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Topic: VLC media player question
Reverend Evil
Posts: 12520
Location: Wynnum, Queensland
How do you turn off the clock thingy in the top left corner when watching avi files? Every time I watch something thru it there's a huge timer going off and I can't see anywhere in the options to turn it off. It's like a time code for a preview tape.

Go team!
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xot
Posts: 84
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
i dont get that

what version?
parabol
Posts: 1828
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
Man, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about :)

I've got VLC under win32 and linux .. none of them have a timer on the top-left. Switch to a different torrent site? :P
General_Specific
Posts: 3074
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
Settings > Preferences > Video > Subtitles/OSD > Deselect Time display sub filter

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infi
Posts: 2361
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
you know, i really hate VLC. what is so good about it? am i missing something?
Bah
Posts: 1510
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
It plays stuff despite your codecs being f***ed up.
parabol
Posts: 1830
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
It plays stuff despite your codecs being f***ed up

I think it's because it installs half a billion codecs for itself during installation, which is not a bad thing.
whoop
Posts: 9301
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I prefer mediaplayer classic, but I think even it needs codecs for some things. MPC + FFDShow = win.
shad
Posts: 1312
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
sometimes i find vlc can keep sound synced better on certain movies, also can crank up the audio in the audio preferences.
Reverend Evil
Posts: 12521
Location: Wynnum, Queensland
Settings > Preferences > Video > Subtitles/OSD > Deselect Time display sub filter

Everything after "video" doesn't exist in the version I'm using, like those options aren't there.

I should prolly check to see if there's a newer version available.
General_Specific
Posts: 3075
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
Is there a [+] symbol next to/below video in the menu, click that to expand it.

You will also need to tick the advanced options box after you go into subtitles/osd

last edited by General_Specific at 22:12:43 20/Oct/05
Reverend Evil
Posts: 12523
Location: Wynnum, Queensland
Found it in the modules section. Just had to blank out the time thingy in the top right corner to stop the clock thingy.

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/gpahl/vlc.jpg
General_Specific
Posts: 3076
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
That's heaps different to ver 0.8.2
Reverend Evil
Posts: 12524
Location: Wynnum, Queensland
This is version 0.8.1.

Dunno why it suddenly decided to start showing the timer but it's all fixed now. Also, I find VLC to play stuff nice and smothly while certain stuff will play jerkily on windows media player.

Thanks for the help anyway dude.

8-)
phatmike
Posts: 316
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
vlc is okay, but i f***ing hate the time slider, theres like 5 positions it snaps to for every video and for long videos its annoying to search through.

media player classic ftw.
parabol
Posts: 1834
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
vlc is okay, but i f***ing hate the time slider, theres like 5 positions

You guys should really stop using ancient versions.

My slider is continous .. I just rewinded 5 seconds with no dramas.
phatmike
Posts: 317
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
using v0.8.2. it still sux. it works if i grab the slider and move it along a bit, but can't i just click in the spot i want to go to?

meh, i dont really mind, as I use MPC for videos as it does everything and outputs ac3 through my spdif just like powerdvd or vlc.
sKryBe
Posts: 3214
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
I agree with Rev. I play stuff in Media Player Classic (eg: the new ATI demo movies that are massive) and they jerk like mad. In VLC they play smoooooooth.
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