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How To Install Nice Theme in VLC Player?

VLC Media Player is an authorized software that facilitates all the tools necessary for playing media content. It can play any audio or video format. It doesn’t contain any malware, and it is perfectly safe for download and installation. The VideoLAN organization developed this software. You can find more skins on the official page of VLC.

If you want to apply various themes for your VLC player, then keep reading this tutorial. Here, we will offer step-by-step instructions to install the Nice theme in the VLC media player.

Install Nice Theme in VLC Media Player!
Install Nice Theme in VLC Media Player!

Features of VLC Media Player

  • This software almost supports every video and audio file format and plays every media.
  • It is used to convert any medial file formats without using additional plugins.
  • VLC can stream media over the local network as well as on the internet.
  • It supports many platforms like Windows , Mac, ** and **Linux.
  • This program helps to watch videos crisply and clearly.
  • It is ranked amongst the most advanced and *progressive * softwares.

Steps to Set Nice Theme in VLC Player

Kindly use the below-given instructions to install the Nice theme in the VLC media player on your system.

  • Launch the VLC Media Player program on your system.
  • Under the Tools tab , you need to select ** the **Preferences option from the menu.

Select Preferences option
Select Preferences option

  • Now, it will open the Simple Preferences wizard.
  • By default, it will open the Interface Settings section.
  • Under the Look and feel area, you need to select ** the **Use custom skin option.
  • Click on the link wgiven in the “This is a scannable interface. You can download other skins at VLC’s Official Website” option.

Click the Link
Click the Link

  • It will navigate you to the VideoLAN website that contains all available skins.
  • Under Downloads section , you have to click the Nice option as shown below.

Select the Nice Theme
Select the Nice Theme

  • Then, *hit * the *Download * option to download the Nice VLC theme.

Click the Download button
Click the Download button

  • Go back to the Simple Preferences window , and *click * the *Choose * option.

Click the Choose button
Click the Choose button

  • Browse to the directory and select ** the **downloaded file.
  • *Hit * the *Open * button to open the selected Nice theme.

Click the Open button
Click the Open button

  • You will see the selected file path in the skin resource file section.
  • *Click * the *Save * button.

Press the Save button
Press the Save button

  • Finally, the selected Nice theme will apply to your VLC media player.

Nice Theme
Nice Theme

Pros and Cons of Nice Theme in VLC

Pros

  • It has a simple layout than native style VLC.
  • Play options are located at the center of the VLC window, and we can access them easily.

Cons

  • There are no tabs available on the start screen.
  • Finding options in this theme seems to be quite difficult.

How to Remove it?

If you want to remove the previously downloaded theme, use the following steps.

  • Right-click on the VLC screen, select ** the **Interface option from the menu, and *click * the *Preferences option * from the submenu.

Right-click menu
Right-click menu

  • In the Simple Preferences window, you must select ** the **Use native style option under the Look and feel section.
  • *Hit * the *Save * button.

Use native style
Use native style

  • Now, close the VLC window and relaunch it to see the native style.

Verdict

This tutorial guided you through installing the Nice theme in the VLC media player using simple instructions. You can check out more VLC related posts on our site, vlc.guru.

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