How To Use VLC's Advance Features

How to use
the advance features of

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VLC is personally player out there
the best media
versatile that
it can play
Its so
almost all
types of
media
And the best part of all is its free!
to play video and audio files
VLC is commonly used
VLC can also do more
But aside from that, cool stuffs
It has many advance

features that only a
few people know
This tutorial is aimed

to teach you VLCs
advance features
Lesson #1:
Lesson Overview:
use VLC to take snapshots of videos
use VLC to make video clips use VLC to download YouTube videos use VLC to share videos to within your internet network
Lesson #2: Lesson #3: Lesson #4:
Lesson #5:
useful VLC shortcuts
downloaded and installed

VLC in your computer
Make sure youve
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If not
yet,
heres
http://www.videolan.org
the link to
get one
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Lets
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Lesson #1:
use VLC to take snapshots of videos
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Open your VLC player
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Lets first set the snapshot images will

be saved folder where the
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Click Tools in the menu
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Select Preferences
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the Preferences window

will open
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Select Video
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Go to Video snapshots at the bottom

of the window
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Directory is the location where snapshots will be saved
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To enter location, click

Browse
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Select the folder where youd like

the snapshots to be automatically
saved
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And click Select Folder
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You can edit the prefix name of the file under the Prefix box
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Click Sequential numbering to save files in number sequences
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To change the file format, click the drop down menu
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Select jpg
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Click Save button to keep

your preferences
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controls, click View
To show the advanced
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Select Advanced Controls
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The advanced control buttons

appear at the bottom
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Next, click Media to open

the video you want to play
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Select Open File
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Select the video file
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And click Open
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Click the play button to start the

video
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Click the Play/Pause button to

stop the video
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screen that you want to capture
Use the slider to search for the
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Once the desired image has been

found, click the snapshot button
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a review of the snapshot taken
VLC will show at the top
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and the location of the file with its corresponding file name
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You now have a snap shot copy of the video!
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End of Lesson #1
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Lesson #2:
use VLC to make video clips
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Part 2 is a continuation of
Part 1
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Make sure your advanced
controls are enabled
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and your video file is
already open
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If not, review slides # 30-36
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For lesson #2, we are going
to learn how to use VLC
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to cut video clips from your
personal video collection
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only want a portion of a very
This is very handy when you lengthy video
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Click the play button to start the

video
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where you want to start the recording
Use the slider to navigate to the time
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Use the Frame by frame button to pinpoint the

exact time you want to start the recording
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Frame by frame is like the slider but

is more specific because it captures each
frame movement
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Continue clicking it to advance the frames
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Until youve reached your desired starting frame
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Press the Record button
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This wont start the recording just yet
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You need to press the Play

button next
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through the section
Let the video play you want saved
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At the end of the desired portion,
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Press the Record button again
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saved automatically by
The video clip will be VLC
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in your Videos library*
*for windows
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End of Lesson #2
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Lesson #3:
use VLC to download YouTube videos
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Learn this simple
trick
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YouTube videos
using VLC
download
on how to
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Click Media
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Click Open Network Stream
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Select the Network tab
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Inside this box is where youre

going to paste
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the URL of the video that you want to download
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Open the YouTube video in your

browser
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right-click over the video
To copy the videos URL,
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Click Copy video URL
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Go back to the VLC media

player
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Right-click on the box
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Click Paste
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And click the Play button
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VLC automatically starts

streaming the video
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Next, click Tools in the menu
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Select Codec Information
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The Codec box will open
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At the bottom, youll see the

Location box
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To select the entire link,

double-click inside the box
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Once the entire text is

right-click the mouse highlighted in blue,
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Click Copy
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Open again your browser
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Right-click on the
address bar
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and click Paste
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Hit Enter in your keyboard
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The browser will start

playing the video
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To save the file, rightclick on the video
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Click Save video as
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When documents folder opens,

click the File name box
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Type the name of your video
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When done, click Save
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The video will automatically be downloaded to your computer
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Just wait until download is complete
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Waiting time depends on the size of the video
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End of Lesson #3
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Lesson #4:
use VLC to share videos to within your internet network
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technique to stream
within your internet the same video
Use this VLC
network
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Click Media
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Select Stream
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You have to option to stream from

your file, disc, network or
capture device
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For this tutorial, were going
to stream a video file
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Click the Add button under

File Selection
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Select the video you want to

share
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Click Open
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Click Stream
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Click Next
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Under Destinations, click

the dropdown menu
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Select HTTP
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Click the check box

Display locally
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Click the Add button
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number indicated or you can edit if you want
You can use the default port
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Just be sure to remember the

port number because youll
use this later
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Activate Transcording
Uncheck the
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Click the Stream at the

bottom
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The video will start

streaming
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activated. If not, click to here toggle loop
Loop play should be
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Next thing to do is to
Were almost finish.
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player in another network computer
set up the VLC media
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Open the VLC player
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Click Media
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Open Network Stream
Select
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and port number in the space
Enter your local IP address provided
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This order of should be

observed:
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Type http://
Enter Local IP address Type a colon :

And Enter the Port number
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To know the IP address of your PC, follow these
steps: *
*for windows
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Click your start menu
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Type cmd inside the search box
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Click the cmd program
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opens, type ipconfig
Once the cmd window
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Hit Enter in your

keyboard
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Search for your IP address

next to IPv4 Address
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consist of four decimal

numbers,
your IP address will
Note:
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255, separated by dots
each ranging from 0 to
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number and port number
Take note of your IP
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Remember the port number

in Slide 122,
thats what youll use

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When done, your network URL
should look like this:
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There should be no spaces in between characters
Important:
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text IP address colon
Port number
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Click the Play button
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video to start playing
And just wait for the
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End of Lesson #4
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Lesson #5:
Useful VLC shortcuts
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shortcuts!
We all love
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Im sure that while

your using youre VLC player
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these shortcuts will make your playing
experience a lot
easier
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Keyboard shortcut
Function
Play Pause
Space bar P S
Play file from the very

beginning Stop play
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Keyboard shortcut
Function
Fullscreen
Esc
Leave fullscreen
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Keyboard shortcut +
Function
Increase volume
Ctrl
Ctrl
Decrease volume
Mute
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Keyboard shortcut
Function
Hide Unhide Control buttons
Ctrl
Subtitles On Off
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Keyboard shortcut
Function
Next item in
playlist
Previous item in playlist
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Keyboard shortcut
Function
Ctrl
+ or
Q
Quit VL C
Alt
F4
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End of Lesson #5
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How to use

the advance features of

VLC is personally player out there

the best media

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

And the best part of all is its free!

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

to play video and audio files

VLC is commonly used

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

VLC can also do more

But aside from that, cool stuffs

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

It has many advance

few people know

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

This tutorial is aimed

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

Lesson #2: Lesson #3: Lesson #4:

useful VLC shortcuts

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

downloaded and installed

Make sure youve

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

use VLC to take snapshots of videos

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

Open your VLC player

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

Lets first set the snapshot images will

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

Click Tools in the menu

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

the Preferences window

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

Go to Video snapshots at the bottom

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

Directory is the location where snapshots will be saved

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

To enter location, click

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

Select the folder where youd like

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

And click Select Folder

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

Click Sequential numbering to save files in number sequences

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

To change the file format, click the drop down menu

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

Click Save button to keep

2013 blog.TotallyFantasticVA.com_How to use VLC

controls, click View