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How To Stream YouTube Videos in VLC Player

May 30, 2015 By Lilesh Moolya Leave a Comment



Stream YouTube videos in VLC

VLC player is indeed a great media player which is available for free and almost all media formats play in it. VLC is a great software which is installed by millions of people around the world. It is free and open source and has lots of features. It can record videos, play and what not! Some people still do not know many cool features of VLC media player. Today we will see how you can play YouTube videos in VLC player. There is no rocket science for this. It is simple and easy. And the best part you won’t get and advertisement in this. Let us see how we can do this!

There is an option in VLC player called as a stream. Streaming means playing the video from the internet. This method is not only for YouTube, but it can also applied to many other websites too. It will give you best possible high-quality video within minutes. You can enjoy YouTube movies or anything in VLC and you will feel that the video is in your PC! Try below steps to stream YouTube videos in VLC media player.



Play YouTube Videos in VLC Media Player

  • Go to your video page which you wish to play on VLC player.
  • Copy the URL of the video. See below image for example..
Copy Video URL
  • After copying open your VLC player.
  • In that click on “Media” and select “Open Network Stream”.
Open Network Stream
  • You will get a text box labelled “Please enter a network URL”. Paste your copied YouTube URL there.
  • After that click on “Play”. If there is no play select it in the drop-down menu.
Paste video URL
  • You will see your video will be playing on screen!
Now enjoy your video in your favorite VLC player! Isn’t it simple and easy? You can use all features of VLC along with your YouTube video too.

Please note that copyrighted video or content ID claimed video will not be streamed. It is against YouTube’s policy so VLC will throw an error if it founds that the video is copyrighted. So you can’t play such videos. Normal user videos will be played easily using this method.

Please update your VLC player from here before doing this. An updated software is always better and stable! It is free and powerful software which can run many video formats. It has all the encoders inside it so you don’t need to install the encoders separately for VLC player.

If you are facing any problem using this on you PC please feel free to comment below. We will try to reply as soon as time allows. Try it and comment your views.

Also Read: Access YouTube in Offline Mode!

If you have any other best method do let us know!

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