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A 32 page eBook for those who wish to get the most out of the nifty little VLC Media player.
Contains a lot of techniques and tricks to make your media experience much better, and you'd be amazed by the number of things this app can do!
A 32 page eBook for those who wish to get the most out of the nifty little VLC Media player.
Contains a lot of techniques and tricks to make your media experience much better, and you'd be amazed by the number of things this app can do!
A 32 page eBook for those who wish to get the most out of the nifty little VLC Media player.
Contains a lot of techniques and tricks to make your media experience much better, and you'd be amazed by the number of things this app can do!
www.twitter.com/thesidjway 2014 This eBook is free to downoad and distrib!te. The content of the eBook is not co"yri#hted and may be !sed freey by anyone witho!t "rior "ermission of the a!thor. The a!thor re$!ests a recommendation or a back ink in s!ch cases..%eace& The eBook is a coection of ama'in# thin#s that the "ayer ()* +edia %ayer can do. , the techni$!es are tried and tested by me on a -2.Bit /indows 0 1timate System. B!t the a!thor takes no res"onsibiity of any kind of dama#e ca!sed by any of the techni$!es mentioned in the book. The eBook is desi#ned to a""ea to the a2era#e %* !ser3 and 45m s!re that most of the readers wo!d be abe to a""reciate the "ower of ()* after readin# this book. There is no reation between the a!thor and the team at (ideo)an. The a!thor has not been "aid in any kind to endorse or "!bici'e anythin#. This "roject is a trib!te to the a""ication which has been makin# o!r i2es sim"er for years& The Intro ()* is an acronymn for (ideo ),6 *ient. 4t is a 2ery "o"!ary known free media "ayer that is a2aiabe for a major "atforms ike /indows3 +ac 7S 83 )in!93 BS:3 Soaris3 ,ndroid3 i7S and many more. 4t a started off as a de2eo"ment ed!cationa "roject by st!dents at the ;coe *entrae %aris (/hich is a to" e2e <rench instit!tion in the fied of en#ineernin#) which has #rown !" to become a "henomenon in the word of media "ayers3 m!sic3 m!timedia3 internet and h!manity& (ideo ),6 *ient was named so beca!se it was de2eo"ed as a !ser too for accessin# (ideo),63 which itsef was a "rotoco to create and share o2er a )oca ,rea 6etwork (),6). B!t today3 cain# it j!st a cient wo!d be considered a joke. ,fter a com"ete rewrite in 1==>3 it became 7"en So!rce3 thanks to the a#reement of the ;coe *entrae %aris3 in 2001. The "roject then started to o"en !" to de2eo"ers o!tside of the ;coe. 4t is now a wordwide "roject with de2eo"ers from 20 co!ntries. Since 200=3 the "roject is com"etey se"arated from ;coe *entrae %aris3 and is backed !" by an a!tonomo!s non."rofit or#ani'ation. The c!rrent %resident of the (ideo),6 non."rofit or#ani'ation which maintains the "roject5s website is Jean.Ba"tiste ?em"f3 who is aso one of the "roject5s de2eo"ers. ()* today has become a synonym to stabiity3 c!stomi'eabiity and s"eed3 a "!t to#ether in one neat media "ayer "acka#e that "ays amost any media fie format yo! throw on it& That5s the ()* +a#ic. B!t there5s more. ,nd the ne9t section of the book is dedicated to that& Why VLC Media Player? @o! ha2e a ri#ht to ask whyA /hen yo! ha2e the mi#hty o5 /indows +edia %ayer that comes "re.oaded on a /indows system3 or "ayers ike Banshee and Bhythmbo9 on )in!9 systems or j!st C!ickTime3 then why do yo! ha2e to downoad another "ayer that does not ook as seek and s!a2e as any of these "ayersA The fact is that3 o!t of the bo93 ()* has many more feat!res than the other "ayers. The si'e of the insta may not be ar#e3 b!t when yo! #o thro!#h this eBook and #et to find o!t what a ()* can do o!t of the bo93 yo!5d be bitin# yo!r nais& The key feat!res of ()* +edia %ayer that make it irresistibe areD 4t5d "ay anythin#& +?(3 7EE3 ,S<3 +7(3 <),*.... @o! name it& 4t aso tries to "ay broken and corr!"ted fies and is $!ite #ood at doin# so. @o! can e2en watch a 2ideo as it is bein# downoaded o2er a %2% network ike BitTorrent& 4t5s fast. @es indeed it is. 6o a""reciabe a# between do!be.cickin# on a fie and ()* +edia %ayer "ayin# it. 4t fees res"onsi2e and smooth e2en on od systems. 4t is 2ery easy to c!stomi'e it. @o! can find h!ndreds of addons and themes for ()*3 that can make it e2en more "owerf! than it reay is. 4t is o"en so!rce3 so anyone can c!stomi'e the "ayer for a 2ersion more s!itabe for his !se. <or e9am"e if a #!y is a m!sic aficionado3 he may add se2era addons to the "ayer for makin# his m!sic istenin# e9"erience #reat3 whie not com"romisin# on the abiity to "ay 2ideo. That5s the "ower of ()* and a o"en so!rce software in #enera. 4t is re#!ary !"dated. The (ideo),6 team is 2ery hard workin# and ros o!t new feat!res and !"dates with e2ery sin#e reease (atho!#h increasin# the si'e&). 4t5s <BFF& Best of a3 yo! don5t ha2e to she o!t a sin#e b!ck for makin# the "ayer yo!rs& The Interface ,s yo! can a""reciate3 the interface is cean and non conf!sin#. ,ny "erson who has o"erated any other media "ayer wi fee ri#ht at home with the b!ttons. %eo"e may find it borin# and d!3 b!t they can aways c!stomi'e it the way they want it to be& <or an e9am"e3 take a ook at this c!stomi'ed ()* +edia %ayer (co!rtesy Beks(eks on :e2iant,rt). 6ice3 ain5t itA Playing a Media File On Your PC: Eo to +ediaG7"en <ie and browse to the ocation of the <ie. ,ternati2ey yo! can "ress *trH7 to do that. 4f the defa!t "ayer for media fies is set as ()*3 j!st do!be cick on the fie to "ay it. 4f not3 yo! can ri#ht cick on a fie and seect the a""ication with which yo! want to o"en it. Seect ()* +edia "ayer and yo!5re #ood to #o. From a C!V!"lu#$ay i%& Eo to +ediaG7"en :isk and seect the dri2e in which the :isk is inserted. ,ternati2ey3 yo! can aso "ress *trH: to do that. 4n the ,!toB!n men! that a""ears after yo! oad a disk in the dri2e3 there sho!d be an entry for "ayin# with ()* +edia %ayer. From the internet 4f yo! ha2e a direct ink to a media fie on the internet3 then #o to +ediaG7"en 6etwork Stream. ,ternati2ey yo! can aso "ress *trH6 to do that. <or e9am"eD B!t the fact is that most 2ideos on the internet are not fies ike .m"# or .m"4. +ost 2ideos on the web are fash based3 and the most "o"!ar website for fash 2ideos is !ndo!btedy @o!T!be. ()* s!""orts @o!T!be 2ideos too. J!st "aste the @o!T!be ink of the 2ideo to "ay it seamessy. ,so worked for :aiy+otion. The "ayback is 2ery nice on a 2+b"s connection3 witho!t st!tters& Iere is an e9am"e of a 2ideo from @o!T!be "ayin# seamessy on a ()* +edia %ayer ()* can aso "ay )i2e BT+% streams (<or watchin# )i2e T( on yo!r %*). 4t needs a bit of confi#!ration. 4 ha2e co2ered the same in the ater sections of the book. ()* itsef has a nice ibrary/re"ository of internet radio stations and T( stations that yo! can "ay. To access them #o to (iewG)ibrary and in the side bar3 yo!5d see 4nternet and a ar#e coection of "ayabe channes. :o!be *ick on one of them and enjoy& ()* aso has a re"ository of Jamendo tracks. 4f yo! don5t know what Jamendo is3 it is a ser2ice that aows !"comin# m!sicians to share their m!sic for free. So yo! #et to isten to new m!sic for free3 and some of the st!ff o2er there is reay nice. +any m!sicians ha2e made it bi# after Jamendo. The Jamendo radio has its own section in the 4nternet section of the ibrary3 with o"tion to "ay ony the best tracks or the radio cate#ori'ed accordin# to #enre. 4t is a #reat artist disco2ery ser2ice3 a for free. The '(uali)er The "ayer comes with a b!it in 2irt!a e$!ai'er. F$!ai'ation is the "rocess of adj!stin# the baance between fre$!ency com"onents within an eectronic si#na. +ost modern "ayers ha2e this feat!re incor"orated in them. ,nd ()* is no e9ce"tion. To start the e$!ai'er yo! can sim"y cick the b!tton in the "ayer. 4f yo!5re ike me and don5t know m!ch abo!t the st!ff ike Bass3 Trebe3 yo! can sim"y seect an e$!ai'er from the "resets cassified accordin# to Eenre. So if yo!5re "ayin# Bock m!sic3 sim"y seect Bock as the e$!ai'er "reset and #et ready for better head ban#in#& F9"eriment aro!nd with the siders to #et a settin# that s!its yo!r taste of m!sic the best& 4n the same way yo! can aso "ay aro!nd with *om"ressor and S"atiai'er the same way (Ionesty 4 don5t know what these words mean&). Manage Playli%t% %ayists are essentia for a kinds of m!sic cate#ori'ation. ,most a "ayers today come with o"tions for "ayists3 so does ()* +edia %ayer. To *reate a 6ew %ayist3 Eo to (iewG%ayists. 7r "ress *trH) Bi#ht *ick on the /indow that o"ens and seect o"tions to add <ies or <oders to the "ayist yo! want to create. @o! can aso dra# fies and foders to the ocation to do the same. 6ow yo! ha2e to sa2e the "ayist. To do this3 either #o to +ediaGSa2e %ayist to <ie or sim"y "ress *trH@. Seect the name of the fie and the format. The +-1 format is most commony !sed for "ayists3 b!t yo! can choose other formats too. @o! can ha2e m!ti"e "ayists and these "ayists are cross."atform and cross."ayer too (4 ho"e yo! !nderstand what 4 mean to say). @o! can ha2e se"arate "ayists for Bock +!sic3 So! +!sic and +!sic to isten to whie on jo#s. 4t5s yo!r word& @o! can aso add (ideos and 6etwork Stream to the "ayist. 4t can be done by Bi#ht cickin# in the "ayist area and seectin# ,d2anced 7"en. 6ow yo! ha2e to do what yo! did earier to "ay onine media fies. Con*ert Media 6ot many "eo"e know this3 b!t ()* can act as a nice con2erter for media as we. 4t s!""orts in"!t in a formats of media fies that it s!""orts (, "ethora of them&) and can o!t"!t in +%43 7EE3 ,(43 +%- etc. Eo to +ediaG*on2ert/Sa2e or aternati2ey "ress *trHB ,dd the fie yo! wish to con2ert by na2i#atin# to the foder that contains it. @o! can choose to add a s!btites fie as we3 which is the o"tion ri#ht beow the media addition window. 6ow *ick on *on2ert/Sa2e and then in the window that a""ears3 yo! ha2e to choose one of the "resets for the con2ersion. Seect a format for con2ersion to. @o! can e2en con2ert a 2ideo to an a!dio fie. @o! can e2en edit the Bitrate3 the Sam"e Bate etc. by "ressin# the b!tton ne9t to the format seection dro"down. )ower down the Bitrate for a smaer fie si'e3 or yo! may chan#e the reso!tion of a 2ideo. <or e9am"e3 yo! may con2ert a 10>0" 2ideo to a 020" 2ideo3 th!s red!cin# its fie si'e and sa2in# yo! 2a!abe s"ace on yo!r I::. @o! can aso choose the format and then #o thro!#h the settin#s for the codecs that #i2e yo! the best o!t"!ts. /hen yo!5re ha""y with the settin#s3 j!st name the fie in the bo9 that is beow the format dro"down3 and et the con2ersion be#in. 452e seen that the con2ersion s"eeds are not m!ch sower than dedicated media con2ersion software There is no need for another con2ersion software when yo! ha2e the #em caed ()*& +d,u%t Video -etting% ()* aows contro o2er yo!r "ayback ike no other "ayer. J!st o"en yo!r 2ideo and yo! can add a ot of effects to it witho!t any e9tra addons. 7"en a (ideo in ()* Eo to +ediaGFffects J <iters or %ress *trHF. ,ternati2ey3 "ress the e$!ai'er b!tton described earier. Eo to (ideo Fffects Tab 6ow ha2e f!n. @o! can cro"3 chan#e coo!rs3 add h!e3 adj!st #amma3 rotate the 2ideo3 add b!r3 adj!st contrast and m!ch more. Tweak with the settin#s to #et an o"tima res!t with yo!r 2ideo. @o! may choose to ha2e hi#h contrast for makin# a horror mo2ie scene more #rim3 or add h!e to a nat!re 2ideo to make it more enjoyabe. 7nce done3 e9it the window o"ened3 and the 2ideo wi "ay with new settin#s. To !ndo the chan#e3 sim"y !ncheck the bo9es associated with the different 2ideo effects. Iere 4 am "ostin# a 2ideo sna"shot before and after addin# effects Before ,fter o.nload YouTu/e Video% ()* aso acts as a nice way to downoad @o!T!be 2ideos. 6o "!#in re$!ired& @o! first o!#ht to ha2e the 1B) of the @o!T!be 2ideo. *o"y it to yo!r ci"board /hen in ()* +edia %ayer3 "ress *trH6 or #o to +ediaG7"en 6etwork Stream. 4n the /indow that o"ens !"3 "aste the 1B) of the @o!T!be 2ideo. Iit Fnter. @o!5 obser2e that the (ideo starts "ayin# on the "ayer 6ow #o to ToosG+edia 4nformation or "ress *trH4. 4n the ower "art of the window that o"ens3 there wi be a Te9tBo9 caed )ocation. *o"y the te9t of the )ocation Te9tBo9 and "aste it in yo!r downoad mana#er ()ike <:+) or sim"y yo!r browser. @o!5 see a fie #ets downoaded which has no e9tension. Bename the fie to a name with the e9tension .f2 . The (ideo has s!ccessf!y been downoaded& ?indy be considerate to the amo!nt and efforts artists "!t in to make m!sic. ?indy b!y a son# if yo! ike it. %ease don5t downoad co"yri#hted 2ideos& Fun .ith Video% Ta&ing -na0%hot% 4f yo! wish to take a screenshot of the 2ideo3 sans the "ayer3 j!st #o to (ideoGSna"shot. The fie is sa2ed in the %ict!res ibrary in "n# format. ,nd yes3 its the same ima#e as abo2e& Video +% Wall0a0er /e ha2e seen wa"a"ers #ettin# interacti2e3 b!t how abo!t a 2ideo "ayin# as a wa"a"erA Seems cra'y3 doesn5t itA B!t ()* can aow yo! to ha2e the f!n. J!st #o to (ideoGSet ,s /a"a"er. /e the feat!re is siy and has no !se. 6o icons are 2isibe on the deskto" and the wa"a"er is remo2ed as soon as the "ayer is sto""ed. 4t is j!st ike ()* "ayin# a 2ideo in f! screen3 nothin# ese. Video% in +-CII Ia2e yo! e2er seen an ,S*44 art 2ideoA They were "o"!ar in the ate >0s in which a 2ideo was made !sin# te9t characters ony. @o! can e9"erience it on ()* too. J!st #o to ToosG%references and seect (ideo tab. 4n the o!t"!t section seect *oo!r ,S*44 ,rt and now "ay yo!r 2ideos to see the f!n. 7f no "ractica !se tho!#h& Pu))le Game 4f yo!52e aready noticed this feat!re3 yo! are a c!rio!s3 in$!isiti2e feow. 4f yo!52e not3 try it by #oin# to (ideo Fffects after "ressin# *trHF. Then #o to Eeometry tab and seect "!''e #ame. Seect no of rows and co!mn and e9it. 6ow yo!r 2ideo has t!rned into a ji#saw "!''e that yo! can assembe to make a 2ideo& ,nd the best "art3 the 2ideo kee"s "ayin# as yo! so2e the "!''e& Ereat f!n& +dd a Logo or te1t to your Video @o! can do it in the o2eray section in the (ideo Fffects window. @o! can aso add a te9t to the 2ideo. Bad "art is that yo! can5t edit the font& Play a Video -tream from a We/Cam /ith ()* yo! can "ay a 2ideo i2e stream from a /eb*am. To do this #o to +ediaG7"en *a"t!re de2ice. *onnect yo!r /eb*am before doin# this. 6ow seect yo!r de2ice from the dro"down for both (ideo J ,!dio in"!t. @o! sho!d ha2e the 2ideo !" and r!nnin# in a few seconds. 4n my case3 4 fo!nd a bit of a a#. That may be d!e to the fact that 4 sti own a 10 yr od /eb*am3 b!t it may be "erfect for yo!. :ro" in a comment if it works for yo!& @o! can record the 2ideo from the software itsef& 4n the ne9t section3 yo! wi know how& $ecord Video%2 $adio2 Podca%t% etc3 <or doin# this3 yo! sim"y #o to (iewG,d2anced *ontros. 6ow yo!5d see a bi# red b!tton aon# with a few new b!ttons. 6ow whate2er yo! are "ayin#3 yo! can record it. /hen yo! ha2e to start recordin#3 "ress the red b!tton once3 and when yo!5re done3 "ress it a#ain. J!st ike the sna"shots st!ff3 it is sa2ed in the (ideos )ibrary. %ease note that recordin# radio is not recommended. @o! are ca!sin# monetary harm to a sin#er if yo!5re recordin# his/her son#. 4f yo! ike a son#3 j!st b!y it& <ee free to record "odcasts& 6ow yo! can aso record the o!t"!t from yo!r /eb*am& -cro//le to La%t3FM +any "eo"e !se )ast.<+ as a 2ery nice m!sic disco2ery ser2ice that #i2es !sers "ersonai'ed radio accordin# to the tastes of the !ser. B!t for reco#ni'in# the tastes of the !sers3 it sho!d know what ty"e of m!sic do they isten. So scrobbin# refers to sendin# data abo!t "ayed tracks to )ast.<+. To do so3 for other media "ayers3 yo! ha2e to downoad a "!#in or insta it 2ia the )ast.<+ %* software. 6o s!ch worries in ()* as ()* has )ast.<+ s!""ort b!it in& J!st Eo to ToosG%referencesG,!dio and tick S!bmit "ayed tracks stats to )ast.<+ checkbo9. Fnter yo!r !sername and "assword and done& /hate2er tracks yo! "ay are scrobbed to )ast.<+ and yo! can enjoy "ersonai'ed radio with that& +e on )ast.<+...G www.ast.fm/!ser/thesidjway Ma&e VLC Loo& the .ay you .ant to /e4 Change "utton Placement @o! can chan#e the defa!t b!tton "acement in ()* by #oin# to ToosG*!stomi'e 4nterface... @o! can chan#e the "osition of the toobar3 or chan#e the order of b!ttons on it3 or add new b!ttons too& Change the -&in Eo to ToosG%referencesG4nterface and seect 51se c!stom skinK from there. 6ow yo! ha2e to downoad the theme fies for ()*. They are a2aiabe in the .2t format. , ot of skins are a2aiabe on the officia website http://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php. The skins are a2aiabe for sin#e downoad or they aso ha2e a -0+B archi2e that has a the skins. 6ow yo! ha2e to "ace the themes in the skins directory of yo!r "ayer. <or e9am"e if yo! ha2e ()* instaed at 5:DL()* +edia %ayer53 then yo! sho!d co"y a themes to 5:DL()* +edia %ayerLskins5. 6ow when yo! restart ()*3 yo! wi notice a new interface which is the defa!t skinned interface of ()*. 6ow to chan#e the theme3 ri#ht cick in the main window3 #o to 4nterfaceGSeect SkinG@o!r Theme. 4f yo!52e done e2erythin# ri#ht3 ()* wo!d now be ookin# entirey different. Iere5s a screenshot of one of my fa2o!rite themes. More Techni(ue% Play from archi*e% ()* %ayer can "ay com"ressed 2ideo fies aso. (ideo wi "ay as a norma 2ideo and yo! can aso !se the seek bar as we. Sometimes the .rar fie is broken into se2era "arts b!t with ()* "ayer its not a "robem. /hat yo! ha2e to do is that j!st oad the first "art (e.#. ."art001.rar ) and it wi a!tomaticay take the rest of the "arts and "ay the whoe fie. $ecord Your e%&to0 4n ()*3 #o to +ediaG7"en *a"t!re de2ice. 6ow in *a"t!re mode seect :eskto". 4nitiay yo!5d see a 2ery "ec!iar dis"ay of infinite screens of ()*. 6ow what ()* is doin# is "ayin# what yo! see on yo!r deskto"3 and now yo! can !nderstand why yo! see infinite screens. 6ow to record yo!r deskto"3 seect ,d2anced *ontros as described earier. 6ow yo! sho!d "ress the bi# red b!tton. 6ow record yo!r deskto" the way yo! do it with dedicated software. ,fter yo!5re finished3 j!st "ress the red b!tton a#ain. @o!5d ha2e to edit the 2ideo si#hty to c!t o!t the start and the end3 to hide the ()*. -u/title% in VLC ()* s!""orts s!btites nati2ey. @o! j!st ha2e to na2i#ate to the s!btites fies. S!btites are a2aiabe for amost a m!sic 2ideos and mo2ies o!t there. To na2i#ate to the s!btites fie3 #o to S!btiteG,dd S!btite <ie.. The most common format !sed is .srt. Sometimes there is a deay in the timin# of the 2ideo and the s!btites fie. That can easiy be corrected. The keys for this are 5h5 and 5#5 res"ecti2ey. So yo! can watch a mo2ie witho!t knowin# the forthcomin# diao#!es in ad2ance or wonderin# 5what the he did the cha" sayA5& 5ey/oard -hortcut% Become a keyboard ()* warrior with these keyboard shortc!ts that5 make the "ayer easier to !se& F: <! Screen -0ace: %ay/%a!se T: Show %osition/Time -: Sto" Ctrl67: C!it 6!#: <aster/Sower 8!P: 6e9t/%re2io!s Ctrl6u0: (o!me 1" Ctrl6do.n: (o!me :own Ctrl6': To ,dj!st ,!dio/(ideo Fffects Ctrl6 9: To Iide/1nhide *ontros M: +!te :: Moom 4n -hift6:: Moom 7!t Ctrl6$ight!Left: To Ski" a min!te in the ,!dio/(ideo T: *heck remainin# Time in (ideo Ctrl6O: 7"en Sin#e <ie +: *han#e ,s"ect ratio -hift6-: *a"t!re Sna"shot -hift6$: Becord (ideo Watching Li*e TV on your PC /ith "eo"e #ettin# access to hi#h s"eed broadband and -E3 4nternet T( has become a "ossibiity. )i2e T( is a2aiabe onine on many ser2ers3 b!t they are !s!ay cra""y and show !" a ot of ad2ertisements in the s!rro!ndin#s of the "ay area. B!t with ()*3 yo! can watch )i2e T( on yo!r own deskto"3 j!st ike yo!5d on a I:T( in yo!r co!chroom. This is "ossibe with the he" of a software known as Btm"E14. 4t defines itsef as a E14 2ersion of rtm"d!m"3 a tookit for BT+% streams. , forms of BT+% are s!""orted3 inc!din# rtm"D//3 rtm"tD//3 rtm"eD//3 rtm"teD//3 and rtm"sD//. rtm"E14 has an e9tensi2e ist of tho!sands of channes from amost a co!ntries in h!ndreds of an#!a#es& F2erythin# from IB7 to :isco2ery to <o9 S"orts is co2ered. ,nd a these can be streamed free from yo!r system. 4 don5t know abo!t the e#aity of the streamin# b!t it j!st works& <or confi#!rin# Btm"E143 yo! first ha2e to downoad the "ortabe a""ication. 4t5s !nder a +e#abyte3 so won5t take m!ch time. :!rin# instaation it wi oad the channes ist3 which may take a few min!tes. There are tho!sands of channes from amost e2ery co!ntry and in h!ndreds of an#!a#es. The "ro#ram sho!d a!tomaticay find yo!r ()* ocation and add it as the defa!t media "ayer. 4f it doesnNt then cick O<ieK and then O7"tionsK and either enter the "ath man!ay or cick O)ocateK to browse for it. 6ow sim"y do!be cick on the re$!ired channe to "ay it in ()*. @o!5d find o!t that ony abo!t haf the channes act!ay work we3 some work with no a!dio3 some with no 2ideo3 some with a ot of a#. So try o!t the channes we and yo!5d "robaby #et to watch $!aity T( on yo!r %* for free& :ownoad )ink for Btm"E14 '1ten%ion% for VLC ()* +edia %ayer is ca"abe of doin# m!ch o!t of the bo9. B!t there are certain e9tensions that when incor"orated in ()* make it e2en a better "ayer to !se& Iere is a ist of a few of them that a ()* !sers sho!d insta. VL-u/ 4t searches and downoads s!btites from o"ens!btites.or# !sin# the hash of the 2ideo c!rrenty "ayin# or its tite. (ery !sef! e9tension to carry o!t s!btitin# tasks. 4 was not abe to test this one o!t on my atest ()* 2.1.- as accordin# to its "a#e3 it has sto""ed workin# abo2e ()* 2.0.> on /indows. 4f yo! own an oder 2ersion3 do insta this e9tension. -ong Teacher This e9tension he"s yo! to earn the yrics of of yo!r fa2orite son#s. There are a few #itches b!t this mosty de"ends on the so!rce fie3 not the e9tension. @o! won5t #et any error with "ro"ery ta##ed fies. The most im"ortant thin# is that yo! can act!ay sin# aon# with the m!sic3 and ()* wi show yo! the ri#ht ines with #reen and mark the ones where yo! made mistakes with red. This coor codin# is reay he"f! in earnin# son# yrics. Tag your File% +any fie formats s!""ort ta##in# of the a!dio/2ideo. 4 "ersonay am a m"- ta# freak. , the son#s in my coection are ta##ed. 4f yo! don5t know what ta##in# is3 it is addin# metadata to the fie that makes it easier to find o!t in any kind of media "ayer3 on "hones3 tabets or on %*s. 4 aso ike a my son#s with their ab!m art on. @o! can do a this in ()* +edia %ayer. J!st when a son#/2ideo is "ayin#3 "ress *trH4. 6ow yo! can edit the Tite3 ,rtist3 ,b!m and aso a""y the ab!m art from an ima#e fie. ()* aso aows for downoadin# ab!m art a!tomaticay. @o! can aso add )yrics to the son# in the comments section. This way yo!r media ibrary ooks we or#ani'ed and easier to na2i#ate. @o! can aso do this to a 2ideo. *ontrary to "o"!ar beief3 j!st renamin# a fie doesn5t make it easier to find in a media "ayer. :o it and enjoy better m!sic cate#ori'ation& $e%ume Video% from la%t 0o%ition By defa!t3 ()* doesn5t res!me the 2ideo from the "oint at which it was ast sto""ed. 4f yo! want this feat!re3 there are 2 ways o!t. 7ne with an e9tension and one witho!t. With '1ten%ion The e9tension caed Bemember %osition does e9acty the same task as yo! re$!ire. ()* e9tensions ha2e the format .!a and to insta an e9tension3 j!st co"y the fie in the /!a/e9tensions directory. 4f yo! ha2e ()* instaed at :DL()* +edia %ayer3 co"y fies to :DL()* +edia %ayerL!aLe9tensions and then restart ()*. To enabe an e9tension3 #o to (iewGF9tension 6ame. :ownoad 4t& Without '1ten%ion The same f!nctionaity can be achie2ed !sin# Bookmarks. /hen the son#/2ideo is "ayin#3 j!st "ress *trHB to create a bookmark at that "osition. The same way3 yo! can bookmark where yo! eft the 2ideo. ,s easy as "ie& %ease 6ote that once yo! chan#e the "ath of the 2ideo bein# "ayed3 the Bookmarks wi a!tomaticay be deeted3 so take care& That;% +ll Fol&%4 4n this initia edition of the book3 452e not co2ered streamin# !sin# ()* as 4 did not ha2e the re$!ired a""arat!s. 4f there is any kind of demand to co2er it !"3 45d definitey do it in the forthcomin# editions Thanks& Siddharth Jha www.twitter.com/thesidjway www.facebook.com/thesidjway www.ast.fm/!ser/thesidjway %ease comment re#ardin# this eBook. 452e s"ent a ot of time desi#nin# and writin# content for this eBook& %ease fee free to dro" in a mai to siddharthjhaPo!took.com& @o!r feedback wo!d be hi#hy a""reciated&