Sorry for the (perhaps) obvious question, but my attempts to CTRL-S to re-skin the VLC do not work. The VLC preferences have a (in my opinion) cryptic reference to most recently accessed skin, but basically all I think is needed is a skin browser/chooser. is this a problem with command line launch preferences? And if so why would VLC be build with skins2 disabled by default?
I've tried both Windows 0.8.2 and Windows 0.8.4 with same result.
Help!
Skin install problem using VLC Windows
In fact, your problem comes from a confusion between the wxWidgets and the skins2 interfaces.
VLC has the ability to use several interface modules. The 2 main graphical interfaces on Windows and Unix are the wxWidgets interface and the skins2 one. The wxWidgets interface is the one you get by default. It looks like a normal window from your operating system, with a title bar, a menu, a toolbar, etc... The skins2 interface is the one able to load skins. It is not activated by default, you have to activate it explicitely.
To go from wxWidgets to skins2, you can go to the Settings menu (or right-click) and select Switch Interface --> skins2. To go from skins2 to wxWidgets, you can right-click and select Switch Interface --> wxWidgets.
Now back to your question. The various interfaces of VLC can define their own hotkeys (even if most of the hotkeys can be changed by the user). In the skins2 interface, the Ctrl-S hotkey opens a dialog box to select a new skin. But in the wxWidgets interface, it opens the preferences, hence the confusion: you have to use the correct interface module first.
If you want to use the skins2 interface by default, you can set this in the preferences to avoid switching every time from wxWidgets to skins2. The setting to change is named "Interface module", located in Interface --> General.
Hope this helps...
VLC has the ability to use several interface modules. The 2 main graphical interfaces on Windows and Unix are the wxWidgets interface and the skins2 one. The wxWidgets interface is the one you get by default. It looks like a normal window from your operating system, with a title bar, a menu, a toolbar, etc... The skins2 interface is the one able to load skins. It is not activated by default, you have to activate it explicitely.
To go from wxWidgets to skins2, you can go to the Settings menu (or right-click) and select Switch Interface --> skins2. To go from skins2 to wxWidgets, you can right-click and select Switch Interface --> wxWidgets.
Now back to your question. The various interfaces of VLC can define their own hotkeys (even if most of the hotkeys can be changed by the user). In the skins2 interface, the Ctrl-S hotkey opens a dialog box to select a new skin. But in the wxWidgets interface, it opens the preferences, hence the confusion: you have to use the correct interface module first.
If you want to use the skins2 interface by default, you can set this in the preferences to avoid switching every time from wxWidgets to skins2. The setting to change is named "Interface module", located in Interface --> General.
Hope this helps...
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