If you’re like most people, you probably use VLC Player to watch your favorite movies and TV shows. But did you know that you can also use VLC Player to look like Windows Media Player 11? In this article, we’ll show you how to do just that. First, open up VLC Player and click on the “Preferences” button. On the “Preferences” screen, click on the “Appearance” tab. In the “Appearance” tab, under the heading “Windows Media Player,” click on the button that says “Use Windows Media Player 11 style.” Now your VLC player will look like Windows Media Player 11! If you want to revert back to the default appearance of VLC player, simply click on the button that says “Use original appearance.” ..
You will first need to download the skin named WMP11 from the skins page. This skin looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11. It’s not exact, but it’s a pretty good skin.
To install on Ubuntu Linux:
Hit Alt+F2 to bring up the run dialog, and type in this:
This will bring up the player in the right mode to let you install new skins. Right click on the title bar area and choose Select Skin \ Open Skin, and choose the skin file that you have downloaded.
That’s pretty much all there is to it.
To install on Windows:
Select the “VLC media player (skins)” option from the Start menu program group. This will start VLC in the right mode to select skins.
Right click on the title bar area, and choose Select skin \ Open skin and choose the skin file that you have downloaded.
Easy stuff. Now you have a great looking media player.
Update:Changed the article to point to the newer and better looking WMP11 skin instead of the Dalin one.
