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VLC Media Player is an open-source media player / transcoder / streaming server maintained by the VideoLAN organization.

Project Wiki: https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation

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How to configure the foward/rewind step size (in seconds)?

The default setting of vlc is to skip x seconds when forwarding/rewinding based on the video length (there's also the possibility to make small steps (hotkey for that is configurable)). How can I set the steps to be a seconds long with a depending…
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VLC media player is not displaying video, but audio works

I had installed VLC media player from the Ubuntu Software Center recently. It worked for some time, but then instead of the video, only a blank screen was displayed with the audio. Even the same videos that could be played before did not work. I…
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VLC not displaying video properly in FullScreen?

I have VLC 3.0.0 installed on my Ubuntu 15.10 PC. VLC does not display video properly in full screen. Windowed mode: Full Screen: I have tried reinstalling VLC, removing VLC completely using purge & then installing, removing VLC using Synaptic &…
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What is vlc-nox?

At the time time of installing vlc on my laptop I entered the command in terminal vlc. It returned a message saying: The program vlc is not currently installed. You can install it by typing sudo apt-get install vlc-nox But instead, I just typed…
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How to run cvlc closing after the play

Is there any parameter to run cvlc from a terminal command line in a way that the dummy interface returns control after an mp3 file is played? Currently I run this: me@ubuntu:~/Documents$ cvlc 732533130.mp3 and I can't type again after the file has…
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Which media player has seek preview with thumbnails?

I was looking for a good video player to replace VLC, something that is as good as vlc but has seek preview. I am tired of fast forwarding in vlc EDIT: I meant seek preview with thumbnails
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How to revert VLC media player to its original state?

For the last few days, my VLC media player has not been responding at all. When I try to double click any file or even run VLC media player without any file, it just doesn't open up. I tried to open it through terminal, and it was working fine, but…
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VLC completely stopped working

VLC suddenly stopped working, this is what I get now when I try to run it: main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. main interface error: option qt-volume-complete does not exist skins2 interface…
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How do I add more visualizations into VLC?

Am using VLC 2.0.8 and I was wondering if its possible to add more visualizations to show when playing audio? EDIT VLC has two waves in its scope visualization. Is there a way I can remove one? Am looking for something like 'simple scope' in banshee…
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Where is the GUI for VideoLAN?

I installed the videolan player sudo apt-get install vlc-nox but now if from the terminal I type vlc, instead of a GUI appearing, I get this in the terminal: fdr@maggie:~$ vlc VLC media player 2.0.3 Twoflower (revision…
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How can VLC be made to stretch a video such that it fills a display?

I have a video of dimensions 960 x 720 (aspect ratio 4:3) and I have a display of 1920 x 1080 (aspect ratio 16:9). I want the video stretched -- with no respect given to its original aspect ratio -- such that it fills the entire display. Note that I…
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Prevent VLC from starting a new instance every time a media file is opened

I'm using VLC. Its great for all media requirements. But I find this behavior annoying. Every time I open a media file, a sepearte VLC window opens up instead of stopping the current playback and play the new media. This applies to music as well as…
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How do I record the NASA HD TV feed?

I have been trying to figure out a way to record NASATV HD live feed/broadcast but it seems to be harder than I envisioned. Anybody with enlightened suggestions? I am in the dark...
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Completely REMOVE and REINSTALL vlc on my system?

I am using a Ubuntu 15.10 machine and everything was just fine until yesterday..when I decided it might be cool to run kde on my system, so I installed plasma and that's when things started to get bad.I logged in to plasma, and tried to play a video…
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How to reset default interface of VLC?

I was playing with VLC skins downloaded from gnome-look.org. And now,I think, My VLC is bricked. It shows this error message on terminal: [0x1b15f08] skins2 interface error: no skins found : exiting. I don't wanna reinstall it either. ~$ vlc VLC…
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