VLC: Adjust Still Image Slideshow Duration
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Fire up VLC.
I made a video and still image slideshow recently in VLC, and couldn’t figure out how to change duration of the still images from the default 10 seconds. Here’s how:
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Make a playlist by dragging & dropping media files into VLC. Here I’ve got one video and one still.
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Save your playlist.
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Give your playlist a name, and set the format to XSPF.
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Open the XPSF playlist file in TextEdit.
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Adjusting Still Image Duration in VLC Slideshow Playlists
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