App preset
VLC: controller layout for Mac
VLC can be driven from a game controller, a MIDI pad, or an adaptive controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the app sees an ordinary keyboard and mouse. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: Play, seek, volume, fullscreen.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for VLC and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
The preset can open VLC.app for you when it activates.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| A / Cross | Space | Play / Pause (Space) |
| B / Circle | F | Fullscreen (F) |
| Left stick left | Left | Seek back (Left) |
| Left stick right | Right | Seek forward (Right) |
| LB / L1 | Command (Left), Up | Volume up |
| RB / R1 | Command (Left), Down | Volume down |
| D-pad left | Left | Seek back |
| D-pad right | Right | Seek forward |
| Right trigger | Left click | Click |
| Start / Options | Escape | Exit fullscreen (Esc) |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Tips
- A button plays and pauses; B toggles fullscreen.
- Left stick or D-pad seeks; bumpers change volume.
Make it yours
Nothing here is fixed. Rows can be re-scanned to a different control, given hold and double-tap actions, chords, turbo, macros, haptic or spoken feedback, and per-binding deadzones and sensitivity curves. The binding editor guide covers every option, and the controller map shows what each control is called.
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