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Built-In VirtualDJ Video Skins

Video skins copied as-is from the local VirtualDJ application bundle. Video skins are a distinct category from deck skins: VirtualDJ renders them onto the video/broadcast output (the master video mix, karaoke, and streaming overlays), and installs them under a separate VideoSkins/ folder rather than Skins/.

They use the same <skin> XML format as deck skins — see docs/Skin SDK.md, docs/Skin Waveforms.md, and the XML element inventory (just find-xml-elements --family=video_skins) — so they are useful reference material for skin authoring, especially for <visual> video sources and effect-introspection idioms.

Source:

  • Path: /Applications/VirtualDJ.app/Contents/Resources/videoskin{broadcast,karaoke,live}.zip
  • VirtualDJ version: 8.5.9307
  • Bundle version: 18.0.9482
  • Copied on: 2026-07-14

Treat these as Built-in skin evidence: semi-official executable examples of shipped VirtualDJ video-skin XML. Like the deck-skin copies, they are kept exactly as shipped and are not guaranteed to pass strict XML parsers (VDJScript-heavy attributes, raw &).

Do not hand-edit these copies. Refresh from the app bundle when updating to a new VirtualDJ build, then review the diff.

Refresh command:

for s in broadcast karaoke live; do
  unzip -o -q "/Applications/VirtualDJ.app/Contents/Resources/videoskin$s.zip" -d "examples/VideoSkins/Built-In/$s"
done

Included skins:

Skin <skin name> Files Notes
broadcast/ for Broadcast broadcast.xml, broadcast.png, preview.png Atomix 2018. Source of the effect-name get_effect_slider_default 'active' <fallback> form (line 241) — see docs/Effects Engines.md.
karaoke/ for Karaoke karaoke.xml, karaoke.png, preview.jpg Karaoke video overlay.
live/ for Live live.xml, live.png, preview.png Live/streaming layout.