Features of the VLC Media Player

By Eric Kim, Amanda Champion, Katelyn Jacobsen, Lekha Bahri, Jennifer Koo, and Doo

Young Yoo

IntroductionThe video toolbar of the VLC media player

holds a myriad of options and features that are normally ignored by most users.

The VLC Media Player is capable of playing almost any form of video file. It can even play broken video files.

This presentation is to bring some of these features to light, and to help new users make use of them as well.

How to show and hide the video:Click “Video” in the toolbar, then choose

“Video Track”Click “Disable” to hide the video Click “Track 1” to show the video

How to Display SubtitilesChoose “Subtitles Track” in the video toolbarClick “Track 1” to add subtitlesClick “Disable” to remove subtitles

Position and Pictures

Choose “Full Screen” in the video toolbarChoosing “Always on Top” causes the video to

always be shown on topClick “Snapshot” to take a picture of the

video

ZoomChoose “zoom”You can choose different sizes for the zoom

Aspect Ratio and CropChoose “Aspect Ratio”You can choose different ratios for the video

sizeYou can choose different ratios for the “crop”

as same manner as “aspect ratio”

Aspect Ratio and Crop

General Media Player FunctionsVLC player has the play, stop/pause feature You can go to the previous and next media in

the playlist.

ToggleToggle the video is used to make the VLC

Player be displayed in full screen.

PlaylistTo create a playlist, click on the browse

button to bring up a standard Windows file selection box.

Select the file you want to play. Then click open. Select files to build a playlist.

Playlist

Extended SettingsChoose extended settings to access Audio

Effects, Video Effects, and Synchronization.

SynchronizationClick synchronization to manually manage

the audio/video sync. In the subtitles settings, the subtitles can be

made to properly sync with video.

ToggleThe toggle between loop one, loop all key is

used to change from one feature or effect to another.

Audio ToolbarHow to disable and enable an audio trackSelect Audio Track from the Audio menu.Select the Disable option.The selected track will then be muted.To play the same track again, select the

Track option in the Audio Track. 

Disabling a Track

Stereo and monoAfter the selected track is played, select

Audio Device from the Audio menu.Select Mono if you want to listen in the Mono

mode. Mono refers to monaural sound that uses a

single channel for sound reproduction.Select Stereo if you want to listen in Stereo

mode.Stereo refers to sound that uses two channels

for sound reproduction or stereophonic sound.

Stereo and Mono

Audio ChannelsSelect Audio Channels from the Audio menu.Select Stereo if you want the feeling that the

audio is played from all the directions.Select Left if you want the audio to be played

only in the left speaker. Select Right if you want the audio to be

played only in the right speaker.Select Reverse Stereo if you want the audio

to be played in tandem with the video.

Audio Channels

Visualize AudioSelect Visualizations from the Audio menu.Select an option to view the effects.To disable visualizations, select Disable.

Spectrum visualization on VLC:

Volume ControlTo increase volume, select Increase Volume

from the Audio menu.To decrease volume, select Decrease Volume

from the Audio menu.To mute, select Mute from the Audio menu.