New default skin by aLtgLasS. Many thanks for making one on such short notice.

NEWS

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Interfaces:
     - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
     - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
  * Skins2 
+    - New default skin
     - Support for Winamp 2 skins
     - Improved playlist handling
     - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...

THANKS

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Damien Fouilleul <damien.fouilleul at laposte.net> - DirectShow input improvemen
 Daniel Fischer <dan at subsignal dot org> - Shoutcast output support
 Daniel Stränger <vlc at schmaller d0t de> - M3U, xtag and playlist improvements. Meta information core fixes. XSPF playlist support
 David Kennedy <dkennedy at tinytoad.com> - X11 fullscreen patch
+Daniel Dreibrodt, aka aLtgLasS <daniel d.t dreibrodt -@t- gmx d0t de> - VLC 0.8.5 default skin
 Daniel Nylander <info@danielnylander at se> - Swedish translation
 David Weber <david_weber at gmx.de> - Mac OS X interface design & graphics (v0.5.0)
 Davor Orel <syntheticamac at yahoo.it> - Mac OS X icons

share/Makefile.am

 NULL =
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(DIST_rsrc) $(DIST_fonts) \
-	$(skins2_default_vlt_FILES) $(skins2_playtree_vlt_FILES)
+	$(skins2_default_vlt_FILES)
 
 pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/vlc
 
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ nobase_dist_pkgdata_DATA = \
 	$(DIST_osdmenu_dvd) \
 	$(NULL)
 
-nobase_pkgdata_DATA = skins2/playtree.vlt
+nobase_pkgdata_DATA = skins2/default.vlt
 
 skins2/default.vlt: $(skins2_default_vlt_FILES)
-skins2/playtree.vlt: $(skins2_playtree_vlt_FILES)
 
 MOSTLYCLEANFILES = $(nobase_pkgdata_DATA)
 
@@ -77,161 +76,35 @@ DIST_skins2 = \
 	$(NULL)
 
 skins2_default_vlt_FILES = \
-	skins2/default/add_item_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/add_item.png \
-	skins2/default/body.png \
-	skins2/default/close_mouseover.png \
-	skins2/default/close_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/close.png \
-	skins2/default/delete_item_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/delete_item.png \
-	skins2/default/disabled.png \
-	skins2/default/fast_disabled.png \
-	skins2/default/fast_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/fast.png \
-	skins2/default/FreeSansBold.ttf \
-	skins2/default/next_disabled.png \
-	skins2/default/next_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/next.png \
-	skins2/default/pause_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/pause.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_body1.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_body2.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_body3.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_body4.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_body6.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_body7.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_body8.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_body9.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_button2.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_button_onclick2.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_button_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist_button.png \
-	skins2/default/playlist.png \
-	skins2/default/play_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/play.png \
-	skins2/default/preferences_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/preferences.png \
-	skins2/default/previous_disabled.png \
-	skins2/default/previous_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/previous.png \
-	skins2/default/reduce_disabled.png \
-	skins2/default/reduce_mouseover.png \
-	skins2/default/reduce_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/reduce.png \
-	skins2/default/resize.png \
-	skins2/default/rev_disabled.png \
-	skins2/default/rev_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/rev.png \
-	skins2/default/slider2.png \
-	skins2/default/slider_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/slider_playlist.png \
-	skins2/default/slider.png \
-	skins2/default/slider_volume_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/slider_volume.png \
-	skins2/default/slow_disabled.png \
-	skins2/default/slow_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/slow.png \
-	skins2/default/sort_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/sort.png \
-	skins2/default/stop_disabled.png \
-	skins2/default/stop_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/stop.png \
-	skins2/default/theme.xml \
-	skins2/default/volume.png \
-	skins2/default/vout2.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_body1.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_body.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_bottom_left.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_bottom.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_bottom_right.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_left.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_onclick.png \
-	skins2/default/vout.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_right.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_top_left.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_top.png \
-	skins2/default/vout_top_right.png
-
-skins2_playtree_vlt_FILES = \
-        skins2/playtree/add_item_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/add_item.png \
-        skins2/playtree/body.png \
-        skins2/playtree/closed.png \
-        skins2/playtree/close_mouseover.png \
-        skins2/playtree/close_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/close.png \
-        skins2/playtree/delete_item_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/delete_item.png \
-        skins2/playtree/disabled.png \
-        skins2/playtree/fast_disabled.png \
-        skins2/playtree/fast_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/fast.png \
-        skins2/playtree/FreeSansBold.ttf \
-        skins2/playtree/item.png \
-        skins2/playtree/next_disabled.png \
-        skins2/playtree/next_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/next.png \
-        skins2/playtree/open.png \
-        skins2/playtree/pause_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/pause.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_body1.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_body2.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_body3.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_body4.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_body6.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_body7.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_body8.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_body9.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_button2.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_button_onclick2.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_button_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist_button.png \
-        skins2/playtree/playlist.png \
-        skins2/playtree/play_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/play.png \
-        skins2/playtree/preferences_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/preferences.png \
-        skins2/playtree/previous_disabled.png \
-        skins2/playtree/previous_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/previous.png \
-        skins2/playtree/reduce_disabled.png \
-        skins2/playtree/reduce_mouseover.png \
-        skins2/playtree/reduce_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/reduce.png \
-        skins2/playtree/resize.png \
-        skins2/playtree/rev_disabled.png \
-        skins2/playtree/rev_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/rev.png \
-        skins2/playtree/slider2.png \
-        skins2/playtree/slider_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/slider_playlist.png \
-        skins2/playtree/slider.png \
-        skins2/playtree/slider_volume_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/slider_volume.png \
-        skins2/playtree/slow_disabled.png \
-        skins2/playtree/slow_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/slow.png \
-        skins2/playtree/sort_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/sort.png \
-        skins2/playtree/stop_disabled.png \
-        skins2/playtree/stop_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/stop.png \
-        skins2/playtree/theme.xml \
-        skins2/playtree/volume.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout2.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_body1.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_body.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_bottom_left.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_bottom.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_bottom_right.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_left.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_onclick.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_right.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_top_left.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_top.png \
-        skins2/playtree/vout_top_right.png
+        skins2/default/main/pause_over.png \
+        skins2/default/main/main_up.png \
+        skins2/default/main/timeslider.png \
+        skins2/default/main/main_down.png \
+        skins2/default/main/main.png \
+        skins2/default/main/dvd_prevtitle.png \
+        skins2/default/main/dvd_nexttitle.png \
+        skins2/default/main/Thumbs.db \
+        skins2/default/main/dvd_nextchapter.png \
+        skins2/default/main/pause_up.png \
+        skins2/default/main/main_over.png \
+        skins2/default/main/pause_down.png \
+        skins2/default/main/dvd_prevchapter.png \
+        skins2/default/main/vol_mask.png \
+        skins2/default/main/vol_slider.png \
+        skins2/default/main/dvd_menu.png \
+        skins2/default/switch.png \
+        skins2/default/font.otf \
+        skins2/default/credits.png \
+        skins2/default/theme.xml \
+        skins2/default/playlist/plscroller.png \
+        skins2/default/playlist/playlist_down.png \
+        skins2/default/playlist/playtreeglyphs.png \
+        skins2/default/playlist/playlist_up.png \
+        skins2/default/playlist/Thumbs.db \
+        skins2/default/playlist/playlist_over.png \
+        skins2/default/playlist/playlist.png \
+        skins2/default/minimal.png \
+        skins2/default/equalizer.png
 
 DIST_http = \
 	http/.hosts \