steps to change the skin of vlc media player


The best thing about vlc media player is its simple interface. Though many people doesn’t like the look of the vlc media player. And sometimes people get bored by using the same user interface. There is a feature by which people can change the look of the vlc media player. To change the look of the player you need to change the skin of the vlc player.vlc media player supports * .vlt files as its skin .you can easily download a skin for the vlc media player from the internet. Here is the link to download vlc media player skins. After downloading a skin file follow the steps given below to change the skin.

1.       1.Open the vlc media player.

2.       2.Go to tools menu from the menu bar of the vlc media player. It will open the submenu of the tools menu.

3.       3.Select preferences menu and click it. It will open the preferences window.(you can also open preferences window by right clicking on the video display .right click on the video display and select interface menu form the opened context menu. It will open   another menu .in that menu click on the preferences option.)

4.       4.In preferences window select the ‘use custom skin’ option.

5.       5.Then click choose button located below the use custom skin option.

6.       6.Select a  .vlt skin file from your computer.(which you have downloaded from the website)

7.       7.Click save button of the preferences window.

8.       8.Close the vlc media player and restart it.

9.       9.Now the look of the vlc media player is changed.


          To get back the old interface open the preferences window following the same steps and select  the use native skin option and save it. If your skin doesn’t has any menu option the follow the other method described above to open preferences window.

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