Many people use VLC as their video player of choice, but the app is capable of more than simply playing videos. Using various methods, you can download and save YouTube videos directly to your computer’s hard drive.
The first method is fast and straightforward: open the VLC player and navigate to the “Media” menu at the top of the window. Select “Open Network Stream” and paste the URL for your YouTube video, then click “Play” at the bottom of the window. A few seconds later, a message will pop up asking if you want to save the file, which you can do by clicking “Save.”
Once you have saved the file, you can find it wherever you save it on your computer.
Using this method, you may also choose to convert your YouTube video into an audio file. Select “Network Stream” from the Media dropdown menu, then paste it into your YouTube video URL. This time, instead of clicking “Save” when prompted by VLC, select “Stream” and then turn off all boxes except for “Audio-MP3.”
Read further to know some commonly asked questions regarding playing YouTube videos on VLC.
How To Play Youtube On VlC Android?
To play YouTube on VLC Android, import your YouTube video link into VLC Android. Input the YouTube URL using the “Open Network Stream” function. You can choose a suitable format for Playback after clicking the playback” button in VLC Android.
For more detailed steps on how to play YouTube on VLC, refer to the following instructions:
- Open VLC for Android.
- Navigate to the video you want to play on your phone.
- Tap Share below the video image and title.
- Tap the Copy link.
- Go back to VLC and tap the hamburger menu (the three horizontal lines) in the upper-left corner of the screen.
- Tap Stream.
- Paste the YouTube URL you copied into VLC by tapping Paste at the screen’s top, then OK on the confirmation pop-up.
- Tap Play in the bottom-right corner of the screen to start playing your YouTube video through VLC!
How Do I Open Youtube With VlC?
YouTube offers two different methods of opening links through VLC. The first and simplest is to click the “Open in VLC” button at the bottom of the video.
If you have opened YouTube for the first time, you may have been asked to choose between using the YouTube app or a different video player. Many people don’t know that there is a third option: using VLC. People don’t know about VLC because it’s not very popular. As of 2018, more than 1 million registered users are on YouTube. Still, only around 2 million people use VLC. Surprisingly, more people don’t use VLC because it’s free and easy to install and use.
To install Vlc, navigate to https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ in your web browser and click the green “Download for Windows.” Once you’ve downloaded the file onto your computer, double-click it to open it, then select “Run” from the menu bar at the top of your screen. Follow instructions from there and wait until VLC has finished installing on your computer. If you want to use VLC instead of YouTube when opening videos on your computer, go to your Desktop (or wherever you downloaded VLC), right-click the icon, and select “Create Shortcut.” You can then drag this shortcut wherever you want on your Desktop.
There are also several options for opening YouTube with VLC.
In the VLC media player, select Media > Open Network Stream. Then, enter the URL for the YouTube video you’d like to open in the Open Media windows. You can also enter a search term in the URL field to search for a video on YouTube.
You can also download and install the VLC extension for Chrome, which will add an option to your browser’s context menu for opening YouTube videos with VLC.
If you use Firefox and want to open YouTube videos with VLC, you can install the Open With VLC extension and click it whenever you’d like to play a video using VLC.
For more information about using the VLC media player to watch YouTube videos, please visit https://www.vlchelp.com/open-youtube-with-vlc/.
Why Can’t I Open Youtube Videos On Vlc?
YouTube’s streaming format uses a “proprietary” codec (so-called because the company that made it, Google, has chosen not to make it public for all to see). It would be best to have a “codec pack,” a set of codecs you can download from the internet and install into your VLC player.
The website “www.all-in-one-codec-pack.com” offers a Windows all-in-one package that contains every codec you’ll need to play pretty much any video type on your computer.
To install it, go here: www.all-in-one-codec-pack.com/download.php#download
Install that, and afterward, you should be able to watch YouTube videos using VLC.
Before you open YouTube in VLC, ensure you have the latest version of the VLC Player. You can do this by going to the VideoLAN website and selecting your platform (Windows, Mac OSx, Linux, etc.). Click on the version recommended for your platform. The file will download as an Excel file. If this file doesn’t work with your system, select one of the alternatives listed below.
You can now open YouTube videos in VLC by following these steps: Go to any YouTube video’s URL in your web browser and add ‘vlc’ after ‘www.’ and before ‘YouTube.’ For example https://www.vlcyoutube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
- Press enter and wait for the video to load in VLC Media Player (this may take a few moments).
- If a pop-up box asks you to set a network interface, leave it blank and click OK.
- Your YouTube video should now be playing in VLC Media Player!
Can VlC Still Download Youtube Videos?
VLC was an excellent way for people to download videos from YouTube and play them on their computers. However, because of recent program changes and how YouTube works, VLC can’t download the videos ore.
But don’t worry; there are other ways to download and watch YouTube videos offline. You can use a third-party video player like AceThinker Video Keep or a website like SaveFrom.net to download the video and watch it later.
Now, let’s discuss how to download a YouTube video using VLC.
Once you’ve determined that your internet connection is stable and your computer has the hardware needed to use VLC, you can follow these steps:
- Open VLC and click Media on the menu bar
- Click on Open Network Stream
- Copy the URL of the video you want to download
- Paste the URL into the box that says Please enter a network URL: and click Play
- In the menu bar, click on Playback
- Click on RecordingPlaybackand choose Desktop from the options provided
- Click on Browse and choose where you’d like to save your file (you can also change the name at this time)
- Click Save and then Record
- Once you’ve clicked Record, start playing your video, and it will be saved as an MP4 file.
Conclusion
It’s a common thing to use VLC to play YouTube videos.
VLC is an open-source, cross-platform media player that makes it easy to watch any video format. It’s a good choice if you want to customize your video playing experience—you can adjust the size, speed, and other features without leaving the app. If you’re watching a video and have to take a break but don’t want to lose your place, you can pause it and return later without losing anything!
VLC also supports formats other players, like Ogg Opus or VP9 codecs, don’t natively support. This means you’ll be able to play almost any YouTube video on your computer in its original resolution, no matter your internet connection speed! Ensure you have enough storage space on your computer before downloading these high-resolution files (which could take up as much as 20GB).
Whatever your preference when playing videos offline, VLC is undoubtedly one of the best.
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