VLC GUI Does Not Display Properly on Small Screens

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VLC GUI Does Not Display Properly on Small Screens

Postby DS256 » 27 Apr 2022 21:52

I have VLC 3.0.12 installed on Raspberry PI for Desktop https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/ra ... i-desktop/ (debian 10 buster) on an old Inspiron Mini 1018 Laptop (notebook). This had a 1024x600 screen.

If I change Preferences-> Appearance Settings -> Defaults -> 'For small screens' then the GUI icons and text do not render. If I change this to 'For medium screens' then it works ok.

Passing this on FWIW in case others have issues on VLC on small, low resolution, screens

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Re: VLC GUI Does Not Display Properly on Small Screens

Postby unidan » 28 Apr 2022 11:44

Hi, where is the "for small screens" options for VLC? Isn't it from a modified version of VLC?

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Re: VLC GUI Does Not Display Properly on Small Screens

Postby DS256 » 28 Apr 2022 13:27

Hi, where is the "for small screens" options for VLC? Isn't it from a modified version of VLC?
Sorry, I wasn't clear. The 'Preferences' are in the GUI of the Raspberry Pi for Desktop

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Re: VLC GUI Does Not Display Properly on Small Screens

Postby jill_vlabs » 04 May 2022 13:44

This options doesn't seams to exists in the official version of vlc, can you double check how it's named, maybe the version you have installed on your raspberry pi has some additions that aren't part of the main project

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Re: VLC GUI Does Not Display Properly on Small Screens

Postby DS256 » 04 May 2022 15:38

This options doesn't seams to exists in the official version of vlc, can you double check how it's named, maybe the version you have installed on your raspberry pi has some additions that aren't part of the main project
Jill, as I noted in my last reply, the Preferences are not in VLC but in the GUI for Raspberry PI for Desktop.

The behavior is that VLC does not seem to be able to handle the small font sizes the GUI sets and my point for posting.

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Re: VLC GUI Does Not Display Properly on Small Screens

Postby unidan » 16 May 2022 14:12

Unfortunately, we don't provide support for sources we don't maintain, you'll need to report this to the Raspberry foundation.


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