1. Point at the tab on the left edge of the window, or click it. The browser slides out with a thumbnail of each video in the folder.
2. Click a video to play it. Scroll with the mouse wheel.
3. Move the pointer away and the browser slides back.

The tab shows only when there is more than one video to choose from.

Order, auto-play and repeat

• Right-click → Sort order sorts the folder by Date modified, Date created or File name. Next and previous follow that order.
• Right-click → Auto-play next goes straight on to the next video when one ends.
• Right-click → Repeat plays the current video again. If both are on, Repeat wins.

Vantage Player remembers these choices. Auto-play next and Repeat are also in Settings.

Troubleshooting

• Next and previous do nothing: the video may not be in a folder Vantage Player can read, for example one dragged from a list of recent files. Open it from File Explorer or with Ctrl+O.
• While you are zoomed in, dragging moves the picture instead of changing videos. Use the arrow keys, or reset the zoom with Ctrl+0.
• If you opened several files at once, next and previous stay inside those files. See Open videos.

Related

• Open videos
• Delete video
• Keyboard shortcuts