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Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby Zero3K » 15 Oct 2008 23:15

Is it possible to do that? If so, how?

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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby Arite » 15 Oct 2008 23:54

Yes you can hide VLC in the system tray as of 0.9.x. Just click the VLC icon in the system tray once (or right click and select "Hide VLC media player in taskbar"). As far as I know you cannot currently do it by pressing the minimise window button however.

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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby ottaviane » 16 Oct 2008 15:04

very good!
but do you know if a can do it with a command line?
like this similar: vlc film.avi -tryicon
thank you

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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby smpplaza » 19 Dec 2008 11:57

Good Morning,

I'm trying to find a way to keep VLC suppressed to the system tray since I play my video as wallpaper however, when the playlist is repeated, VLC player will pop up out of the system tray. Is there a way to constantly hide VLC to the system tray??

The command above will start VLC hided but as I said, after the movie is played VLC jumps out of it's systemtray hiding place and plays the video on the wallpaper as well as in the player.

thanx in advance!!

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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 19 Dec 2008 12:09

On Windows? Yes, you can remove the systray, look into the preferences.
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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby smpplaza » 19 Dec 2008 12:51

On Windows? Yes, you can remove the systray, look into the preferences.

Yeah I know, but that's not what i meant. However thanx for your replpy!!

As I want to play video (like dreamscenes) as a wallpaper I need to KEEP vlc hiding in the system tray (I don't want to hide the systray icon). However everytime the video loops VLC pops-up again and is shown in my taskbar and the player starts to play the video in the player as well as on the wallpaper. But I just want VLC to keep hiding in the systray.

No player, not in the taskbar, only in my systray.

Does anyone know how to set this up this way??

Kind regards,

Maarten

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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 19 Dec 2008 14:45

On Windows? Yes, you can remove the systray, look into the preferences.

Yeah I know, but that's not what i meant. However thanx for your replpy!!

As I want to play video (like dreamscenes) as a wallpaper I need to KEEP vlc hiding in the system tray (I don't want to hide the systray icon). However everytime the video loops VLC pops-up again and is shown in my taskbar and the player starts to play the video in the player as well as on the wallpaper. But I just want VLC to keep hiding in the systray.

No player, not in the taskbar, only in my systray.

Does anyone know how to set this up this way??

Kind regards,

Maarten
Sorry, I didn't understand at first.
You mean that on song change, VLC popups?
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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby smpplaza » 19 Dec 2008 15:26

Jep, thats correct, on song/video change VLC pops up.

Verry annoying...

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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 19 Dec 2008 15:35

Fill a bug.
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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby smpplaza » 19 Dec 2008 16:00

O.k. thanx, I'll do that.

Earlier version(s) (current version i'm using is 0.9.6) don't have this issue??

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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby leonhongkong » 05 Aug 2009 05:15

Good Morning,

I'm trying to find a way to keep VLC suppressed to the system tray since I play my video as wallpaper however, when the playlist is repeated, VLC player will pop up out of the system tray. Is there a way to constantly hide VLC to the system tray??

The command above will start VLC hided but as I said, after the movie is played VLC jumps out of it's systemtray hiding place and plays the video on the wallpaper as well as in the player.

thanx in advance!!
confirm this bug. I use vlc-1.0.1 still have this problem. Just finding a solution. any idea?

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Re: Minimize VideoLan Client to System Tray

Postby leonhongkong » 05 Aug 2009 22:24

Is it possible to do that? If so, how?
Hi folks!
I have the solution. at http://dektp.tee-pak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=4883

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