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Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby ramparts » 06 Jul 2009 11:51

Hey, sorry for a major n00b question, but I've been using VLC on Mac without a problem, but lately I've had to use it on Windows - same version, 0.99, but I can't seem to find two of the most useful features that the Mac version has: the navigation floater in fullscreen mode, and the buttons to navigate back and forth ten seconds. There's the skip forward/back buttons (which don't do any good when you're just playing one video) and there are even slowdown/speed up buttons, but no basic navigation. Where are these?

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby VLC_help » 06 Jul 2009 12:39

Full screen controller might vanish sometimes, but there is a trick to make it come back.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=51191&p=195067&hilit=point#p194200

And 1.1.0 allows you to customize the GUI button placement so you can add back and forth buttons to GUI.

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby ramparts » 06 Jul 2009 19:13

But is there no way to navigate backwards and forwards in 0.99? That's what the machine I'm using has, and it's also the latest version used in the portable VLC I found on portableapps.com.

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby ramparts » 07 Jul 2009 01:18

Really? No way to navigate back/forth in the current version of VLC? :)

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby VLC_help » 08 Jul 2009 18:34

There are hotkeys, but not GUI element. I typoed the version number, VLC 1.0.0 has customize button options.

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby ramparts » 08 Jul 2009 19:29

Yeah, I just downloaded 1.0.0, and it has mostly what I'm looking for, so while I'm very curious why one would put out such a full-featured and powerful media player that lacks as basic a feature as GUI skip back/forward, I'll drop it :)

What I'm wondering now is how to add buttons to the fullscreen navigator (the one that pops up when you move the mouse, not the one in "fullscreen mode" that doesn't disappear). I was able to add the buttons I wanted to the regular GUI, but not for fullscreen....

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 08 Jul 2009 22:28

You have to restart VLC to have the new fullscreen.
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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby ramparts » 08 Jul 2009 22:46

Thanks!! I'll try it out later :)

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby meh123456 » 01 Feb 2012 00:19

and how about with the current version which unless it updated itself I have done nothing with, I have also since I couldn't fix it deleted it and re-installed it and the controls disappear with the exception of a slider when in fullscreen

I HATE this crap so much, it's next to impossible to see what I'm doing from my exercise bike that I'm watching the stupid laptop from and controlling w/ a wireless mouse

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 01 Feb 2012 09:30

Sorry, what is your issue? You ressurect a 3 year old thread...
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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby meh123456 » 01 Feb 2012 13:05

re-read my posting please, I am asking about

"the current version" aka 1.1.11

I am having the exact same problem this dude had with the slight difference that I see a 'slider' in full screen. The older I get the less I give a crap about operating software, I cannot figure out how to get back the perfectly useable floating screen controls I would get at the wiggle of a mouse the past two or so years with VLC

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 01 Feb 2012 13:26

Being nice will help getting answers...
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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby meh123456 » 01 Feb 2012 13:30

I wasn't aware pointing out you missed my point was rude. If you on't want to help me fine by me.

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Re: Where are navigation/fullscreen controls?

Postby VLC_help » 01 Feb 2012 16:05

You can reset VLC settings by removing %appdata%\vlc folders.


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