Is there a dark version of the default VLC skin?

[juju_pepe]

iam still waitin for a dark version of the default VLC skin
it makes no sense that in 2024 still does not exist dark mode for vlc
it seems to me that devs dropped this app

[VLCMonster]

Yes, I hear you JuJu and completely agree 100%.

It boggles my mind why this has not been implemented to date.

I've tried using so called 'Dark' skins but they just mess up the UI.

Hey Devs, is it really that hard to add Dark Mode FFS ??

I have switched to another video player just for this reason and it works amazing in Dark Mode.

Actually I have grown quite fond of this other player and they are always implementing new features.... on a regular basis... unlike VLC.

It's like VideoLAN has moved on to other projects.

So be it.... until VLC gets Dark Mode I don't think I will be switching back.

[markoatonc]

The pling link @rkint made isn't working. Is there anywhere else I can find the dark skin?

done https://www.pling.com/p/1957118

not sure if one of those are the skins they meant, but with Wayback machine I found the profile of the author, his accounts on both Pling and Opencode are closed down, but I found one with "2" added to the end of the username and here are all the skins from the person:
https://www.pling.com/u/1nsomn1ac2
Considering that the removed one also had "M11." in name I guess they are same person. might want to contact them there if you want further details.

[sunblues]

The pling link @rkint made isn't working. Is there anywhere else I can find the dark skin?

done https://www.pling.com/p/1957118

not sure if one of those are the skins they meant, but with Wayback machine I found the profile of the author, his accounts on both Pling and Opencode are closed down, but I found one with "2" added to the end of the username and here are all the skins from the person:
https://www.pling.com/u/1nsomn1ac2
Considering that the removed one also had "M11." in name I guess they are same person. might want to contact them there if you want further details.

Thank you so much!

[VLCMonster]

Yes, I hear you JuJu and completely agree 100%.

It boggles my mind why this has not been implemented to date.

I've tried using so called 'Dark' skins but they just mess up the UI.

Hey Devs, is it really that hard to add Dark Mode FFS ??

I have switched to another video player just for this reason and it works amazing in Dark Mode.

Actually I have grown quite fond of this other player and they are always implementing new features.... on a regular basis... unlike VLC.

It's like VideoLAN has moved on to other projects.

So be it.... until VLC gets Dark Mode I don't think I will be switching back.

UPDATE: I have found that there is a beta version for VLC 4.0 and this has dark mode available built in. Although it is a work in progress and is by no means completed it does seem to provide me for what I want which is dark mode.
Sure, there are glitches on startup (one error window that pops up in my case) but once you close the error window it does not affect playback. I am really liking the new format.

You can find the VLC 4.0 beta here: https://nightlies.videolan.org/

[mmortal03]

UPDATE: I have found that there is a beta version for VLC 4.0 and this has dark mode available built in. Although it is a work in progress and is by no means completed it does seem to provide me for what I want which is dark mode.
Sure, there are glitches on startup (one error window that pops up in my case) but once you close the error window it does not affect playback. I am really liking the new format.

You can find the VLC 4.0 beta here: https://nightlies.videolan.org/

Yeah, I mentioned in this thread three years ago:

The VLC 4.0 nightlies *do* have a night mode under the View menu, but the interface in general in 4.0 is a big change, so it'll be interesting to see how much of an approximation of the classic interface we can get on it.

I haven't checked back into the nightlies lately, but, I assume it still has a very different design than people are used to?

[mmortal03]

It looks like someone has finally done it?: https://www.reddit.com/r/VLC/comments/1 ... or_vlc_30/

[juju_pepe]

Thanks, so i will wait fot stable version 3.0.22.

[mmortal03]

Great to see this: "This feature has been merged into the official VLC Branch and is available in VLC 3.0 nightly builds from 22 October 2024 or later. It will also be included in the next stable version 3.0.22."