Top 5 VLC Media Player Tips & Tricks

VLC Media Player- An open source cross-platform multimedia player crossed mark of normal media players and became one of the leading multimedia player in all operating system . Since it lunched on 2001 it is extending its features and gaining popularity.


It is not just a lightweight, free  multimedia player, there is a lot hidden features inside it as hidden treasure. I think most of you guys are unaware about such hidden tricks. Lets explore it and get maximum with media player named VLC.

Here are top 5 Hidden VLC Media Player Tricks and Tips

#1 Screen Recording With VLC Media Player :

Some peoples are earning  good amount of money by posting Screen Recording videos on YouTube. Most of them post How To tricks with screen recording. This is easy method to earn money with Google AdSense.  The reason may be anything to record screen but we are going to do it with VLC Media Player.

Want to record screen of your PC? VLC is ready to help you. Yes, now you don't have to use any other screen recording softwares or pay for it. VLC is ready to help you.

•  Open VLC media player and select Media -> Open Capture Device

  

  VLC Media Player Trick 1

•  Choose Desktop in drop-down menu named  Capture Mode

• Now  choose preferred frame rate, for normal video 15 is enough but for recording fast moving objects such as video game increase it.

• Finally click the drop-down arrow next to Play and select Convert. In next screen  you can choose video file format and save location. You can leave video file format as default and choose save location and hit Start .

VLC Started doing its job. It is recording your screen in background to Stop recording go to app and Hit Stop.

#2 Use VLC Media Player as Video Converter :

Most of us have one video converter software in our computer its time to uninstall it. Why to use them if our dear VLC media player can do their job? HELL YEAH,
Lets do it,
Follow these steps to convert your video files with VLC Media Player.

Go to Media > Convert/Save .
 Click the Add button to select your file, then choose Convert from the drop down box in the bottom right-hand corner.

#3 Add Watermark on Video with VLC Media Player:

Want to add watermark on your video but don't have any video editing skill? VLC is ready to help you. You can add watermark to your screen recorded  videos with VLC media player.

Go to Tools > Effects and Filters. Click on the Video Effects tab and under the Overlay tab, you will find options to add watermark on screen recording videos.

#4 Set Video As Wallpaper with VLC:

Have you ever thought of seting video as your desktop wallpaper? You can do it using VlC media Player, You just have to follow these steps:
Go to Tools -> Preference ->Video and under the Output drop down box, select DirectX (DirectDraw) video output .

Save and restart VLC. Now play any video and right click on it and go to Video -> Set As wallpaper

#5 Record Playing Video in VLC Media Player:

Want to record your favorite clip from movie ? or just want to trim video ? You can record and capture a snippet of a video that you are playing with VLC media player.

Go to View -> Advanced Controls, new buttons will appear and click on record to start recording and click it again to stop it.


Conclusion: Hope you will agree if someone  call VLC media player as Swiss Army Knife of media players because not only it can play almost any type of incomplete, corrupted media files, it can do a lot then any other heavyweight media player can do.

Thanks for reading and feel free to comment below.

February 13, 2017 Tags : computer , tricks , vlc , windows

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