Top 10 Tricks for VLC Everyone Should Know

VLC Player is a free multimedia player Used by huge number of people. VLC can understands many audio and video formats. When you ask why people love VLC, answer is it can play back all of the popular media formats both video and audio.

Usage of VLC is easy,Apart from being a media player VLC can also act as a streaming media server,a screen capture tool.

If you're one of the people looking for the tips and tricks of VLC, this article gives a list of some useful tricks.

Record videos from webcam:
If you like to record your own videos for upload on YouTube or to send video message to other, VLC is very useful to take your videos.

Process to Record

Go to Media
Open Capture Device
Start Recording.

Play Puzzle Game on VLC Player
In this Option you can see that play back of video could be broken down into multiple of parts, which looks like Puzzle Game

Process to Do

Go to Tools
Effective and Filters
Video Effects
Geometry
Enable Puzzle Game( now select number of columns and rows on screen)

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Video Converter
VLC can convert any video to needed format without use of any external Software.

Process to Convert

Media
Convert/Save
Add File
Convert
Select output format and go to start processing video

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Desktop Effect
It's just for Fun not so useful, you can see Desktop screen goes upto infinity.

Process to Do

Media
Open network stream
Type Screen:// and hit play button

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Video streaming
You can play online media directly by Using VLC.
Just you need Video URL that what you want to play on VLC

Process to Go

Media
Open Network Stream
Enter URL and Play(you can use YouTube URL or even Dailymotion and other popular online video librarie)

VLC Essential Shortcuts

F=Full screen
Space=play or pause
+=play speed
-=play slower
m=Mute
Ctrl+q=Quit
Ctrl+up or Mouse wheel up=Volume up
Ctrl+down or Mouse wheel down=volume down
Shift+Right arrow key=Skip forward
Shift+left arrow key=Skip backward

Record Online Video directly
If you want record online streaming videos you can use VLC

Process to Go

Go to Tools
Codec Information
You will see the record Option

Make Attractive Sketch
VLC Media Player has Gradient Effect to show the videos on sketch drawn by an Artist look

Process to GO

Tools
Effects and filters
Video Effects
Image Modification
Check on Gradient

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Screenshots
This is a simple trick everyone know that, VLC screenshot. you can take screenshot of videos on vlc while streaming.

Process to Go