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Revision as of 13:27, 17 September 2013

-- This page is a work in progress --

Read on for a quick overview of VLC's features and capabilities.

Start VLC

Windows

In Windows XP: Clic Start -> Programs -> VideoLAN -> VLC media player.

In Windows 7: Clic Start -> All Programs -> VideoLAN -> VLC media player.

VLC is shown on the screen and a small icon LargeVLC.png is shown in the system tray.

Mac OS X

_TODO_

Linux

_TODO_

Interface

Interface-2.1.0rc1-Windows XP-with legend.png Interface-2.1.0rc2-MacOS-with legend.png
VLC media player on Windows and Linux VLC media player on Mac OS X

1 : Menu Bar
2 : Elapsed Time
3 : Seek Bar
4 : Total/Remaining Time
5 : Play/Pause
6 : Previous
7 : Stop

    

8 : Next
9 : Toggle Fullscreen
10 : Extended Settings
11 : Show Playlist
12 : Loop
13 : Random
14 : Volume Control

Play a media

Play a single media file

Find your media file you want to play with your favourite File Explorer (Windows Explorer, Finder, Konqueror...), double-click on it, and that's it !

Play a single media file


Double click Click and drop

Preferences

(Playlist view)

Quit

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