Preferences
You can edit settings for VLC by clicking in the Settings menu and selecting Preferences (or by pressing Ctrl+S).
- 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:
- Linux and Unix:
~/.config/vlc/vlcrcsince 0.9. Before it was:~/.vlc/vlcrc - Mac OS X:
~/Library/Preferences/VLC - Windows 95/98/ME:
C:\Windows\Application Data\vlc\vlcrc - Windows XP/2000:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\vlc\vlcrc - Windows Vista:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc - Windows 7:
%APPDATA%\vlc\vlcrcusuallyC:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc - BeOS:
config/settings/vlcrc - 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 see your Preferences on this wiki, go here.
