The VLC media player has a lot of built-in features. One of the useful features is zooming into videos. It will allow us to see the tiny details in the video. Let’s learn how we can do this by various methods.
Zoom In On Videos in VLC Media Player
We can Zoom into Videos in VLC Media Player by two different methods. Follow these methods and steps to zoom into videos in the VLC media player.
Method 1: Zoom Video Using VLC Video Menu
Step 1: Open any video in the VLC media player.
Step 2: Make sure that you have opened video in windowed mode.
Step 3: Now Press the ” Z ” (or) ” ctrl ” + ” Z ” hot keys on you keyboard.
While pressing the keys, the video size will be change into the quarter, half, original and double.
You can also select the zooming size of the video by navigating Video > Zoom > Select the size of zoom.
Method 2: Zoom VLC Video Using Magnifier
If you are using a Windows computer, you can easily zoom the video by using magnifier software.
- Play any video using the VLC media player.
- Press the Windows Key and +(Plus Key) to zoom the video by using a magnifier. After zooming the video, the zoomed portion will be followed by the mouse cursor.
- To zoom out the video, press the windows key and -(Minus key).
That’s it you have done it.
Method 3: Zoom VLC Video Using Interactive Zoom
In this method, we are going to zoom a video by using the inbuilt interactive zoom. You can easily see a section of a video by using this interactive zoom feature.
Step 1: Press the ctrl key and E key to open the Adjustment and Effects Settings.
You can also open this settings by navigating Tools > Effects and Filters.
Step 2: After opening Adjustment and Effects Settings, click on the Video Effects tab.
Step 3: Click on the Geometry Sub Tab under the Video Effects tab and Check the Interactive Zoom option and click save and close.
That’s it.
Hope now you were able to Zoom into Videos in VLC Media Player.
Do let us know in the comments below if you face any issues when zooming into videos using the VLC media player.
