How To Play YouTube Video In VLC

In this trick I will tell you about How to play a YouTube video in VLC Player. 

VLC media player is one of the most trusted and reliable video player which supports almost any video format and seamlessly plays almost all kinds of videos and music. But, did you know that VLC can also be used for streaming, recording and watching YouTube videos. There are some advantages of playing the video in Vlc player.

• Loop through any YouTube video to watch it again and again. This can be done by pressing the loop button in VLC.
• It will save the bandwidth
• You can stream and watch videos directly inside VLC without the need of the web browser. 
• Capture any scene you want to. Make use of VLC’s snapshot feature which is located at “Video Take Snapshot“
• All the image filters: the brightness, contrast, colour selection and others still work while watching YouTube videos in VLC.
• You don’t need any flash player (most browsers need flash player) in order to play the video.
• Alter the playback speed as you normally do with any other video.
• Equalizers still work in VLC. If you are a music lover then listening to any song with your own set of audio output settings is a feature required for sure.
• Moreover, you can use all the VLC controls which you would normally use while playing an offline video such as controlling the play speed, taking screenshots and applying video effects. 
• The biggest benefit of using VLC is the ads free interface.

How To Play YouTube Videos In VLC

VLC can only play single YouTube videos by default. You have to install an extension to play YouTube playlists with VLC.

1. Playing a single video file in VLC

Copy the URL of the YouTube video and open VLC player.

Now go to “File > Open Network Stream“, you can also press the “CTRL + N” keyboard shortcut.

Paste the URL in the box and click the play button.

2. Playing YouTube Playlists in VLC

Make sure that VLC is up to date.

Download YouTube Playlist Parser, you can download it from the direct link.
Copy the downloaded file and paste it in:

For Windows: “%ProgramFiles% > VideoLAN > VLC > lua > playlist”
For Linux: “usr > lib > vlc > lua > playlist“
For Mac OS X: “Applications > VLC.app > Contents > MacOS > share > lua > playlist > “
Restart the VLC player.

Now try the same process as we did with the single YouTube video, but this time with a YouTube’s public playlist URL. With this tutorial you will be able to play any YouTube video and any YouTube playlist in VLC.

Enjoy And Keep Giving Your Feedback !