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The VLC media player is one of the top media player software available out there. Packed with many amazing features like network streaming and media conversion, VLC media player is the best no doubt. If you search on the web regarding the reputation of this app, you will see people all over the world just love it.

VLC supports most major operating systems like Windows, Mac, Ubuntu (Linux), Android, and iPhone. If you are using it on your computer, then you can customize the look of this software using VLC Skins. In this tutorial, I will show you how you can use skins in VLC Media Player properly. Just after the guide, I have shared my pick for the top 5 best skins for VLC Media Player.

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How to Install Custom Skins In VLC Media Player

1. First, you need to download a skin from the official VLC website; download the one that you like most.

2. Now move the file that you just downloaded to any of these locations.

On Windows: “C:Program FilesVideoLANVLCskins”
On Linux/Unix: “~/.local/share/vlc/skins2”

3. Next, you must open the VLC Media Player App and Click on the Preferences option under the Tools menu.

4. Now, click on the Interface tab and select Use Custom Skin option.

5. Finally, you now have to choose the location of your desired skin file. Select the Choose button and select the file you just copied to that folder.

After doing the final step, click on save and exit VLC Media Player. The next time you open this app, you will see the custom look on your favorite media player. Below you can check my pick for best Skins for VLC Media Player.

Note: You can use Custom Themes on Windows Computers Only, Skins do not work on Mac OS.

Alternately you can search for “VLC Media Player Skinned” on your computer and open the skinned version. Here you can right-click on the VLC Windows and go to “Interface> Open Skin.” to change the skin.

5 Best Skins For VLC Media Player

1. eDark Vlc

2. Nice

3. Dalin Media Player

4. Askin

5. Blissta

Do share your thoughts about VLC Media Player Skins on The Comments Section Below.

FAQ

How do I install VLC skins?1. First, you need to download a skin from the official VLC website; download the one that you like most.
2. Now move the file that you just downloaded to any of these locations.
On Windows: “C:Program FilesVideoLANVLCskins”
On Linux/Unix: “~/.local/share/vlc/skins2”
3. Next, you must open the VLC Media Player App and Click on the Preferences option under the Tools menu.

4. Now, click on the Interface tab and select Use Custom Skin option.
5. Finally, you now have to choose the location of your desired skin file. Select the Choose button and select the file you just copied to that folder.Is VLC safe?VLC media is 100% safe to download. It is better to download from an approved site to avoid any virus. Besides, VLC is protected from intended damages and comes with spyware to prevent any other type of mischievousness.How do I change colors on VLC?1. On your desktop, right-click anywhere and Nvidia Control Panel. If there is no such entry click the Windows-key, then type Nvidia Control Panel. Choose the option from the list of search results instead.
2. Then go to Video > Adjust Video Color Settings.
3. Next switch to “With the NVIDIA Settings” if the option is disabled.
4. Then switch to the Advanced tab.
5. Now, select Full (0-255) instead of Limited (16-235) in the Dynamic Range menu.
6. Finally, click on Apply to make the change.

What files can VLC play?
VLC can play audio and video into several different formats depending on the operating system.
Container formats: ASF, AVI, FLAC, FLV, Fraps, Matroska, MP4, MPJPEG, MPEG-2 (ES, MP3), Ogg, PS, PVA, QuickTime File Format, TS, WAV, WebM.
Audio coding formats: AAC, AC-3, DV Audio, FLAC, MP3, Speex, Vorbis.

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

The steps mentioned here apply to VLC 0.9 and upward.

Skins are not available on macOS.

If you do have problems with VLC after applying a skin, a reinstall is NOT necessary. See #How do I fix VLC when it does not anymore show up properly.

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 Use custom skin in the section Look and feel. Then click the Save button and restart VLC. It should then show up in the default skin.

or use command-line to start VLC with skins interface

How to get new skins and where to save them

You can download a variety of skins from the Skins website. They usually should come as files with the extension 'VLT'. 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 FilesVideoLANVLCskins.

On Linux/Unix it is located in

~/.local/share/vlc/skins2.

If you downloaded the skin pack just unpack it to the folders mentioned above.

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Warning: Not all of the skins available for download are fully functional.

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 Select 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 switch back to VLC's default interface

When you open VLC and the skin you chose appears, right-click somewhere on the skins background and then choose Interface and Preferences (also accessible by pressing Ctrl+P). In the preferences dialog change the Interface type to Native. Then click save and restart VLC. It should show up in its default interface.

How do I fix VLC when it does not anymore show up properly

If you chose a broken skin it might happen that VLC does not anymore show up properly and that you cannot anymore access the settings as mentioned above.

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Then you have to switch back to the default interface.

On Windows you can just open your Start menu and open

All programs > VideoLAN > Quick Settings > Interface > Set Main Interface to Qt (default)

On any other system, or when the start menu entry is missing, run VLC with the following command line:

Now that VLC has been started with its native interface you can open the preferences (Ctrl+P) and change the active skin file. Chose the default skin or a skin you know that works. Then again set the skin interface to be the default one and restart VLC.

Are there skins with a full screen controller?

Full screen controllers in skins are supported since VLC 1.1. But apart from the default skin coming with VLC not many other skins have this feature.

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 skins forum.