Plugin for VLC that pauses/plays video on mouse click

Overview

Pause Click plugin for VLC

VLC plugin that allows you to pause/play a video by clicking on the video image.

Can be configured to work nicely with double-click-to-fullscreen by enabling "Prevent pause/play from triggering on double click" option in the settings. By default it pauses on every click instead.

Table of contents

Supported versions of VLC

VLC 2.1, 2.2 and 3.0 are supported.

VLC versions below 2.1 are not supported. However, there is a lua extension that should work with VLC 2.0 and possibly even earlier versions of VLC.

Support for the newer VLC versions will be available as they get released and as I get time to work on it.

There is an experimental support for the nightly, in-development version of VLC (VLC 4.0). The development version of VLC often breaks both API and ABI, which can result in the plugin failing to build and the plugin built for nightly VLC of today be non-functional in newer nightly VLC builds. Due to this, the support for nightly VLC is very limited and low-priority. The plugin is not guaranteed to work correctly with it, or even work at all. If the plugin breaks to build against newer nightly VLC versions, it might not get fixed for quite some time. It's also quite possible that nightly VLC could have its own bugs that prevent the plugin from working that are out of my control to fix.

Install

Windows

Download an appropriate archive:

Version/Bitness VLC 32 bit VLC 64 bit
VLC 2.1 Download Download
VLC 2.2 Download Download
VLC 3.0 Download Download

For the nightly VLC 4.0 see the nightly builds.

Extract the archive at {VLC}\plugins\video_filter\, where {VLC} is the directory the VLC was installed into. By default, the 32-bit VLC installs into C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\ and the 64-bit one into C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\.

Then follow the usage instructions below on how to enable the plugin.

If you want to build the plugin binary yourself, take a look at the build instructions.

macOS

Download an appropriate archive:

Version/Bitness VLC 64 bit
VLC 2.1 Download
VLC 2.2 Download
VLC 3.0 Download

For the nightly VLC 4.0 see the nightly builds.

Extract the archive at /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/plugins/

Then follow the usage instructions below on how to enable the plugin.

If you want to build the plugin binary yourself, take a look at the build instructions.

Linux

Note that Snap versions of VLC are not supported. Not supported in a sense that I haven't figured out how to build the plugin such that it would be ABI compatible with the Snap VLC and how to make the Snap VLC load the plugin. If someone could figure that out and contribute their findings - that would be very helpful. This Snap VLC discussion might be useful.

Debian

Get required libraries and tools:

sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libvlccore-dev libvlc-dev

Get the latest release of the plugin:

sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/nurupo/vlc-pause-click-plugin
cd vlc-pause-click-plugin
git checkout \
  "$(git tag --list | grep -P '^(\d+).(\d+).(\d+)$' | \
    sed "s/\./ /g" | \
    sort -snk3,3 | sort -snk2,2 | sort -snk1,1 | \
    tail -n 1 | \
    sed 's/ /\./g')"

(Or alternatively download the latest release's tarball, extract it and cd into it)

Build and install:

make
sudo make install

Then follow the usage instructions below on how to enable the plugin.

If these build instructions don't work for you (perhaps you are using a non-Debian-derived Linux distribution), there are more generic build instructions available.

Arch Linux

There is vlc-pause-click-plugin package available in the AUR repository.

Usage

  1. Restart VLC to load the newly added plugin [screenshot]
  2. Go into advanced preferences: Tools -> Preferences -> Show settings -> All [screenshot] [screenshot]
  3. Enable the plugin with a checkbox: (in advanced preferences) Interface -> Control Interfaces -> Pause/Play video on mouse click [screenshot]
  4. Enable the plugin with a checkbox: (in advanced preferences) Video -> Filters -> Pause/Play video on mouse click [screenshot]
  5. Change the plugin settings however you like: (in advanced preferences) Video -> Filters -> Pause click [screenshot]
  6. Restart VLC for settings to take place [screenshot]
  7. Play a video
  8. Click on the video picture to pause/play the video

Make sure you have checked both of "Pause/Play video on mouse click" checkboxes per #3 and #4! It's a very common mistake to skip one of those.

Troubleshooting

I don't see any plugin-related options described in Usage instructions in my VLC preferences

  • Make sure to restart VLC after you have put the plugin .dll (Windows) or .so (Linux) or .dylib (macOS) in the appropriate directory.
  • Make sure you have downloaded the appropriate version of the plugin for the VLC you are trying to use it with. Plugin's version and bitness should match the version and bitness of the VLC you are trying to use the plugin with. Plugin's bitness has nothing to do with the operation system bitness. For example, if you use 32-bit VLC, it doesn't matter whether your Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit, you should use 32-bit version of the plugin, because it matches the bitness of the VLC you use.
  • Some users have reported that they had to run the VLC executable with --reset-plugins-cache flag once for the plugin to appear in the GUI.

I do see the plugin-related options described in Usage instructions in my VLC preferences, but the plugin still doesn't work

  • Double-check that you have followed Usage instructions closely, especially 3rd and 4th points. Look at the screenshots.
  • Some users have reported that they had to re-install VLC and select "Delete preferences and cache" in the installer for the plugin to work.

If the issue persists, open an Issue in this repository and I will try to help.

Green video image

It has been reported that in some configurations (Windows + d3d11 hardware-accelerated decoding + Nvidia graphics) the plugin causes the video image to turn green when playing certain video formats.

There are several possible workarounds:

  • Disable hardware-accelerated decoding.

    You can do so in: Tools -> Preferences -> (Simple) -> Input / Codecs -> Hardware-accelerated decoding

  • Enable filters with "D3D11" in their name: Tools -> Preferences -> (All) -> Video -> Filters

    Note that this results in x2 GPU usage.

  • If you have Intel integrated graphics, you could try making VLC use that for its hardware-accelerated decoding.

License

LGPLv2.1+

Comments
  • Can't install on snap

    Can't install on snap

    Is there a way to install the plugin if I installed vlc 3 through snap? I'm using a debian-based distro of linux but the debian instruction doesn't work, maybe because snap installs the applications in a read-only partition in the root directory. Tried to copy the .so file in /snap/vlc/usr/lib etc.. but can't write in the directory. Is there another way to install the plugin or to copy the file in that directory? (Tried to change the permissions but without success)

    opened by giuseppe-dandrea 30
  • Pause not working for me in VLC 3.0.3

    Pause not working for me in VLC 3.0.3

    It’s the only version I’ve tried it with and I’ve been futzing with it for an hour.

    1. Downloaded & installed the 64-bit version. https://github.com/nurupo/vlc-pause-click-plugin/releases/download/1.0.0/vlc-3.0-macosx.zip

    1

    1. Placed plugin in correct folder. Path is /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/plugins/libpause_click_plugin.dylib.

    2

    1. Enabled Ignore double clicks in Show All>Video>Filters>Pause click.

    3

    1. Enabled Pause/Play video on mouse click in Show All>Interface>Control interfaces.

    4

    1. Closed VLC.

    2. Opened VLC and played video. Clicked window and nothing happened. Double-clicks activate/deactivate fullscreen.

    3. Repeated steps 5&6 multiple times.

    4. Disabled/enabled checkboxes in steps 3&4.

    5. Repeated steps 5&6.

    6. Cussed a lot.

    opened by GitTheHellOutaHere 26
  • Instructions unclear

    Instructions unclear

    Sorry I'm opening an issue because there's just no way I can make this work. I have a fresh VLC 2.2.4 32bit installation (Windows 7).

    I have followed the install instructions to the letter. I have downloaded the 2.2.x, Windows, 32bit version of the plugin and extracted the archive in {VLC}/plugins/video_filter/.

    I have tried extracting only the content of the vlc-2.2.x+ directory. I have also tried extracting the whole archive in this plugin directory, including the whole archive tree, which doesn't really make sense, but that's the instructions. Whatever I do, nothing shows up in the advanced preferences.

    Screenshot : https://postimg.org/image/3u9cnp9jb/

    Of course I have restarted VLC several times, tried uninstalling it, reinstalling is, extracting the plugin in many ways..... Nothing will show up in the preferences.

    Can you please explain how to install this?

    opened by jeremythille 17
  • Play nicely with double click

    Play nicely with double click

    Double click is a shortcut to fullscreen, would be good if this could be detected and the video wasn't played/paused in this instance.

    A possible implementation would be to delay the play/pause until after the double click time window has expired, and then trigger if it was a single click only.

    opened by mustanggb 14
  • Loss of play/pause click functionality with h.265/h.264 codecs

    Loss of play/pause click functionality with h.265/h.264 codecs

    I'm on VLC 3.0.4 64-bit Windows and believe I may be experiencing loss of plugin functionality (if not, then I apologize ahead of time).

    The following checkboxes are checked as per the instructions:

    • Video >> Filters >> Pause/Play video on mouse click (text box reads "postproc:pause_click", also tested with just "pause_click")
    • Interface >> Control interfaces >> Pause/Play video on mouse click (text box reads "pause_click") Left mouse clicks are no-ops with or without "Ignore double clicks".

    In VLC's Advanced Preferences, if I check "Only show current" it does indeed display "Pause click" as a sub-node under Filters.

    Restarting VLC (with or without using the --reset-plugins-cache option) does not appear to help. Starting VLC with or without admin privileges also does not appear to change matters. Non-left-click variants (e.g., middle click) have also yielded no joy.

    opened by ThaddeusChristopher 11
  • Plugin doesn't work on Ubuntu 16.04

    Plugin doesn't work on Ubuntu 16.04

    Hi!

    I already have tested plugin on Ubuntu 16.04 vlc version from 2.2.2 to 2.2.4 and it doesn't seems to work as expected. I had been trying vlc from videolan PPA as well as compile and package vlc myself, but alas it is just not work at all on Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity DE.

    Regards!

    opened by Pleskan 10
  • fullscreen double-click speed doesn't do anything (?)

    fullscreen double-click speed doesn't do anything (?)

    Windows 10, 64-bit VLC v3.0.10, 64-bit

    Tools -> Preferences -> All -> Video -> Filters -> Pause click -> Double click interval (ms)

    No matter how quick I set the double-click to be, the window still seems absolutely massive. Like half a second or more, resulting in loads of unwanted fullscreen toggles. Changing how many milliseconds doesn't seem to change anything at all. Am I doing something wrong here?

    C-feature S-in-progress E-OS-windows E-VLC-B-64 E-VLC-V-3.0 
    opened by nr1995 9
  • Plugin not listed on Mac OS 10.11.6 and VLC 3.0.0, found a command line fix

    Plugin not listed on Mac OS 10.11.6 and VLC 3.0.0, found a command line fix

    Hi, thanks for maintaining this handy plugin!

    I had difficulty installing at Step 3, as the plugin wasn't listed in Settings -> Interface -> Control Interfaces. However, after running

    /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC --reset-plugins-cache

    it appeared and now works.

    Thought you might want to add that to the Mac installation instructions; I can't work out how to get it to rebuild the plugin module list cache from within the GUI though.

    opened by ghost 9
  • Installation unsuccessful. please help.

    Installation unsuccessful. please help.

    I followed all the instructions, step-by-step. downloaded the 64 bit file for windows (which is what I have) Then extracted the file (via winRAR) to the specified path of "{VLC}/plugins/video_filter/" when that didn't work, I went and extracted it again, this time manually finding the path of computer > HPC (C:) > Program Files (x86) > VideoLAN > VLS > plugins > video_filter and placed the file there.

    there's still no check box in the advanced preferences under video filter called "Pause/Play video on mouse click" for me to check.

    I even tried to open the specific file through VLC directly (which is why all the pics next to all the plugin files now have mini-VLC icons next to them instead of the usual gears one)

    I don't understand what I've done wrong. please help.

    pause-play plugin

    pause plugin 2

    opened by 0megaZer0 9
  • Does not work with 64bit 3.0.x nightlies

    Does not work with 64bit 3.0.x nightlies

    I have vlc-3.0.x-64bit-win.zip and tried it with the plugin. After carefully applying all the settings, and restarting VLC, this is what happens:

    VLC does start, but the moment I try to play any movie with it, VLC goes away quietly.

    BTW, I did try older versions too, but the current version of VLC 64 I am using says this in Help | About: 3.0.0-git-20150306-0402 Vetinari

    opened by adem0x 9
  • How to disable toggle fullscreen with mouse double click?

    How to disable toggle fullscreen with mouse double click?

    I just have a question and I do not know where else to ask it. The plugin works great, thank you for creating it.

    There is just a little annoyance that when I make two clicks close to each other, the player toggles fullscreen. A desired behavior for me would be that I toggle pause/play with left mouse clicks and double clicks, and the fullscreen toggle with mouse clicks would be either completely disabled, or reassigned to the middle mouse button.

    I searched high and low, could not find anything. Is there any way to do that?

    C-feature R-implemented 
    opened by Bill-Jobss 7
  • Fedora tips

    Fedora tips

    Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

    Very difficult for fedora newbi

    Describe the solution you'd like

    but when you know it ,its verry simple, the same as Debian but only just one libraries : vlc-devel (and vlc of course)

    maybe you can put it in the readme?

    Describe alternatives you've considered

    no problem if not, just saying for helping

    Additional context

    good job!!!^^

    C-feature 
    opened by Shikakiben 0
  • Mac ARM/Universal binary support request

    Mac ARM/Universal binary support request

    Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

    Plugin doesn’t function when running arm64 binary or universal binary of VLC on an M1 Mac

    Describe the solution you'd like

    Plugin would come in 3 versions: intel, arm64, universal, same as how VLC binaries are distributed

    Describe alternatives you've considered

    Or it could come in 2 versions: intel and arm64 Tried to figure out if I could compile it for myself but I could’t figure out how to get the SDK for VLC 3.0

    Additional context

    In the mean time if you could update the documentation for VLC 3.0 macOS compilation that would be cool too

    C-feature S-help-wanted E-OS-macos 
    opened by kjoonlee 7
  • Does Not Seem to Work (Windows 10,VLC 3.0.12 x64)

    Does Not Seem to Work (Windows 10,VLC 3.0.12 x64)

    • OS: Windows 10
    • VLC version: 3.0.12
    • VLC bitness: 64 bit
    • Plugin version: 2.2.0 (downloaded today)
    • Plugin bitness: 64 bit

    Describe the bug:

    Plug-in doesn't work. i.e. clicking anywhere on the running VLC/video window does not pause/resume playback.

    Steps to reproduce:

    Installed as instructed; Both checkboxes are ticked. No other additional plug-in settings have tick-boxes checked. Have restarted VLC. Have restarted PC.

    Thanks for the effort to make the possibility for this must-have feature, but please help me to get it working.

    C-bug S-cannot-reproduce E-OS-windows E-VLC-B-64 E-VLC-V-3.0 
    opened by Teleportist 16
  • Disable fullscreen toggle on double click does not work

    Disable fullscreen toggle on double click does not work

    Checklist

    Environment

    • OS: macOS 10.15.7
    • VLC version: 3.0.11.1
    • VLC bitness: intel64
    • Plugin version: 3.0
    • Plugin bitness: N/A

    Describe the bug

    When i followed the tutorial of mac os vlc, then I selected disable fullscreen toggle on double click and restart, the double click still activate full screen and single click do pause!

    Steps to reproduce

    follow the mac os tutorial then select disable fullscreen toggle on double click

    Observed behavior

    double click full screen still work

    Expected behavior

    double click enables pause/play function rather than full screen

    Additional info

    C-bug S-info-needed E-OS-macos E-VLC-B-64 E-VLC-V-3.0 
    opened by koujiangheng 5
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