JuceVLC: A fullscreen User Interface for VLC

Summary

JuceVLC is VLC with a simple Media Center like fullscreen User Interface.

Download here

Goal

Browse and watch movies from your couch with a wireless mouse.

Features

• Browse local files easily and adjust settings using On Screen Display (O.S.D.), no tiny system file selection dialog
• Big, customizable fonts size and no 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: Installer can be run multiple times:
  • once for your computer, activating shortcut creation,
  • and again for your usb key or external hard drive. (you can uncheck the shortcuts creation when installing)
• 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 usually paste future VLC minor updates 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;-)

See old webpage here: http://jucevlc.sourceforge.net/index.html

Reviews

• www.clubic.com (French)

  Portable, intuitif et complet comme VLC media player, JuceVLC offre une interface Media Center qui vous permettra de rechercher et incruster des sous-titres en ligne sur vos épisodes et films préférés.

• www.download3k.com

  When it's all said and done, I really like JuceVLC, and I'll definitely keep it on my computer for a while. That being said, I feel the initial UI could really throw off some basic PC users who wouldn't even think to try right-clicking the back arrow. In reality, that's still a very minor issue because it can be fixed easily, still a fantastic program you should definitely try.

• www.findmysoft.com

• www.softpedia.com

• www.softmazing.com

• www.lo4d.com

  Overall and thanks to being powered by the immensely popular open source VLC, JuceVLC is able to provide a modern look combined with pure functionality. Perfect for those with larger screens.

• connectfreegadget.com (Russian)

• www.ilovefreesoftware.com

• www.dinside.no (Norwegian)

• www.addictivetips.com

Screenshots

Browse files

On Screen Display

Subtitles management and adjustment

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

Video settings

Developpers / Building tips

The project relies on multi-platform libraries could also compile on Linux / MacOS environments

Tools / Libraries

• clang-cli 17.0.6 (for Windows) https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-17.0.6
• JUCE 7.0.9 (repository submodule) https://juce.com/
• LibVLC 3.0.8 (repository submodule, .lib files extracted from windows 64bits installed .dll) http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
• CMake 3.15 https://cmake.org/download
• NSIS 3.09 (for Windows) https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis
• NSIS FindProcDLL plugin https://nsis.sourceforge.io/FindProcDLL_plug-in
• Visual code (facultative)

VLC/JUCE Submodules update

git submodule update --init --recursive