@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ To change the aspect ratio of a video :menuselection:`Video --> Aspect Ratio` an
If you are playing audio and want a visualization while listening to an audio file :menuselection:`Audio --> Visualizations` and choose the one you want.
VlC will have an icon in the system tray when it is open and it looks like a traffic cone. If you right click on the tray icon you can select :menuselection:`Pause` to pause playback. To stop playback right click on the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Stop`. If you have paused or stopped playback and want to resume right click the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Play`. To go to the next thing in the playlist right click on the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Next`. To move to the previous item in the playlist right click on the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Previous`. To mute all VLC by the tray right click and select :menuselection:`Mute`. To turn up right click on the system tray and select :menuselection:`Increase Volume`. To turn down the volume right click on the system tray and select :menuselection:`Decrease Volume`. To open a dialog to open more files right click on the system tray and select :menuselection:`Open Media`. To quit VLC from the system tray right click on the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Quit`.
VLC will have an icon in the system tray when it is open and it looks like a traffic cone. If you right click on the tray icon you can select :menuselection:`Pause` to pause playback. To stop playback right click on the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Stop`. If you have paused or stopped playback and want to resume right click the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Play`. To go to the next thing in the playlist right click on the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Next`. To move to the previous item in the playlist right click on the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Previous`. To mute all VLC by the tray right click and select :menuselection:`Mute`. To turn up right click on the system tray and select :menuselection:`Increase Volume`. To turn down the volume right click on the system tray and select :menuselection:`Decrease Volume`. To open a dialog to open more files right click on the system tray and select :menuselection:`Open Media`. To quit VLC from the system tray right click on the tray icon and select :menuselection:`Quit`.
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Effects and Filters
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To open an equalizier press the button that looks like several physical slider switches, press :kbd:`Control+E` or :menuselection:`Tools --> Effects and Filters` and use the :guilabel:`Audio effects` tab and :guilabel:`Equalizer` subtab. To enable the equalizier check the :guilabel:`Enable` checkbox. Then to increase or decrease the sound at each frequency up to increase the volume at that frequency. To select an equalizer preset use the :guilabel:`Preset` drop down menu. On the :guilabel:`Advanced` tab of audio effects there is a meter to adjust the pitch of the currently playing audio. To enable this effect check the :guilabel:`Enable` checkbox. To increase the pitch of the audio move the slider up. To decrease the pitch of the audio move the slider down. To open a dialog
To open an equalizer press the button that looks like several physical slider switches, press :kbd:`Control+E` or :menuselection:`Tools --> Effects and Filters` and use the :guilabel:`Audio effects` tab and :guilabel:`Equalizer` subtab. To enable the equalizer check the :guilabel:`Enable` checkbox. Then to increase or decrease the sound at each frequency up to increase the volume at that frequency. To select an equalizer preset use the :guilabel:`Preset` drop down menu. On the :guilabel:`Advanced` tab of audio effects there is a meter to adjust the pitch of the currently playing audio. To enable this effect check the :guilabel:`Enable` checkbox. To increase the pitch of the audio move the slider up. To decrease the pitch of the audio move the slider down. To open a dialog
..image:: equlizer.png
@ -69,23 +69,23 @@ To change how the video appears on your screen use the :guilabel:`Video Effects`
..image:: vlc-essential-video-effects.png
To crop pixels off the margins use the :guilabel:`Crop` subtab. To take a number of pixels off the top use the :guilabel:`Top` field. To take pixels off the left of the screen of the video use the :guilabel:`Left` field. To take pixels off the right side of the screen use the :guilabel:`Right` field. To take pixels off the bottom use the :guilabel:`Bottom` field. To have your top and bottom take the same number of pixels taken off the top and bottom check the :guilabel:`Synchronize top and bottom` checkbox. To take the same number of pixels off your left and right hand side check the :guilabel:`Synchornize left and right` checkbox.
To crop pixels off the margins use the :guilabel:`Crop` subtab. To take a number of pixels off the top use the :guilabel:`Top` field. To take pixels off the left of the screen of the video use the :guilabel:`Left` field. To take pixels off the right side of the screen use the :guilabel:`Right` field. To take pixels off the bottom use the :guilabel:`Bottom` field. To have your top and bottom take the same number of pixels taken off the top and bottom check the :guilabel:`Synchronize top and bottom` checkbox. To take the same number of pixels off your left and right hand side check the :guilabel:`Synchronize left and right` checkbox.
..image:: vlc-crop.png
Customizing
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To view your preferences of VLC press :kbd:`control +P` or :menuselection:`Tools --> Prefrences`. To change how VLC looks and what buttons it has use the :guilabel:`Interface` tab. To choose to use a custom skin for VLC press the :guilabel:`Use custom skin` radio button. To toggle showing buttons for pausing, changing tracks and the volume control check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Show controls in full screen mode` checkbox. To have the video display in its own window uncheck the :guilabel:`Integrate video in interface` checkbox. To start VLC in a minimal view mode check the :guilabel:`Start in minimal view mode` checkbox. To have VLC pause playback when the VLC window is minimized check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Pause playback when minimized` checkbox. To toggle showing an icon in the system tray check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Show systray icon` checkbox. To change VLC showing a popup when the media changes like when having multiple files in a playlist change the :guilabel:`Show media change popup` menu. The :guilabel:`Force window style` changes the way VLC windows are drawn if you want a custom layout for just VLC. To allow only one window of VLC check the :guilabel:`Allow only one instance` checkbox. If you have only one instance check the :guilabel:`Enqueue items into playlist in one instance mode` checkbox to add new files to play at the end of the playlist. To have VLC continue playback of files changes change the :guilabel:`Continue playback?` menu and select Always to always playback or ask to ask for playback.
To view your preferences of VLC press :kbd:`control +P` or :menuselection:`Tools --> Preferences`. To change how VLC looks and what buttons it has use the :guilabel:`Interface` tab. To choose to use a custom skin for VLC press the :guilabel:`Use custom skin` radio button. To toggle showing buttons for pausing, changing tracks and the volume control check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Show controls in full screen mode` checkbox. To have the video display in its own window uncheck the :guilabel:`Integrate video in interface` checkbox. To start VLC in a minimal view mode check the :guilabel:`Start in minimal view mode` checkbox. To have VLC pause playback when the VLC window is minimized check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Pause playback when minimized` checkbox. To toggle showing an icon in the system tray check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Show systray icon` checkbox. To change VLC showing a popup when the media changes like when having multiple files in a playlist change the :guilabel:`Show media change popup` menu. The :guilabel:`Force window style` changes the way VLC windows are drawn if you want a custom layout for just VLC. To allow only one window of VLC check the :guilabel:`Allow only one instance` checkbox. If you have only one instance check the :guilabel:`Enqueue items into playlist in one instance mode` checkbox to add new files to play at the end of the playlist. To have VLC continue playback of files changes change the :guilabel:`Continue playback?` menu and select Always to always playback or ask to ask for playback.
..image:: vlcprefrences.png
To cancel your changes in this window and close it press the :guilabel:`Cancel` button. To Reset your preferences to press the :guilabel:`Reset Prefrences` button. To Save your preferences and close the window press the :guilabel:`Save` button.
To cancel your changes in this window and close it press the :guilabel:`Cancel` button. To Reset your preferences to press the :guilabel:`Reset Preferences` button. To Save your preferences and close the window press the :guilabel:`Save` button.
To manage your audio settings use the :guilabel:`Audio tab`. To disable audio entirely uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable audio` checkbox. To change the output of audio type change the :guilabel:`Output module` menu. To add a visualization of Audio change the :guilabel:`Visualization` menu. To change replay gain mode change the :guilabel:`Replay gain mode` menu. To allow playing audio at different speeds without changing the pitch is to check the :guilabel:`Enable Time-stretching audio` checkbox.
..image:: vlc-audio-pref.png
To change settings with how VLC deals with video use the :guilabel:`Video` tab. To disable video and thus save some processing power uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable Video` checkbox. To have window decorations on a seperate video window check the :guilabel:`Window decorations` checkbox. To automatically have fullscreen video check the :guilabel:`Fullscreen` checkbox. The menu :guilabel:`Fullscreen Video Device` menu lets you select which monitor to play the full screen video. To change the backend for VLC to play videos change the :guilabel:`Output` menu. To turn deinterlacing on or off change :guilabel:`Deinterlacing` menu. The mode :guilabel:`Mode` changes the mode to deinterlace the frames of video. The :guilabel:`Directory` is what directory to save snapshots of videos in and to choose one in a pop up window press the :guilabel:`Browse` button. The :guilabel:`Prefix` field lets you have a preshot to the snapshot file name. You can choose the format of the snapshot in the :guilabel:`Format` menu.
To change settings with how VLC deals with video use the :guilabel:`Video` tab. To disable video and thus save some processing power uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable Video` checkbox. To have window decorations on a separate video window check the :guilabel:`Window decorations` checkbox. To automatically have fullscreen video check the :guilabel:`Fullscreen` checkbox. The menu :guilabel:`Fullscreen Video Device` menu lets you select which monitor to play the full screen video. To change the backend for VLC to play videos change the :guilabel:`Output` menu. To turn deinterlacing on or off change :guilabel:`Deinterlacing` menu. The mode :guilabel:`Mode` changes the mode to deinterlace the frames of video. The :guilabel:`Directory` is what directory to save snapshots of videos in and to choose one in a pop up window press the :guilabel:`Browse` button. The :guilabel:`Prefix` field lets you have a preshot to the snapshot file name. You can choose the format of the snapshot in the :guilabel:`Format` menu.
..image:: vlc-video-pref.png
@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ To view plugins and extensions dialog window :menuselection:`Tools --> Plugins a
..image:: vlc-plugin-extensions.png
To show your Active extensions use the :guilabel:`Active Extensions tab`. To reload to see if there are any more press the :guilabel:`Reload extensions` button. To see more information on an extensions press the :guilabel:`More information` button. To change how many frames per second are on the substitles change use the :guilabel:`Subtitle spped` field. To change how long the subtitles stay on the screen change the :guilabel:`Subtitle duration factor` field.
To show your Active extensions use the :guilabel:`Active Extensions tab`. To reload to see if there are any more press the :guilabel:`Reload extensions` button. To see more information on an extensions press the :guilabel:`More information` button. To change how many frames per second are on the subtitles change use the :guilabel:`Subtitle speed` field. To change how long the subtitles stay on the screen change the :guilabel:`Subtitle duration factor` field.
