FAQs¶
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- VideoLAN
- VLC Media Player
- Does VLC support DVDs from all regions?
- Where does VLC store its config file?
- Videos are too dark!
- I cannot read DVDs!
- Video is choppy
- Audio and video are out of sync!
- Why is my VLC crashing?
- How can I take screenshots?
- Where are my screenshots?
- Why is my file not working on VLC?
- Why isn’t VLC displaying all subtitles?
- Are there skins with a full screen controller?
- FAQs about VLC on macOS
- Can I run VLC on Mac OS 9
- The VLC 0.8.1 doesn’t work with Mac OS X 10.1.5, why?
- Which is the last release for 10.2.8?
- Why doesn’t VLC 0.8.6a work on 10.3, although you state it does?
- Do current releases of VLC work on Mac OS 10.5 / Leopard?
- What should I do if the VLC media player on my PC bounces in the Dock and quits?
- I am on Mac OS 9. Which version of VLC can I run?
- How do you tell Apple’s DVDPlayer not to start automatically when you insert a DVD?
- Why won’t VLC play DVDs from a region other than what my drive is set to?
- FAQs about VLC on Windows
- Video Output
- Why does VLC only give black, white or garbled video output?
- How can I adjust brightness or contrast?
- How can I keep the brightness and contrast adjustments in memory forever?
- Can I set file specific brightness or contrast?
- How do I set the default deinterlace method?
- VLC crashes or gives garbled images when using VMWare or VirtualBox
- Audio Output
- Crackles, pops, hisses and other audio anomalies
- Crackles, pops, hisses and other audio anomalies with SPDIF passthrough
- I don’t hear dialog, conversations, etc. while playing 5.1 audio
- How do I adjust audio delay?
- How can I play external audio track with video?
- How do I change my output device in case I have multiple audio devices connected to my PC?
- How can I override speaker setup? (e.g. I want to always default to stereo)
- Why does VLC volume change when I attach my mobile phone to my computer during playback?
- User interface
- How can I separate playback controls from the playback window?
- How can I make skinned interface my default interface?
- Can I jump to a certain time?
- How can I change UI language?
- How can I disable the fullscreen controller?
- Why doesn’t the time slider show up?
- How can I disable showing of the filename when video starts?
- How do I disable showing of the Privacy and Network Policies dialog during first VLC startup?
- How do I disable pop up track notification shown in system tray (systray)?
- How do I disable the Recent Media part of QT4 interface?
- How do I disable the blank space at the bottom of QT4 interface? (aka Status bar)
- How do I change playlist icons to list view or vice versa in the QT4 interface?
- Codec compatibility
- How can I identify what codecs the file uses?
- VLC doesn’t identify used codecs correctly or gives “undf” as codec or I want more information about specs
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback is too slow (or laggy)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC or VC-1 playback is full of image errors
- Problem with Real Audio or Real Video getting_support
- Why can’t VLC use CoreAVC, FFDshow, AC3filter, etc. codecs?
- File and Media Format Compatibility
- Why does some of my DVD movies crash?
- DVD movies don’t playback smooth
- Can I play DVD files (VOB+IFO) from my hard drive?
- How do I handle the broken AVI files?
- Can I always perform the same repair action?
- Can I fix those broken AVI files permanently?
- Can I fix those broken or partially downloaded Matroska/MKV files too?
- Some MP4 or 3GP files don’t have audio at all
- How do I enable Blu-ray disc playback (for commercially released Blu-rays)
- Subtitles
- General
- How do I reset my VLC settings?
- Why does my VLC media player crashe on startup?
- Can VLC burn CD, DVD, HD DVD or Blu-ray discs?
- Is VLC legal in all countries?
- Can I run multiple VLC instances?
- How can I make VLC preview my eMule downloads?
- How do I specify the folder where the recorded files (via red rec button) will be stored?
- Video Output
- FAQs about VLC on Linux
- Legal concerns