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A fullscreen User Interface for VLC

Summary

JuceVLC is VLC with a simple MediaCenter-like fullscreen User Interface.

Goal

Browse and watch movies from your couch with a wireless mouse.
This is not mean to be a XBMC killer! It gives a Media Center feel to VLC while keeping the player as lightweight as possible.

Features

• Based on libVLC 3.0.20
• Browse local files easily and adjust settings using On Screen Display (O.S.D.)
• Big, customizable fonts size and no tiny popup dialogs
• Subtitles selection and synchronization using slider via O.S.D.
• Search,Download,Extract and Load subtitles from opensubtitles.org
• Keep last and favorite video folders, as well as the last thirty videos positions
• Does not mess up your system: settings are stored in the application folder, not the registry (even through the installer)
• Portable: Just install to any usb key or external hard drive
• You can use the installer multiple times:
  • once for your computer, activating shortcut creation,
  • and again for your usb key or external hard drive.
  Since it does not store anything in the registry subsequent installs won't affect the previous ones (just don't let the installer create shortcuts)
• JuceVLC application uses regular VLC core libraries/plugins: You can paste future VLC versions directory along JuceVLC to update the core video player without any JuceVLC update
• The "space-key" allows your relatives to play/pause your video if they want to interrupt your watching session;-)

Contact

Matthieu A.

News

• 0.9.4 (2023/12/30):

  • Fix subtitles browsing and download

  0.9.3 (2023/12/30):

  • Full UI overhaul

  0.92 (2023/12/12):

  • libVLC 3.0.20
  • JUCE 7.0.9
  • 64bits is now default
  • Did not fix any existing bugs yet, online services are broken (subtitles, posters) and other functionalities like subtitle color also broke in the update...

  0.91 (2015/03/24):

  • libVLC 2.2.0
  • Opensubtitles subtitles can now be downloaded and used on the fly through subtitleseeker results, like Subscene ones
  • 64bits version

  0.90 (2014/09/06):

  • Fixed French and external (user .lang files) translations text encoding for proper special characters display
  • Loaded subtitles names are now like VLC ones
  • Subscene and Podnapisi subtitles can now be downloaded and used on the fly through subtitleseeker results

• 0.89 (2014/08/13):

  • libVLC 2.1.5
  • Switched from Microsoft VisualStudio to MinGW32(gnu/gcc) compiler under CodeBlocks IDE
  • Updated to Boost 1.56

• 0.88 (2014/03/14):

  • General redesign (Metrize Icons by AlessioAtzeni)

• 0.87 (2014/03/02):

  • Customizable frontpage menu color theme(Menu -> Player -> Color theme)
  • Title bar is now grey and wider

• 0.86 (2014/02/14):

  • libVLC 2.1.3

• 0.85 (2013/12/15):

  • Fix subtitle index selection menu and disable option
  • Fullscreen mode is not left anymore when loosing focus
  • Fix controls not always hiding/showing automatically when they should
  • Improve end of video management (wrongfully translucent menu)
  • Fix broken initial audio volume value

• 0.84 (2013/12/13):

  • Fix startup crash when network connection is unavailable
  • Better frontpage drive/folder icons
  • libVLC 2.1.2

• 0.83 (2013/09/29):

  • Audio channel selection
  • libVLC 2.1.0

• 0.82 (2013/09/27):

  • Fixes frontpage lockups when changing folder

• 0.81 (2013/09/25):

  • Fixes endless/useless files scanning

• 0.80 (2013/09/24):

  • New frontpage movie browser with posters or thumbnails (thanks to Mark Pietras for the motivation/inspiration)
  • libVLC 2.0.8

• 0.71 (2013/07/24):

  • Search,Download,Extract and Load subtitles from opensubtitles.org

• 0.70 (2013/07/20):

  • Revamped menu : top item are always visible when listing many files

• 0.69 (2013/06/24):

  • UPNP remote media support and browsing

• 0.68 (2013/06/12):

  • libVLC 2.0.7

• 0.67 (2013/05/10):

  • Save current crop ratio as it is not video but screen dependant
  • Auto purge missing favorite folders on available drives
  • Fixed secondary slider (audio offset...) reset after using arrows
  • Fixed video position no recovered from current playlist selection
  • Hide menu instead of shriking it on file open

• 0.66 (2013/04/11):

  • libVLC 2.0.6

• 0.65 (2013/04/06):

  • File listing sorting improvement
  • Auxiliary slider reset button
  • Fullscreen button
  • Auxiliary slider function selection icons improvement

• 0.6 (2013/03/24):

  • Audio equaliser (presets)
  • Advanced subtitle configuration (colors, opacity,...) WARNING they are applied to the next played video
  • File browsing improvement (sorting and icons)
  • non disappearing controls fix

• 0.5 (2013/03/21):

  • Installer (copying the new exe over previous installs still works) The application is still as portable as previously, the installer behaves just like extracting an archive, plus optionnal shortcuts creation.
  • Localization support (English/French for now) -> look at "France.lang" to add other languages
  • Automatic subtitles position mode (always above controls)

• 0.4 (2013/03/17):

  • Save last 30 videos progress
  • Subtitles position slider (avoids subtitles being hidden by controls)
  • Smarter OSD Controls disappearing
  • Fixed moved window flickering
  • Added new configuration option (subtitles size, video deinterlace, video acceleration, video quality). They affect the next played video (added Apply option for this)

• 0.3 (2013/03/16):

  • Fixed windowed mode being activated on video stop
  • Fixed window dragging with a new title bar
  • Added font size selection
  • Added new icons

• 0.2 (2013/03/15):

  • Fixed disappearing controls on pause or slider movement
  • Added video adjustments (contrast, ...)
  • Moved windowed/fullscreen options to player sub-menu

• 0.1 (2013/03/04):

  • First release

Screenshots

Streamlined experience: open, watch, exit

Filesystem browser

On Screen Display

Subtitles management and adjustment

Quick adjustement : audio volume, subtitles delay, audio delay, playback speed, disable

Video settings