Browsing audio files on Google Drive in VLC

I don't see any audio files when I browse them on Google Drive in VLC. I have a list of file with different formats: mp3, caf, amr. They are all supported by VLC, but I can't see them in VLC file browser on Google Drive.

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I can see my Audio files .... Could it be that the files are in a folder that you need to dive into ?

You can see audio files only in the root folder but if you move some audio files in subfolder then you won't see them.

Original author: кирилл осипов

But my audio files are also in a subfolder....So if you open the subfolder from the root folder you don't see your files in there ?

I am using IPhone 4 with iOS 7.1.2 on the board. I have created a folder called [Audio files] and put there a list of files with the following extensions: mp3, amr, caf. When I browse on Google Drive in VLC I see no files in this folder. But if I move the files from this folder to the root folder on Google Disk then I see them and can play in VLC application.

Original author: кирилл осипов

okay thanks for the detailed discription !

I tried to reproduce it with my iphone 6 and iOS 8 and couldn't but the phone and os shouldn't make a difference to the drive api calls and to the content that is returned.

Ok you gotta tell me if I miss a step to reproduce this bug. Here are the steps that I did:

1. I downloaded the latest VLC for iOS version from the App store. I'm on 2.5.1 (1)
2. I created a new folder in GDrive on the web. It's on the root folder level.
3. put some mp3s in the newly created folder
4. open VLC, in the menu tab on cloud services, then google drive
5. if not logged in, log into the same account as used above to create the new folder
6. after log in search for newly created folder and tap on it.

expected : files are listed what happens: files are not listed

So for me with these steps the files are listed right now the only thing that I can think of is a UI bug so that the files are there but not displayed correctly on an iphone 4. The only way to debug this if I did exactly what you did is if you make a video so that I can hopefully see what I do differently. :(

One captain obvious question from me: you are using version 2.5.1 of vlc for iOS, right?

Yes, I have installed this version of VNC application. Also there is the first time I use this application for iOS. I have recorded the video to describe the problem: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3z8HS142BDAUEVMdkN1ZDhKUXc&authuser=0

Also I would like to clarify the situation around the file called Recordium.mp3. Actually VNC application took this file from the Trash on Google Drive. That is why the corresponding filename "Recordium.mp3" was still shown on Google Drive when I move the file Recordium.mp3 to [Тестирование звуковых файлов] folder. Later I have found another "Recordium.mp3" file in the Trash on Google Drive. VLC application stopped displaying Recordium.mp3 on Google Drive once I remove that file from the Trash. Look at the following video demonstrating incorrect VLC application behavior with removed files and folders on Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3z8HS142BDAcmdZelFlcFZ5eWc&authuser=0

Original author: кирилл осипов

Great thank you so much!

I could see what the issue is! The files don't get all loaded at once. I know that because when you scroll down and hit the bottom of the view a spinner appears to load the next bunch of files and the number at the bottom changes.

This is odd though since the current implementation should load all files at once. I think I know how to reproduce this bug now. I will have to add a great number of files to my gdrive :D And I will also have to create a folder with russian letters. Since it might also be that my implementation can't deal with non ascii letters cough

So thank you so much that was really helpful to figure out where the issue might be. i'll get back to you once I reproduced it but now I'm off to work ;)

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Any progress on this ticket? :)

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Closing as a duplicate as we moved to gitlab: vlc-ios#208 (closed)

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