
It reveals additional things you can do with the media. It is an interesting feature useful for mashups.īesides the Play button, you can also see a small down-facing arrow.
Play another media synchronously (extra audio file, …)Įxtra Media: Activate the checkbox and you can add another audio or video file to play along with the YouTube video. It is useful to avoid the unnecessary parts. Start Time: Choose a point in the video from where it begins playing. You can change it to a higher number if the player stops at multiple intervals but you might have to wait in the beginning. Caching: Change how much of the video is cached and loaded before playing begins. To access the streaming options check the show more options checkbox.
There are a few options that you can set before streaming and you can also choose what happens after the video streams. You can find the video resolution and other media information by hitting CTRL + J or from Tools > Media information. The available options are Best available, Full HD (1080p), HD (720p), Standard Definition (576 or 480 lines), Low Definition (360 lines) and Very Low Definition (240 lines).
Choose an option next to Preferred video resolution.To choose the quality of the video that is fetched:
The YouTube website and app doesn’t have this feature. It is a great way to watch YouTube videos in high speed like 1.2x so that you save some time. You can even choose the quality of the media and also use all the controls and features of VLC Media Player like speeding it up or slowing it down. The video will begin to stream and play immediately.
Enter the direct YouTube URL to the video. Click on Media > Open Network Stream…. Here are the steps to play YouTube Videos in VLC Media Player: When the process bar on the main screen moves to the end, the download process will be finished and you can find the downloaded file in the folder you specified before.Pro Tip: The quickest way to open a YouTube video is to drag and drop a youtube link from your browser (or anywhere else) to VLC’s interface. Select Stream and the VLC video downloader will start downloading the video. Meanwhile, make sure the Active Transcoding option is enabled. Open the drop-down format menu and Select Video – H.264 + MP3 (MP4), which means that the output video will be saved in MP4 format with H.264 video codec and MP3 audio codec. Then, you will see a new interface, in which select Add > Browse to specify the output destination and file name. On the Stream output window, select Next. Click on the inverted-triangle button next to Play, select Stream. Then, paste the URL into the “Please enter a network URL” box. Open the web page of the video you want to download and copy the URL address of the video. On the main screen, select Media > Open Network Stream…. After the installation, click the traffic cone icon on your desktop to open VLC media player.