So you are bored of using the same old VLC player default skin when you watch videos in your Windows 10 Computer or Mac? Wanted to change VLC player skin to something unique or dark? You are reading the right article.
You can easily change your VLC player skin from the default version to something new.
You might also like to read: How to Enable VLC PIP Picture in Picture feature
Also learn how to enable VLC dark mode.
How To Change VLC Media Player Skin in Windows 10 or macOS
Let’s see how we can change the default VLC skin to something refreshing when using Windows or Mac.
Step 1: Open your VLC media player application in your windows 10 machine.
Step 2: Then Click on the Tools settings from the menu options.
Step 3: Select the Preferences option, then the Preferences window will open. Or you can simply press the Ctrl + P when using VLC to open the Preferences window.
Step 4: Then you need to select the Interface option on the top left. Below the Interface Settings, you will see the “Look and Feel” option with two options 1. Use Native Style 2. Use Custom Skin
Step 5: Click on the Use Custom Skin option and the skin resource file option will show up.
Step 6: You can click on that VLC Site link display below or simply go to this url to find VLC skins from the official website.
Step 7: Click on the choose button and select the .vlt skin file you have downloaded from the VLC Skin site.
Here I have downloaded the VLC dark skin and I have chosen the eDark Vlc.Vlt file. If you like to have a VLC dark theme you can download the same dark skin.
Step 8: Then you have to Quit VLC player and relaunch VLC for the new skin to be used.
Step 9: After you relaunch VLC you will be shown the newly installed VLC skin. This tutorial works on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and macOS devices with a version of VLC 0.9.0 or later.
VLC Skins Frequently Asked Questions:
Does VLC have a dark mode?
How To Enable Dark Mode Skin in VLC?
What is VLC Media Player skinned?
How do you enable VLC dark theme?
How do I use VLC Skins?
- After you downloaded the VLC player skin file in order to use the skin open VLC player and go to the Tools > Preferences > Interface option.
- In the look and feel section, choose the “Use Custom Skin” radio button
- Then click on the Choose button and select the VLC skin you wanted to use
You might also like to read: How to Enable VLC PIP Picture in Picture floating window
I hope you were able to successfully change your Default VLC skin into something you like. You can even design your own VLC skin using the VLC skin editor tool. Well, that’s for another blog post. Be sure to share our tutorial and comment below if you have any questions?.