Where do I change the installed language?

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Where do I change the installed language?

Postby MaZ » 05 Dec 2005 16:09

I have just installed VLC on my new computer, it has always worked very well before but this time it decided I wanted a Swedish installation. Why?
I live in Sweden but I hate Swedish interfaced programs and I'm not accepting a Swedish VLC. I can't understand why it installed as a Swedish version, I don't have a single Swedish program on this computer and all the other computers have English VLCs... :?

Please don't tell me this is a new "intelligent feature" because it sucks!
This is the same thing as Hotmail speaking italian whenever I'm in italy, why the f**k does hotmail think everybody speaks the language in the country they're in? :evil:

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Postby xtophe » 05 Dec 2005 16:16

It's in the preferences / interface / general.

On a side note, if you want your program to speak English tell your OS that you want English. I don't know how it work on windows. Maybe in the regionnal settings or something like that. Because smart software asks the OS and in your case the OS answered " MaZ likes Swedish" and obiously it was wrong.

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Postby GeezusGuest » 05 Dec 2005 16:16

Inställningar -> Egenskaper -> Interface -> General.
Click "Avancerade Inställningar"
Change "Språk" to "Amerikansk Engelska" or "Brittisk Engelska", whateber you fancy ;)
Press "Spara" and you're done, restart VLC.

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Postby MaZ » 05 Dec 2005 19:25

Thanks GeezusGuest.

xtophe: The only place I have asked for Swedish in the keyboad layout and that is kinda important... :wink:

Kestrel000

Postby Kestrel000 » 10 Dec 2005 04:37

Thanks alot. Your tip helped me as well.

I had a similar problem due to
english keyboard -> english keyboard settings
using japanese applications -> non-unicode setting on japanese
needing euro sign and some other stuff in german format -> rest of regional settings on german

Freaked VLC out, showing menues in a german/japanese mix and actually NOT showing about 75% of the elements

I tried the (empty non-descript) drop down menu at the point you described, and voila us english ^^

osocod

This helped

Postby osocod » 15 Dec 2005 10:19

Isn't it annoying how we swedes can't find our way around a swedish interface? I hate it too... I used this info to change back to english. Tx!

kennyg101

Postby kennyg101 » 02 Jan 2006 16:58

Thanks. I had been living with a blank interface for the last year on my Japanese keyboard with English language settings. Now works great. Bit dificult finding the settings at first though.

Spleendistanbul

what should i do :(

Postby Spleendistanbul » 05 Jan 2006 15:48

vlc installed itself turkish and because it is not completely translated i cannot switch it to english.. i think the translators (my lovely countrymen) just left the difficult options blank.. can anyone help me to "re-anglicise" vlc.. ty..

touche

Re: Where do I change the installed language?

Postby touche » 05 Jan 2006 16:06

Use this command line:
vlc.exe --language=en

See also: viewtopic.php?t=13892.


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