@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ To pause playback of a file press the button that look like two vertical lines o
On the bottom right of VLC there is a bar that gets wider for volume. Click farther to the right to increase volume within VLC or press :kbd:`Up arrow` to increase volume or :kbd:`Down arrow` to decrease volume. Or hover the cursor over this bar and use the mousewheel to control volume. The button that looks like a speaker next to this toggles mute in VLC. Another way to mute the volume is to :menuselection:`Audio --> Mute`. To unmute press use any of the things you used to mute the volume again.
To see how long you have been watching the current piece of media counts up above the play pause button in a time. At the other side a number will show the length of the media you are playing and inbetween is a slider with the current time. Moving the slider to the left will rewind playback while moving it to the left will fast forward playback. When you mouseover the progress for playback it will show the time at that point and that will jump to that time when you left click. Another way to jump to a specific time is to press :kbd:`control +T` or :menuselection:`Playback --> Jump to Specific Time`. To move back 10 seconds in playback press :kbd:`Left arrow`. To jump forward 10 seconds in playback press :kbd:`Right arrow`.
To see how long you have been watching the current piece of media counts up above the play pause button in a time. At the other side a number will show the length of the media you are playing and in-between is a slider with the current time. Moving the slider to the left will rewind playback while moving it to the left will fast forward playback. When you mouseover the progress for playback it will show the time at that point and that will jump to that time when you left click. Another way to jump to a specific time is to press :kbd:`control +T` or :menuselection:`Playback --> Jump to Specific Time`. To move back 10 seconds in playback press :kbd:`Left arrow`. To jump forward 10 seconds in playback press :kbd:`Right arrow`.
To move to the next item in a playlist press the button that has two arrows pointing to the right and a vertical line or :menuselection:`Playback --> Next`. To move to the previous item in a playlist press the button with two leftward pointing arrows and a vertical line or :menuselection:`Playback --> Previous`.
To make the same sound come out of both speakers go to :menuselection:`Audio --> Stereo mode --> Mono`. The sound to make a different left and right channel on each speaker will be :menuselection:`Audio --> Stereo Mode --> Stereo`. To make all sound come from the left channel :menuselection:`Audio --> Stereo Mode --> Left` and likewise for Right. To change what device audio from VLC come out :menuselection:`Audio --> Audio Device --> output device you want`. You can also change the stereo mode by right clicking on the video and seleecting :menuselection:`Audio --> Stereo Mode` and selecting the audio mode you want.
To make the same sound come out of both speakers go to :menuselection:`Audio --> Stereo mode --> Mono`. The sound to make a different left and right channel on each speaker will be :menuselection:`Audio --> Stereo Mode --> Stereo`. To make all sound come from the left channel :menuselection:`Audio --> Stereo Mode --> Left` and likewise for Right. To change what device audio from VLC come out :menuselection:`Audio --> Audio Device --> output device you want`. You can also change the stereo mode by right clicking on the video and selecting :menuselection:`Audio --> Stereo Mode` and selecting the audio mode you want.
To view a playlist of music or videos you can view press the button that is several horizontal lines and then a triangular play button on it or press :kbd:`Control + l`. This will bring up a whole view of your playlist. To return to your original view press :kbd:`Control + l`. To add more files to your playlist right click on the bottom of the playlist window and click add file to add an additional file. To play a particular file from a playlist double click on the file. To remove a file from a playlist right click on it and select :menuselection:`Remove Selected`. To remove all files from a playlist right click and select :menuselection:`Clear the playlist` or press :kbd:`Control+W`.
To see the name of each file is listed in the :guilabel:`Title` column. To see how long each file will take to play view the :guilabel:`Duration` column. To see what Album an Audio track comes from view the :guilabel:`Album` column. To change the width of each column press left click on the border between columns and drag until the desired size. If you want to see other metadata on your playlist you can right click above the songs in the playlist and check the checkboox before each checkbox or uncheck it to hide that column from showing. You can choose to show or hide the :menuselection:`Duration`, :menuselection:`Artist`, :menuselection:`Genre`, :menuselection:`Album`, :menuselection:`Track number`, :menuselection:`Description`, :menuselection:`URI`, :menuselection:`ID`, :menuselection:`Rating`, :menuselection:`Cover`, :menuselection:`Disc number`, or :menuselection:`Date`. To view the plalist in its own window uncheck :menuselection:`View --> Docked Playlist` and check it again to dock to have playlist return to the same window.
To see the name of each file is listed in the :guilabel:`Title` column. To see how long each file will take to play view the :guilabel:`Duration` column. To see what Album an Audio track comes from view the :guilabel:`Album` column. To change the width of each column press left click on the border between columns and drag until the desired size. If you want to see other metadata on your playlist you can right click above the songs in the playlist and check the checkbox before each checkbox or uncheck it to hide that column from showing. You can choose to show or hide the :menuselection:`Duration`, :menuselection:`Artist`, :menuselection:`Genre`, :menuselection:`Album`, :menuselection:`Track number`, :menuselection:`Description`, :menuselection:`URI`, :menuselection:`ID`, :menuselection:`Rating`, :menuselection:`Cover`, :menuselection:`Disc number`, or :menuselection:`Date`. To view the playlist in its own window uncheck :menuselection:`View --> Docked Playlist` and check it again to dock to have playlist return to the same window.
To change the view of the playlist right click playlist view mode to the version of the playlist you like the look of the best. To switch to where to find your music left click the :guilabel:`My Music` on the left side pane. To switch to where you find your videos on the left side pane click the :guilabel:`My Videos` side pane. If you wish to save a current playlist to a file :menuselection:`Media --> Save Playlist to File` or press :kbd:`Control +Y`. To change how to sort your playlist right click on the playlist and select :menuselection:`Sort by` and select how you want to sort your checklist. To increase the size of the text on your playlist right click on the playlist and select :menuselection:`Display size --> Increase` and conversely to lower playlist text size select :menuselection:`Display size --> Decrease`.
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To view more advanced controls :menuselection:`View --> Advanced Controls`. To record part of something in vlc press the :guilabel:`red circle` button to start recording and once it turns gray to stop recording.
To view more advanced controls :menuselection:`View --> Advanced Controls`. To record part of something in VLC press the :guilabel:`red circle` button to start recording and once it turns gray to stop recording.
To view to a status bar with what is playing and the speed with :menuselection:`View --> Status bar`. On the status bar the title of the currently playing file is on the left hand side. To view your current playback speed is towards the right hand side and to change it left click on the playback speed and drag to the desired speed. Finally, on the far right is the duration of the file.
To change the aspect ratio of a video :menuselection:`Video --> Aspect Ratio` and select the one you wish. To crop a video to only part of your screen :menuselection:`Video --> Crop` and select the aspect ratio you want to crop the video to. To take a screenshot of the currently playing media :menuselection:`Video --> Take Snapshot`.
If you are playing audio and want a visualization while listening to an audio file :menuselection:`Audio --> Visualizations` and choose the one you want. To turn off the visulation :menuselection:`Audio --> Visualizations --> Disable`.
If you are playing audio and want a visualization while listening to an audio file :menuselection:`Audio --> Visualizations` and choose the one you want. To turn off the visualization :menuselection:`Audio --> Visualizations --> Disable`.
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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To view your settings for subtitles and on screen display choose the :guilabel:`Subtitles/OSD` tab. To disable the On screen display uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable On Screen Display` checkbox. The checkbox :guilabel:`Show media title on video start` shows the video title at the start of a video. The :guilabel:`Position` menu lets you choose where to show the media title. To toggle showing subtitles check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Enable subtitles` checkbox. The :guilabel:`default encoding` Lets you change how the subtitles are stored and resented as characters on this. To change the font of your subtitles type in the name of your font in the :guilabel:`Font` field. To change the font size of your subtitles change the :guilabel:`Font size` menu. The button :guilabel:`Text default color` lets you change your subtitles.To change the outline thickness of subtitles change the :guilabel:`Outline thickness` menu. To change the color of the outline press the :guilabel:`Outline Color` button to bring up a popup to select a color. To add a shadow to subtitles check the :guilabel:`Add a shadow` checkbox. To add a background check the :guilabel:`Add a background` checkbox.
