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To view/change your Wiki preferences go [[Special:Preferences|here]]. | To view/change your Wiki preferences go [[Special:Preferences|here]]. | ||
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Revision as of 10:10, 10 February 2019
Location of preferences option
Preferences dialogue under Windows 8
Preferences dialogue under macOS
You can edit settings for VLC by navigating to the menu toolbar, selecting Tools, and selecting Preferences (or by pressing Ctrl+P).
- To save your preferences, click Save.
- To show more options, check the Advanced box.
Configuration File
The preferences stated in the options are stored in a configuration file. There is one configuration file per user, stored at:
- Unix, Linux and BSD:
~/.config/vlc/vlcrcsince 0.9. Before it was:~/.vlc/vlcrc - macOS:
~/Library/Preferences/org.videolan.vlc/vlcrc - Windows:
%appdata%\vlc\vlcrcis generic and is expanded to:- Windows 95/98/ME:
C:\Windows\Application Data\vlc\vlcrc - Windows NT/2000/XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\vlc\vlcrc - Windows Vista/2003 Server:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc - Windows 7:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc
- Windows 95/98/ME:
- When used from the command line, sometimes there are unintended conflicts with settings in the config file; to ignore the config file, use:
--ignore-config
Your Preferences
To view/change your Wiki preferences go here.
