In VLC for Android, we can make use of the playlist feature to create and manage lists of our favorite songs. We can access such lists any time and also use a sleep timer to automatically stop the playback. Now, playlists in VLC for Android has been upgraded to be able to include both audio […]
How to Use VLC as an Image and Photo Slideshow Viewer?
It may or may not come as a big surprise, but VLC Media Player can open images as well. That’s right! Drag any JPG image on to VLC Media Player and see how it will gleefully open right inside the application. Now, this functionality isn’t limited to a single image. If you drag and drop […]
How to Access, Manage and Use Playlists in VLC
VLC Media Player for your desktop/laptop has a playlist feature that allows you to create, organize and play a list of songs/videos. You can sort out MP3, WAV and other music files along with video formats and add them to a single playlist. Multiple things can be done with a playlist. Songs can be added, […]
How to Skip Intro, Outro and Credits using VLC Media Player
Let’s say you are binge watching series like Game of Thrones or The Big Bang Theory or even the TV classic sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S. using VLC Media Player. At the beginning of every episode, there is an intro scene and it is most likely the same for every episode. Sure, it’s fun to watch it and […]
3 Ways to Install VLC Media Player in Ubuntu Linux
VLC supports a number of Linux distros officially and Ubuntu is one of them. There are a number of ways VLC Media Player can be installed in Ubuntu Linux. The simplest way is to use the utility called Ubuntu Software Center which will install VLC for the Snap Store. Terminal or command line users can […]
How to Loop a part of a Video or Audio in VLC Media Player Continuously
Let’s say that there is a clip or a couple of seconds/minutes in a video or audio that needs to be played through continously in a loop in VLC Media Player. The player can easily end a video and start from the very beginning. But what we are trying to achieve is looping through a […]
Everything About Volume & Audio Controls in VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player has several controls that can be used to control the volume of a playing media file. There are on-screen volume controls which you can slide up and down using the mouse to increase and decrease the volume. There also are hotkeys or shortcuts which can be used to easily control the volume straight […]
VLC for Android, App: Widgets for the Home Screen Mini Player
One way to quickly access VLC for Android to make it play music immediately is by using the app’s widgets. In Android, there are special widgets that can be placed on the home screen that are different than app shortcuts. It loads up a widget called VLC Mini Player. The widget or mini player is […]
Do You Want VLC to Restart or Continue the Playback Where Left Off?
One of the practical features of VLC Media Player is the ability to continue the playback from where we left off. Imagine that a 2-hour long documentary is playing in the application. You hit stop by accident. To continue from the same part, we would have to use the time toolbar and click on it […]
How to Activate (or Deactivate) Deinterlacing in VLC Media Player
Deinterlacing is a solution to display interlaced videos on progressive screens. It is not the perfect solution as there might be combing in the image but we will talk about that in a little while. This post is dedicated to provide information to turn on (auto) or off the ‘deinterlace’ feature in VLC media player. […]