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Hi

I dont know how i´m supposed to change the skin.
Can anyone help me i dont know what to do at all!!

There are several ways to start the skins2 interface:
- start 'vlc -I skins2' (change the shortcuts, and file associations)
- use the 'Settings --> Switch interface' option in the menu
- open the preferences, and in the 'Interface --> General' section change the 'Interface module' from 'Default' to 'Skinnable interface' (in the dropdown control, not in the checkbox). Do not forget to save the preferences, and then restart VLC.

Once you have the skins2 interface, use the Ctrl-S shortcut (or the popup menu) to load another skin that you have downloaded on the website.

And next time, search the forums before asking...

thank you very much for posting this. I've tried countless suggestions other people have posted. this was the first out of possibly a dozen that worked for me.

fyi to other users experiencing difficulties:
1. i'm using vlc 0.8.6
2. the fix above will load the skinned window of your choice when clicking the desktop icon.
3. in addition, the above fix will also load the skinned interface of your choice when vlc is loaded by clicking on any associated media file (mpg, avi, wav...etc.)

i hope others find this as useful as i have. again, thank you ipkiss.

The skins do not work on 98

but If you change the default to skinable in the options the player will
always open with the skin

on 98SE an error message will alway appear

/ VLC has performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown/


If you did that you will have to unistal VLC and the following folder

C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\VLC

and reinstal after
_____________

It woks perfectly on other windows

The skins do not work on 98

What version of VLC do you use?

/ VLC has performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown/

I don't have win98 to reproduce the problem. If you install DrMingw (part of the mingw-utils package, very light), it will allow to have a better understanding of the problem (but i will have to send you a debug version of VLC). Tell me if you're interested.

If you did that you will have to unistal VLC and the following folder

C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\VLC

and reinstal after

No need to uninstall/reinstall, removing the vlcrc is enough to go back to the default interface.

If you install DrMingw (part of the mingw-utils package, very light)

I don't know how to use this

winzip tels me it can not open it

I'm sorry I posted my comment and forgot it but I would be happy to help you solve the problem(or maybe my problem) on windows 98

but I don't know if I have the sufficient knowledge to help you

here is the details of the message I get:

VLC caused an invalid page fault in
module LIBVLC.DLL at 0167:62e3402c.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=0167 EIP=62e3402c EFLGS=00210246
EBX=45764e50 SS=016f ESP=0074f460 EBP=009044ec
ECX=00000000 DS=016f ESI=00000004 FS=7cef
EDX=45764ef0 ES=016f EDI=00905510 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 70 34 89 5c 24 08 89 3c 24 89 74 24 04 ff 97
Stack dump:
008c1100 45764e50 0074f480 618c977e 00904509 008ee6ac 0000000d 00000000 45764e50 45774a84 00904509 00000000 00000044 00000000 008c1100 6182e251

I just found out that the skin works perfectly on version 0.8.4 and 0.8.1(the ones in between also I guess but havent test them)

I dont know what is the problem with version 0.8.5

are there majors changes from 8.4 to 8.5

are there majors changes from 8.4 to 8.5

Yes, a lot. See http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/browser/trunk/NEWS for the highlights.

Winzip tels me it can not open it

Then use 7-zip, or another un-archiver program...
But even if we get a backtrace and a raw idea of the problem, it's not sure that we will understand it precisely enough for a fix, as no developer has access to win98...

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- open the preferences, and in the 'Interface --> General' section change the 'Interface module' from 'Default' to 'Skinnable interface' (in the dropdown control, not in the checkbox). Do not forget to save the preferences, and then restart VLC.

thank you very much for posting this. I've tried countless suggestions other people have posted. this was the first out of possibly a dozen that worked for me.

fyi to other users experiencing difficulties:
1. i'm using vlc 0.8.6
2. the fix above will load the skinned window of your choice when clicking the desktop icon.
3. in addition, the above fix will also load the skinned interface of your choice when vlc is loaded by clicking on any associated media file (mpg, avi, wav...etc.)

i hope others find this as useful as i have. again, thank you ipkiss.

For some reason that does not happen to me. I get a window with the video but no skin at all. It also reads 'VLC (hardware YUV overlay DirectX output)'. This is annoying because I need to open VLC and then drag the file into it every time I watch a movie or something.

I am using:
Windows XP ServicePack 2 (updated with automatic updates)
VLC latest (from the installer 'vlc-0.8.6-win32')
Standard installation
The skin 'Askin'

Any help is appreciated! Thanks

EDIT:
So far I have tried:
- Reinstall VLC under 'Recommended' and 'Full' option, both times whilst uninstalling also using the option to delete the cache and any other files.
- This now also happens when no other theme is applied.

Before trying to use the "askin" skin, does the default skin (white, with black buttons) work? For example, what happens if you reset the preferences, (re)start vlc, and select Settings --> Switch interface --> skins 2?

Before trying to use the "askin" skin, does the default skin (white, with black buttons) work? For example, what happens if you reset the preferences, (re)start vlc, and select Settings --> Switch interface --> skins 2?

I have reinstalled VLC again using the option to get rid of the cache etc. Installed 0.8.6 using the full installation and not applied a skin yet. I have also reset all the settings.

The problem is I, that even after I technically got rid of every trace of having VLC it still does the same thing. It happens when I double click on a file, when I right click open with VLC on a file and just every other way of opening a file straight into VLC. I only get an interface when I open VLC and then open a file through VLC, either through drag and drop or through file -> open.

It's weird but I'll see what other hints I can give that might fix it. I'll keep trying as well.

Please don't laugh... but restarting the PC fixed it. Damn why didn't I think of that first.

- open the preferences, and in the 'Interface --> General' section change the 'Interface module' from 'Default' to 'Skinnable interface' (in the dropdown control, not in the checkbox). Do not forget to save the preferences, and then restart VLC.



i'm just not getting the 'interface module',where do i hav to change 'default' to skinnable'...all i want is that whenever i double-click on the vlc icon it should start with the skin i choose

I'm one of the moderators at forums.pcper.com and all I can say is these are some of the worst directions I've ever received.
#1 - I downloaded a skin from the site and all I got was a zip file and when I unzipped it I got nothing but PNG files and an XML file. In other words nothing I could use.
#2 - If you download the skin pack http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-sk ... -skins.zip and unzip it into C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins you will see the elusive VLT files.
#3 - This is wrong - open the preferences, and in the 'Interface --> General' section change the 'Interface module' from 'Default' to 'Skinnable interface' (in the dropdown control, not in the checkbox). Do not forget to save the preferences, and then restart VLC.
You need to go to Preferences>Interface>Main interfaces to find the drop down menu with Skinnable Interface.
#4 - Now you can go to the submenu Skins and click Advanced options and in the 'Skin to use dialog' box change C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\default.vlt to something like C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\WMP11.vlt or another one of your choice.

Btw the skin I used as an example will let you easily change to another skin if you click on the VideoLan icon then Select skin.

Hope this helps someone else.

Bill

I'm one of the moderators at forums.pcper.com

that's no status symbol here

anyway... the skin you downloaded which turned out as a .zip file... could you care to explain what OS/browser you're running? i'm assuming you have some flavor of *nix?

- Asim

Hello!
I have tried to go in too the setting and changed the "dropdownlist" to skin able interface.... But I can´t start the ones I really wanted like WMP11.vlt or neon.vlt I am able to chose some other but not these ones at lest...
Is there something wrong with them or what´s/might be wrong???

//Andre 17 Swe

Sorry It worked out after a little patiens*

//André

Hello!
I have tried to go in too the setting and changed the "dropdownlist" to skin able interface.... But I can´t start the ones I really wanted like WMP11.vlt or neon.vlt I am able to chose some other but not these ones at lest...
Is there something wrong with them or what´s/might be wrong???

Your version of VLC might be too old for these skins. Try using a nightly build.

Did you put the VLT files into the skins folder in your VLC installation directory?
Also you can try loading the skin file by pressing Ctrl+S and then choosing the downloaded VLT file.

If they are not displayed properly make sure you use the latest version of VLC (currently 0.8.6c)
If that didn't help it, try a nightly build from http://nightlies.videolan.org

There are several ways to start the skins2 interface:
- start 'vlc -I skins2' (change the shortcuts, and file associations)
- use the 'Settings --> Switch interface' option in the menu
- open the preferences, and in the 'Interface --> General' section change the 'Interface module' from 'Default' to 'Skinnable interface' (in the dropdown control, not in the checkbox). Do not forget to save the preferences, and then restart VLC.

Once you have the skins2 interface, use the Ctrl-S shortcut (or the popup menu) to load another skin that you have downloaded on the website.

And next time, search the forums before asking...

He, I just downloaded the wmp11 skin, but it doesnt work... And I don't understand any of you possibilities to change the skin. Sorry to bother, but you explanation isn't clear for me...

Could you explain me how to load a downloaded skin automaticlly step by step?

Thanks in advance.

It should be easy to change skins. Once you've started the skins interface, default (black and white skin), right-click anywhere on the skin and go to "Change skin". As long as the skin .vlt file is in the skins folder it should appear i the drop-list.

Hi, I was hoping that someone could help me. I'm running Ubuntu Studio and would like to skin it, sadly I cn't seem to make vlc find new skins. I have created a directory where I should be placing skins, and it does nothing. After file searching I found a different location for skins at "/usr/share/vlc/skins2" but can't copy files to there as its write protected. Can anyone tell me which location is right, and how to solve this?

try ~/.vlc/skins2

Thanks,it works..

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The easiest way i find to change the Default Skin is the following:

Load up VLC
Click Settings, then click Preferences.
Select Interface from the left menu.
Then select Main Interfaces from the left menu.
In the content side (the right side) where it says Interface Module, in the drop down menu select Skinnable Interface.
On the left side, press the Plus sign next to Main Interfaces. If it is a Minus sign then leave it.
Click on Skins down the left column
In the content side (the right side), check the check box next to Advanced options.
In the box where it says Skin to use, put in: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\SKIN NAME.vlt
Change the 'SKIN NAME' to your skin name.

If you have VLC in a different location other than C:\Program Files\VideoLAN, you must change it to VLCLOCATION\VLC\skins\SKIN NAME.vlt
Make sure you restart VLC after Saving the Settings!!

Hope this helps you all