Can't get skins to work

[silvid72]

I followed the instructions on the skins wiki and the relevant section on the videolan website and downloaded the zip for all the skins and extracted the contents to the skins2 folder under ~/.local/share/vlc (I had to create the skins2 folder). I also selected "use custom skin" under the preferences, and exited and restarted vlc. When I click on the button to choose a skin, nothing happens. When I the path to a skin in the textbox and hit the save button, nothing happens. The version of vlc I'm using is 3.0.4 on Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

[EZMehrtens]

I have the exact same problem. Have tried changing the vlcrc file ...... still trying to figure out how to install the vlc-plugin-skins2.
https://ibb.co/wRgb40t
This is the only skin available ....... and it looks disgusting
I have recently updated my system to Mint 19.1 Tessa.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

[wesolvethis]

Same problem here (Mint 19.1, vlc 3.0.4). Solution is the installation of the vlc-plugin-skins2 package (thanks for the hint, EZMehrtens).

1. Close vlc.
2. Open a terminal, and execute

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   sudo apt install vlc-plugin-skins2
   to install the package.
3. Now start vlc. Open the preferences window, go to "Interface", and select "Use custom skin". The "Choose..." button does now (finally!) work. Navigate to your .local/share/vlc/skins2 directory, and select a skin file (assuming you have at least downloaded one).
   You can also directly enter the (full) path to a skin file in the "Skin resource file" textbox , e.g.
   /home/yourname/.local/share/vlc/skins2/redcoast.vlt
   Replace yourname with your actual user name, and redcoast.vlt with the name of the actual skin file.
4. Press "Save", and restart vlc. The selected skin is now active

Since the skin feature is now enabled, you can easily switch to another skin by right-click menu, "Interface/Select skin...".