--- title: I Redesigned VLC After 25 Years | daily.dev description: A long-time VLC user presents a comprehensive UI/UX redesign concept for the media player, covering color scheme, icon styles, control bar layout, queue vs.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-redesigned-vlc-after-25-years-0anzdfolz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Redesigned VLC After 25 Years | daily.dev og:description: A long-time VLC user presents a comprehensive UI/UX redesign concept for the media player, covering color scheme, icon styles, control bar layout, queue vs.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-redesigned-vlc-after-25-years-0anzdfolz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0aNZDfOlZ.png og:image:alt: I Redesigned VLC After 25 Years og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Redesigned VLC After 25 Years **[Juxtopposed](https://daily.dev/sources/juxtopposed)** · 21 min read · 178 upvotes · 18 comments ## Summary A long-time VLC user presents a comprehensive UI/UX redesign concept for the media player, covering color scheme, icon styles, control bar layout, queue vs. playlist distinction, subtitle management, settings reorganization, media library browsing, and customization options. The creator consulted VLC's original creator and the community for input, proposing changes like moving track/subtitle controls to the right side, adding subtitle timing sliders, consolidating redundant menus, and restructuring the labyrinthine settings into clearer categories. The redesign is planned to be open source and free to use, with a sponsor segment for a design resource tool (Mobin) included partway through. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jpdelatorre** · 23 upvotes > I really hope the devs take this seriously. VLC has so much potential but it is completely unintuitive. **@mavros\_lykos** · 3 upvotes > eventhogh its the best media player .. ever.. **@d7mi** · 2 upvotes > It's great job, it's a great example for UI/UX 👏🏻 **@spamcatcher** · 1 upvotes > VLS has skins, just load it as a skin **@nekku** · 1 upvotes > This stayed a concept, so I built a player inspired by it that you can actually use: Pylon. > > It's not an exact copy of the design. Some parts look different, a few aren't in yet, and I've added my own things, like presets for each show, subtitles for a whole season at once and 8 themes. > > It runs on VLC's engine (you'll need VLC installed). It's free and open source, for Windows and Linux, with an experimental Mac build. It's still a beta. > > I'd love your feedback. Try it and tell me what you'd change or what breaks. > > Github link: ... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I replaced VLC with a leaner open-source player, and I'm not going back](https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-vlc-with-a-leaner-open-source-player-and-i-m-not-going-back-crxkub6s8) · XDA Developers · 42 upvotes · 5 comments - [VLC got its ‘biggest security release ever’](https://daily.dev/posts/vlc-got-its-biggest-security-release-ever--focb0jslu) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [VLC crosses 7 billion downloads](https://daily.dev/posts/vlc-crosses-7-billion-downloads-5j20kknme) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [VLC for Unity now supported on Linux](https://daily.dev/posts/vlc-for-unity-now-supported-on-linux-wuu6vgrdc) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [After 20 years together, VLC and I are finally breaking up, and it's because of this app](https://daily.dev/posts/after-20-years-together-vlc-and-i-are-finally-breaking-up-and-it-s-because-of-this-app-3cugbisim) · XDA Developers · 67 upvotes · 13 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-redesigned-vlc-after-25-years-0anzdfolz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I Redesigned VLC After 25 Years","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-redesigned-vlc-after-25-years-0anzdfolz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-redesigned-vlc-after-25-years-0anzdfolz"},"datePublished":"2026-10-12T13:59:27.860Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T13:59:42.968Z","description":"A long-time VLC user presents a comprehensive UI/UX redesign concept for the media player, covering color scheme, icon styles, control bar layout, queue vs....","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ERFeOgqk324/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ERFeOgqk324/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Juxtopposed","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Juxtopposed","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--MdalXrrw--/f_auto/v1712315280/logos/juxtopposed","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/juxtopposed"},"commentCount":18,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-redesigned-vlc-after-25-years-0anzdfolz","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":178},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":18}],"keywords":"open-source,ui-design","timeRequired":"PT21M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"I Redesigned VLC After 25 Years","description":"A long-time VLC user presents a comprehensive UI/UX redesign concept for the media player, covering color scheme, icon styles, control bar layout, queue vs....","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ERFeOgqk324/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-10-12T13:59:27.860Z","duration":"PT21M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/0aNZDfOlZ","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/ERFeOgqk324"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Juxtopposed","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/juxtopposed"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I Redesigned VLC After 25 Years"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-redesigned-vlc-after-25-years-0anzdfolz","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I really hope the devs take this seriously. VLC has so much potential but it is completely unintuitive.","datePublished":"2026-10-13T02:23:44.744Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0aNZDfOlZ#c-tU0aJS8Ze","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"JP de la Torre","url":"https://daily.dev/jpdelatorre","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--vMLSF3-1--/f_auto/v1787723050/avatars/avatar_0fMQQvxSIIVibBvP847Xo?_a=BAMAMicg0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":23}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"eventhogh its the best media player … ever…","datePublished":"2026-10-13T07:05:06.844Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0aNZDfOlZ#c-G0eVyrQEr","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Charaka Hashan","url":"https://daily.dev/mavros_lykos","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--UhlNgzLT--/f_auto/v1786970273/avatars/avatar_rP15vFIdEPNpDSYMOi2AR?_a=BAMAMicg0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"It’s great job, it’s a great example for UI/UX 👏🏻","datePublished":"2026-10-13T06:59:30.299Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0aNZDfOlZ#c-VLmv0sFh1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Abdulrahman","url":"https://daily.dev/d7mi","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLJe9hf1MQsWHcV8_BP3LaHCHikSpBaaevgkgNLPTBl97o=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"VLS has skins, just load it as a skin","datePublished":"2026-10-13T07:57:47.746Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0aNZDfOlZ#c-y3v3mulnb","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Spam Catcher","url":"https://daily.dev/spamcatcher","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--4C0NYj4f--/f_auto/v1775221074/avatars/avatar_GkdzrXXZUWj7ZNJJbc5oL?_a=BAMAMiWQ0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"This stayed a concept, so I built a player inspired by it that you can actually use: Pylon.\nIt’s not an exact copy of the design. Some parts look different, a few aren’t in yet, and I’ve added my own things, like presets for each show, subtitles for a whole season at once and 8 themes.\nIt runs on VLC’s engine (you’ll need VLC installed). It’s free and open source, for Windows and Linux, with an experimental Mac build. It’s still a beta.\nI’d love your feedback. Try it and tell me what you’d change or what breaks.\nGithub link: https://github.com/nirmaljosephukken/pylon-player\nDownload Page: https://nirmaljosephukken.github.io/pylon-player/","datePublished":"2026-10-15T04:25:31.972Z","dateModified":"2026-10-15T05:29:16.926Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/0aNZDfOlZ#c-djDBjSyzj","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nirmal Joseph","url":"https://daily.dev/nekku","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24356026?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```