video window problems

[strudelbrain]

I've upgraded VLC on a fresh system to a newer version and for some odd reason I have problems with the video output. I'd like the video to be shown in an extra window, not integrated in the interface. When I use a skin, the only thing I get is either full screen output or a tiny window (almost thumbnail size) that says VLC Media Player, that can not be scaled.
Since I know that this is not a big thing and that it has worked for me for quite some time I'm a bit confused that I can't get it to work right now...
Thanks for your help.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

That's an option in the preferences dialog (but looks like your skin sucks).

[strudelbrain]

Actually, I have the problem with every skin. Some skins dont show a video output at all, with others it looks like this:


Under Preferences -> all > Video Enable video is checked, embedded video is not checked.

[erwan10]

The video window you mention is part of this skins design. At least, there is nothing wrong in the way it works. It's just a matter of taste here.

The embedded/no-embedded-video parameter has not been taken into account in skins, and that's a pity. Should be implemented in next version at least for consistency throughout vlc. (another parameter --no-skinned-video is already available in the branch dev, that does basically the same thing)

Erwan10

[strudelbrain]

But how come that it has worked for me before? Back then only the player controls were skinned, the video output was a regular window that said VLC (Direct3D output) - basically the same like in native mode.

[erwan10]

I'm talking about the current vlc1.0.x version.

In vlc0.9.x, video window management with skins was very basic, and often ended up with a default system window.
But that was another era !

[strudelbrain]

Ohh. I see. That explains a lot. So basically it comes to the point that for my purposes the old skins are rather useless. Thats quite sad.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Use 1.1!