Play YouTube Videos In VLC Media Player

VLC is a free multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD etc. Here is a good news for all VLC Media Player users that they can also play YouTube videos or YouTube playlist on your desktop without requiring the web browser or the Adobe Flash player.

You just need VLC media player for this process. If you have then fine otherwise get your VLC media player by click here. Let's start this useful tutorial, I hope you like it.

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Now, open the VLC player, press Ctrl+N to open the Network URL dialog and paste any YouTube video URL in the input box.

Advantages Of Watching YouTube Videos With VLC

The streaming videos will play inside VLC Media Player with additional features. For example:

1. Click the Loop button in the controls and the YouTube video will play non-stop in a loop.
2. You can control the Playback speed of the YouTube video.
3. Use the Tools -> Take Snapshot option to capture a screenshot image of any scene in the video.
4. Enjoy the YouTube videos without the ads.

Play YouTube Playlists Inside VLC

VLC, by default, supports only single YouTube URLs but it also possible to play an entire YouTube Playlist in VLC.

Watch an entire playlist of YouTube videos inside VLC Media Player.

Right-click and save this file to your desktop. Now open the VLC installation folder (%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC) and move the .lua file into the exiting /lua/playlist folder.

• Restart the VLC Media Player and choose Media -> Open Network Stream. Now paste the URL of any public YouTube Playlist here and the enjoy the videos.

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