VLC Player, amazing but annoying

[boYce]

I like VLC cause it just what it says on the tin and plays everything but...

1) How do you change the default ugly skin? I have managed to download a new one, put it in the skin folder, change preferences, interface, main interfaces, skins, advanced options, skin to use, change to the new skin location.

but each time VLC is openned its flicked back to the default skin.

Once in the new skin the video plays in its own little window, not the one with the play, pause controls. (why have they made it so hard)

2) Once closed how do you make it open again the same size it was before it was closed. it seems to default to 1:1 zoom rather than filling to the size it was when closed.

cheers.

 

[whitecrook]

1. Skinning sucks. The great thing about VLC for me is the Windows native Widgets, however Check the options in Preferences -> Interface -> wxwidgets / Skins, or the skin just may be poorly done, or it's incompatible with your player versin.

2. from this page : http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help
this extract:

   --width=<integer>          Video width
          You can enforce the video width. By default
          (-1) VLC will adapt to the video
          characteristics.
      --height=<integer>         Video height
          You can enforce the video height. By default
          (-1) VLC will adapt to the video
          characteristics.
      --video-x=<integer>        Video X coordinate
          You can enforce the position of the top left
          corner of the video window (X coordinate).
      --video-y=<integer>        Video Y coordinate
          You can enforce the position of the top left
          corner of the video window (Y coordinate).
      --crop=<string>            Video cropping
          This forces the cropping of the source video.
          Accepted formats are x:y (4:3, 16:9, etc.)
          expressing the global image aspect.
      --custom-crop-ratios=<string>
                                 Custom crop ratios list
          Comma seperated list of crop ratios which
          will be added in the interface's crop ratios
          list.
      --aspect-ratio=<string>    Source aspect ratio
          This forces the source aspect ratio. For
          instance, some DVDs claim to be 16:9 while
          they are actually 4:3. This can also be used
          as a hint for VLC when a movie does not have
          aspect ratio information. Accepted formats
          are x:y (4:3, 16:9, etc.) expressing the
          global image aspect, or a float value (1.25,
          1.3333, etc.) expressing pixel squareness.
      --monitor-par=<string>     Monitor pixel aspect ratio
          This forces the monitor aspect ratio. Most
          monitors have square pixels (1:1). If you
          have a 16:9 screen, you might need to change
          this to 4:3 in order to keep proportions.
      --custom-aspect-ratios=<string>
                                 Custom aspect ratios list
          Comma seperated list of aspect ratios which
          will be added in the interface's aspect ratio
          list.

Some or all of these settings are available in Preference -> Video (General Video Settings)