Learn VLC Player

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Introduction

Basic Information

ICT Competency	VLC Media Player is a general purpose application to play audio and videos.
Educational application and relevance	VLC media player is used to play video and audio files. It supports to play all Audio and Video format files such as mp4, mpeg, divx, flv, mp3, mkv etc).
Version	VLC Media Player 3.4.0
Configuration	After installation, no need to do any configure. Just open VLC media player.
Other similar applications	Winamp, SMPlayer, Media Player Classic, MX Player, Windows Media Player
The application on mobiles and tablets	VLC for Android
Development and community help	VLC Media Player

Overview of Features

• Simple, fast and powerful media player.
• Plays everything: Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.
• Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed: MPEG-2, DivX, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3.
• Runs on all platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix.

Installation

For Windows

• To install VLC Media Player on Windows you can download the installation file click here
• Follow the installation steps and create a desktop shortcut for easy access.

For Ubuntu

• To download the file click here

• Alternatively open terminal in Ubuntu. In the command line give the command "sudo snap install vlc".

For MAC

• To download the file click here

Working with the application

Opening and using the application

• To launch the VLC media player, Go to Application --> Sound and Videos --> Click on VLC Media Player.
• To open the media file like audio and video files go to Media menu --> Click on Open file.
• Then Select one or more files to open dialog box will open. Select any Audio and Video file--> Click Open.
• The file starts playing the Audio or Video file which you have selected.

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  VLC Media Player interface

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  Opening files

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  Selecting more than one files to play

Play and Pause in VLC

• You can pause the video in between by clicking on the pause button and resume it using play button respectively.

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  Pause and Play operation

Jumping to a specific time in video

• VLC allows you to jump to a specific time in a video if you know the playtime of some particular event or occurring.
• This features saves your time of moving the slider to crosscheck the playtime of video.
• To do this, Click on Playback --> Jump to specific time. In the window that appears, give the duration of video onto which you want to jump. Click OK.

Downloading videos from Youtube

VLC lets you play and download YouTube videos right from its desktop interface. Here's how:

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  Downloading Youtube videos in VLC

• Find a video on YouTube—like this one—and copy the URL from the address bar.
• In VLC, go to Media --> Open Network Stream.
• Paste the YouTube link in the box and click Play.
• Under Tools, click Codec Information.
• In the box that gives Location, right-click the block of text and click Select All. Copy this text to your clipboard.
• Go back to your browser and paste the link in the address bar. This will open the source file directly on YouTube's server.
• Right-click the video as it plays and select Save Video As.

Convert Video Files

Here's how to convert between one file and another:

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  Video conversion in VLC

• Under Media, click "Convert/Save."
• Add the file you want to convert in the File Selection section.
• Click "Convert/Save."
• In the Settings section, choose the type of file you want to convert the file into under Profile.
• Give the file a name and location under Destination.
• Click Start.

Taking Screenshot in a video

• You can take screenshot from any part of the video at anytime in VLC. Advantage of this is that it will capture only the video screen so that you are not required to crop it again.

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  Taking snapshot in VLC

• To do this, open the video.
• Pause the video at the moment where you need a snapshot.
• Click on Video--> Take snapshot.

Recording the video

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  Video recording

• VLC allows you to record the video that is playing.
• To do this, Click on Playback --> Record or alternatively there is a red colored button in the interface above the Play/Pause button. Click on that.
• Once you give the command to record the screen, recording process starts and the Record button looks somewhat pressed.
• When you are done with recording, you can again go to Playback --> Record to stop recording. Alternatively you can click on Red button again.
• The recorded videos will be available in your home/videos directory.

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References

Wikipedia