VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Sparrowhawk » 09 May 2015 23:10

Hello Jean-Baptiste
Do you have any information about if a new build (0.8.6 ???) is likely to ever be made?

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 10 May 2015 21:58

We should fix it
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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Bexcoder » 20 Aug 2015 06:45

Look nice and simple to use, I will able to create my skin soon :D

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 08 Oct 2015 16:39

If it is not 100% broken, yes :)
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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby don123 » 05 Jan 2016 15:41

I've downloaded and installed Java + Skin editor, but when I want to run the .exe it says that I have no java installed. How can I solve this?

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 28 Jun 2016 10:26

32bits vs 64bits?
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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby _fred_berg_ » 21 Jul 2016 20:34

This is a interesting feature but I hope it wont cause malfunction on the prog.?
Is there any tutorial I can use so I can start? :?:
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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby nfoxinc » 14 Mar 2018 01:59

Hi there, is there will be updates on VLC Skin Editor, because it looks abadoned at this time? Maybe there is alternatives how to build skin with more advanced features like skinning playlist tree or skinning other UI parts!

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 17 Jun 2018 22:32

So far, noone has picked it up.

It shouldn't be hard.
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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Vattenpistol » 21 Jun 2018 19:52

Hi!

How come the latest skin editor is 0.8.5 on http://get.videolan.org/skin-editor/? I have seen skins with 0.8.6.dev. I did some googling and found it at another site.

Here's whats in the changelog:

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0.8.6 - Support for new skins2 features in VLC 1.1/1.2 + cover art + video recording action + new image resize mode - Bugfix: XML Output was not proper UTF-8 - Bugfix: " was tolerated as value for IDs, actions etc. and could thus break your skin file - Bugfix: Paths to resource files could contain \ and thus break your skin on Linux - several other small bugfixes - more languages

However a more up to date version would have been great. :)

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 22 Jun 2018 00:01

That was in the git repo, that's all.

The Editor needs some love.
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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby DMenT » 19 Jul 2018 04:47

I have java 8 and vlc skin 8.5, but when it comes to running it says it needs java 8. How to solve?
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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 20 Jul 2018 14:22

I have java 8 and vlc skin 8.5, but when it comes to running it says it needs java 8. How to solve?
I believe it needs some code changes for that.
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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby kevindowney2019 » 04 Dec 2018 03:37

In Windows 7 x64, after installing Java RE and the skin editor, browse to the editor directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC Skin Editor" and launch the "VLCSkinEditor.jar" file rather than the .exe.
Worked for me.

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby areena » 23 Feb 2020 11:03

I would really appreciate hosting and SVN/CVS functionality

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby Nano » 08 Jul 2020 23:20

In Windows 10 x64 with Java 8.251 doesn't work. The main window opens, but nothing works (no open to import, no export, nothing). Doing that same workaround to open the jar file doesn't work too: the same problem occurs (window opens but nothing).
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Although, Android AVD works, so isn't a Java problem.

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby zmotan » 13 Sep 2022 13:17

In Windows 10 x64 with Java 8.251 doesn't work. The main window opens, but nothing works (no open to import, no export, nothing). Doing that same workaround to open the jar file doesn't work too: the same problem occurs (window opens but nothing).
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Although, Android AVD works, so isn't a Java problem.
Installing latest Java 32bit and creating system variable "JAVA_HOME" with path to the Java 32bit solved this problem for me.

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby theshyla » 15 Mar 2023 09:11

Are there any alternatives to this made yet? I can't get mine to work without it glitching.

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Re: VLC Skin Editor // Current release: 0.8.5

Postby TheRedLime » 23 May 2024 14:33

[SOLVED] Hi! I'm a web dev, and I got a slick looking skin off the website. Then I thought, I wanna make my own, because I'm also a hobby artist. So okay, I'm on linux, don't have Java installed yet. I go and install it, put it in /usr/java, I install the .tar.gz package for the editor from the website (I'm on Ubuntu 22/Jammy). I try to use the software installer on the tarball, get an error. Okay, so I unpack it and try to open the .jar using the JRE, no dice, still get an error about it not being an executable or something.

[SOLUTION] For everyone on Linux trying to run the editor, here's how I got it to run after many errors, trials and tribulations:

Java:
1. Download Java linux version.
2. Export the tarball for it
3. Move it into /usr/java (sudo chown $USER:$USER ./java in order to be able to paste stuff in there, then change it back to root)

Editor:
1. Download the tar.gz file
2. Unpack the tarball
3. CD into the extraction target folder
4. Use the command from the shell script named 'VLCSkinEditor' (this one: java -jar VLCSkinEditor.jar)
4.1 OR, you can type bash VLCSkinEditor and it will also launch (if you're in the extraction's target folder)
5. Success! To close the program you can ctrl+c from the terminal to stop the command.
6. Additionally, you should probably make a bash script you can double click to run the bash command at the path of your extraction. You can also right click > properties > allow opening file as executable and then you can open the program without having to also type bash


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