[vlc] [videolan] Unwanted Christmas Decoration

Adrien Maglo magsoft at via.ecp.fr
Thu Dec 23 11:50:19 CET 2010


Le 23/12/2010 05:35, elliott-brennan a écrit :
> Hi all,

Hello,

> On a more polite tone, is there an easy way to disable Santa, maybe
> some form of electronic Santa Claus, or an Easter Egg which turns off
> the option :))
>
> As a strict aetheist, though I do believe in Santa (I see him
> everywhere!), I can understand that some people find such things
> confronting. Interestingly there are people at my children's school
> who tell their children Santa isn't real and then carry on about their
> invisible friends who created the world. Where's the Great Spaghetti
> Monster when you need him/her/it.
>
> Is there an easy way to switch this off for those people who find offence?
>
> Personally, I'm quite happy to see something pop up for all the
> various invisible friends and mythical beings and creatures identified
> by different cultural groups, but it may be helpful to provide an easy
> 'how to' to assist some people.

There is currently no VLC option to disable the Santa Claus hat displaying.
The only way to remove it is to download, modify and recompile VLC 
source code.

Best regards,


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MagSoft



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