Difference between revisions of "Reset Settings"
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If your VLC player is showing a strange behaviour and you want to fix it, then reset the VLC preferences in the preferences of the application.<br> | If your VLC player is showing a strange behaviour and you want to fix it, then reset the VLC preferences in the preferences of the application.<br> | ||
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Go to '''Start Menu''' -> '''VideoLan''' -> "'''Reset VLC media player preferences and cache files'''" <br> | Go to '''Start Menu''' -> '''VideoLan''' -> "'''Reset VLC media player preferences and cache files'''" <br> | ||
| − | You should restart VLC then. If VLC doesn't want to start, you have to delete VLC's configuration file. This file is created by you, so if you want to know the exact location of it, change the available options in VLC and save the new configuration. | + | You should restart VLC then. |
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| + | '''Linux / Unix''' | ||
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| + | You have to launch a terminal and execute '''vlc --reset-config'''. VLC should start whith setting reset. | ||
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| + | '''Mac''' | ||
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| + | '''VLC's configuration file''' | ||
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| + | If VLC still doesn't want to start, you have to delete VLC's configuration file. This file is created by you, so if you want to know the exact location of it, change the available options in VLC and save the new configuration. | ||
There is now created a new configuration file in your user directory. So the precise locations of the configuration file depends now on the type of your operating system. | There is now created a new configuration file in your user directory. So the precise locations of the configuration file depends now on the type of your operating system. | ||
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''Here are 3 examples about how your path now can be, which are grabbed from: http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html ''<br> | ''Here are 3 examples about how your path now can be, which are grabbed from: http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html ''<br> | ||
Revision as of 13:48, 22 August 2013
Reset to default settings
Windows
If your VLC player is showing a strange behaviour and you want to fix it, then reset the VLC preferences in the preferences of the application.
Go to Start Menu -> VideoLan -> "Reset VLC media player preferences and cache files"
You should restart VLC then.
Linux / Unix
You have to launch a terminal and execute vlc --reset-config. VLC should start whith setting reset.
Mac
???
VLC's configuration file
If VLC still doesn't want to start, you have to delete VLC's configuration file. This file is created by you, so if you want to know the exact location of it, change the available options in VLC and save the new configuration.
There is now created a new configuration file in your user directory. So the precise locations of the configuration file depends now on the type of your operating system.
Here are 3 examples about how your path now can be, which are grabbed from: http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html
Linux / Unix
$(HOME)/.config/vlc/vlcrc (v0.9.0 and above), $(HOME)/.vlc/vlcrc (v0.8 and older)
Mac OS
X:HOME/Library/Preferences/org.videolan.vlc HOME/Library/Preferences/VLC (v0.9 and older)
Windows Vista/7
C:\Users\%username%\Application Data\vlc\vlcrc
If your operating system isn't mentioned here you, can find it on the above-mentioned homepage.
