Documentation:Quick Start Guide

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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 is shown in the system tray.

Mac OS X

_TODO_

Linux

_TODO_

Interface

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

Quit

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