Skins

VLC media player supports skins (sometimes also called themes) through it's skins2 interface module. To get new skins go to the Skins website.

How to switch to the Skins interface

In order that you can use skins you have to change from VLC's native interface to the skinnable one. You can do that by opening the preferences and choosing Skins as the Interface type.

Then click the Save button and restart VLC. It should then show up in the default skin.

How to add new skins to VLC

You can download a variety of skins from the Skins website. They come as .vlt files. Although your browser or operating system might identify them as archive files, don't unpack them. Rather put them as they are into the skins folder of VLC.

On Windows this folder is located in the installation directory of VLC, e.g. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins.

On Linux it is located in ~/.local/share/vlc/skins2.

If you downloaded the skin pack

How to change to another skin

To change to a downloaded skin, right-click anywhere on the skin's background and choose Interface. Then chose either Change skin to change to a skin that is located in the default skin folder of VLC or Open skin to open a skin file that is located elsewhere.

How to create your own skin

There exists a program that enables you to create skins without any deep knowledge how skins are made up exactly. It is the VLC Skin Editor

If you'd rather want to explore all the possibilities of the skin system and get to know how skins are made up and how to create them in detail, check out the Skins2 documentation.

If you have any problems while creating your skin, please turn to the skin forum.