Vlc MacOS Video

User Guide

Installation

VLC

• About
• Check ...
• Preferences
• Add Interface

File

• Open File
• Quick Open File
• Open Disk
• Open Network
• Services Discovery
• Streaming & Export Wizard
• Save Playlist

Edit

• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Clear
• Select All
• Special Characters...

Playback

• Play Stop
• Step Forward
• Jump to time
• Previous
• Random
• Repeat
• Add Folder
• Program
• Title
• Chapter

Audio

• Volume Up/Down/Mute
• Visualisations
• Audio Device
• Audio Track
• Audio Channels

Video

• Half/Normal/Double/Fit to screen
• Full Screen
• Float on top
• Snapshot
• Deinterlace
• Post-processing
• Aspect Ratio
• Crop
• Video device
• Video track
• Subtitles track

Window

• Minimise
• Close
• Controller
• Playlist
• Information
• Extended Controls
• Equaliser
• Bookmarks
• Messages
• Bring All to Front

Help

• Read Me
• Online Documentation
• Report a bug
• Online Forum
• Make a donation
• VideoLAN licence
• Licence

Frequently Asked Questions

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The Video menu

This menu allows you to control where and how the output is displayed on a device.

• Half/Normal/Double size and Fit to Screen allow you to choose three standard size displays on your screen or one that just fits your screen,
• Fullscreen is like fit to screen but it disables access to the other windows whilst playing, This hides all the other windows and menu bar (the menu bar will reappear if you move the mouse over its location),
• Float on Top some text,
• Snapshot some text,
• Deinterlace some text,
• Post processing some text,
• Aspect-ratio the ratio of width to height of the image to be displayed,
• Crop the ratio of width to height of the display into which the image will be displayed,
• Video Device select which device should display the video output,
• Video Track select which video track from the source stream should be displayed,
• Subtitles Track where subtitles are available then this allows a choice between them.