{"id":804,"date":"2023-03-09T03:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T03:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playerdiy.com\/blog\/?p=804"},"modified":"2023-03-09T03:13:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T03:13:01","slug":"how-to-download-youtube-videos-with-vlc-1400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/how-to-download-youtube-videos-with-vlc-1400.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Download YouTube Videos with VLC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>\u201cCan VLC media player download YouTube videos? I have heard quite a few people say that they could use VLC media player to download YouTube videos. But when I downloaded and installed VLC media player on my computer, I have no idea on how to download YouTube videos using VLC media player. The VLC media player seems to be playing back YouTube videos only. Where can I download YouTube videos using VLC? Is there any alternative to VLC media player for downloading YouTube videos?\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Developed by VideoLAN, VLC Media Player is a professional and free-to-use media player platform that runs on various operating systems such as Android, iOS, and Windows, etc. As an open-source software tool, VLC media player has many hidden features. Using VLC to download YouTube videos is one of its hidden features. This guide will show you how to download YouTube videos using VLC media player and the best alternative to VLC media player for downloading YouTube videos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"anchor-list-1\">\n<p>OUTLINE<span>CLOSE<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#part1\">Part 1: How to download YouTube videos using VLC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#part2\">Part 2: Best alternative to download videos from YouTube and other sites <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#part3\">Part 3: Comparison between VLC and CleverGet Video Downloader <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part1\"><strong>Part 1: How to download YouTube videos using VLC <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Can VLC media player download YouTube videos? The answer is of course yes. VLC media player could not only download YouTube videos onto your computer, but even provide 2 methods for downloading YouTube videos. You could follow the below guide to learn how to download YouTube videos using VLC media player.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-1.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-1.jpg\" title=\"download youtube videos vlc\" alt=\"download youtube videos vlc\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h3><b>Section 1: VLC downloads YouTube video via video extracting<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In this method, VLC media player helps you extract the video file from your YouTube video URL and then let you save the video directly from its location to your computer. Check the below steps to learn how to download YouTube videos using VLC via file extracting:<\/p>\n<div class=\"anchor-list-blue\">\n<ul class=\"pl40\">\n<li> 1. Kick off VLC media player on your computer. Download and install one if you don\u2019t have VLC media player yet.<\/li>\n<li> 2. Copy the video URL of target YouTube video you want to download from the browser while the video is being played on YouTube.<\/li>\n<li> 3. On VLC media player, click the \u201cMedia\u201d option and then choose \u201cOpen Network Stream&#8230;\u201d on the drop-down menu.<\/li>\n<li> 4. On the \u201cOpen Media\u201d window, open the \u201cNetwork\u201d tab, and then paste the YouTube URL into the address bar as showed on the interface before you click the \u201cPlay\u201d button.<\/li>\n<li> 5. While the video is playing, go to \u201cTools &gt; Codec Information\u201d.<\/li>\n<li> 6. On the &#8220;Current Media Information&#8221; window, under the &#8220;Codec&#8221; tab, copy the file location address in the &#8220;Location&#8221; box.<\/li>\n<li> 7. Then, open your browser and paste the file location address into the browser\u2019s address bar. The browser will then play back the target YouTube video.<\/li>\n<li> 8. On the playback page, right click on the mouse and then choose \u201cSave As&#8230;\u201d option to download YouTube video to your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then, you only need to set a download directory and give the file a name. After that, click the \u201cOpen\u201d button to start downloading YouTube videos via VLC media player.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Section 2: VLC downloads YouTube videos via streaming<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The above method shows you downloading YouTube videos using VLC via file extracting. Alternatively, you could also download YouTube videos using VLC media player via streaming video to a file saved onto your computer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"anchor-list-blue\">\n<ul class=\"pl40\">\n<li> 1. Copy the URL of target YouTube video you want to download from the browser.<\/li>\n<li> 2. Run VLC media player, and then open the \u201cMedia\u201d option on the menu bar to choose \u201cStream\u201d option.<\/li>\n<li> 3. On the follow-up &#8220;Open Media&#8221; window, under the &#8220;Network&#8221; tab, paste the YouTube video URL into the address bar.<\/li>\n<li> 4. Then, open the \u201cPlay\u201d drop-down menu to choose \u201cStream\u201d option.<\/li>\n<li> 5. Now the \u201cStream Output\u201d window appears. Confirm the information on this window and then click the Next button.<\/li>\n<li> 6. On the \u201cDestination Setup\u201d window, make sure the \u201cNew destination\u201d is set as \u201cFile\u201d. After that, click the \u201cAdd\u201d button and the \u201cNext\u201d button to continue.<\/li>\n<li> 7. On the follow-up window, click the \u201cBrowse\u201d button to select a destination to stream the video and give the file a name. Then, click the \u201cNext\u201d button.<\/li>\n<li> 8. Click the down-arrow associated with \u201cProfile\u201d to choose a file format for output file and then click the \u201cNext\u201d button.<\/li>\n<li> 9. Then, click the \u201cStream\u201d button to start streaming the video to a file. When it completes, find the file on your computer and play it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this way, you could stream YouTube video into a file using VLC media player easily.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part2\"><strong>Part 2: Best alternative to download videos from YouTube and other sites<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes you might find VLC media player fails to download YouTube videos. Is there any VLC media player alternative to download YouTube videos? Of course yes. CleverGet Video Downloader is the best YouTube video downloader you could ever get for downloading videos from YouTube and other sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"CleverGet Video Downloader\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/video-downloader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CleverGet Video Downloader<\/a><\/strong> is a professional online video downloader software tool that could download online videos from <strong><a title=\"download videos from YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/how-to-download-youtube-videos-1410.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong>, Facebook, <strong><a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/how-to-download-video-from-twitter-1400.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>, Instagram, and 1000+ free movie sites at up to 1080P resolution. Besides downloading regular YouTube videos, CleverGet Video Downloader could also download YouTube live streaming videos for you. With CleverGet Video Downloader, you could even download YouTube videos in batch. You could download YouTube channels and playlists easily. It\u2019s the best VLC alternative for downloading YouTube videos you could ever get.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rec\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cleverget.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cleverget.jpg\" title=\"CleverGet\" alt=\"CleverGet\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/video-downloader\/\" title=\"CleverGet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CleverGet Video Downloader<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Download Movie Video With 320 Kbps audio.<br \/>\nEasily Download Live Streams Without Quality Loss.<br \/>\nVideo Info Extractor.<br \/>\nSupports Playlist Downloading.<br \/>\nSupport Multi-tasking &amp; Video Info Extractor Inside.<br \/>\nEase-of-use UI.<\/p>\n<div><span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/downloads\/cleverget.html?source=1400_bloghowto\" class=\"rec-dl-win\">Download Wins<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/downloads\/cleverget.html?sys=mac&amp;source=1400_bloghowto\" class=\"rec-buy-mac\" \"=\"\">Download Mac<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The below guide would show you how to download YouTube videos with CleverGet Video Downloader. This guide is also applicable of downloading videos from other video sites. Firstly, free download and install CleverGet Video Downloader on your computer. Then, follow the below guide.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> CleverGet Video Downloader is a module built in <strong><a title=\"CleverGet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CleverGet<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Step 1: Set download directory<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Click the 3-dot icon on the top-right corner of CleverGet program and then choose &#8220;Settings&#8221; option on the drop-down panel to view or even change download directory in the &#8220;Save Video To&#8221; box on the &#8220;Settings &gt; General&#8221; tab. Click the blue &#8220;Save&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-2.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-2.jpg\" title=\"download youtube videos vlc\" alt=\"download youtube videos vlc\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4><b>Step 2: Copy and paste target YouTube video URL<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>After setting download directory, copy YouTube video URL from browser and paste it into CleverGet. Or, open YouTube website within CleverGet and then navigate to the target video you want to download. Play back target video for parsing. Once you have started playing back target YouTube video, CleverGet will start to parse the video URL immediately.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-3.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-3.jpg\" title=\"download youtube videos vlc\" alt=\"download youtube videos vlc\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4><b>Step 3: Choose video to download<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>There will pop out a &#8220;Download&#8221; interface that provides all available video and audio download options of target video for you to choose after the program has completed the analyzing. You need then to choose the proper download option by referring to the video quality, resolution, format, size, and frame rate. Then, click the &#8220;Download&#8221; button to start downloading YouTube videos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-4.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-4.jpg\" title=\"download youtube videos vlc\" alt=\"download youtube videos vlc\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4><b>Step 4: Check downloading YouTube videos<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Then, on the right sidebar of CleverGet Video Downloader, you could view the downloading progress. You could cancel or abort downloading anytime you like.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-5.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-5.jpg\" title=\"download youtube videos vlc\" alt=\"download youtube videos vlc\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h4><b>Step 5: View downloaded YouTube videos<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Under the \u201cVideo\u201d tab of the right sidebar, you could view all downloaded videos. You could play back downloaded YouTube videos, burn to disc, play back with Leawo Blu-ray Player, etc. In this way, you could easily download any video from YouTube website for unlimited offline watching. CleverGet Video Downloader even allows you to download YouTube videos in batch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-6.jpg\" onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-youtube-video-vlc-alternative-6.jpg\" title=\"download youtube videos vlc\" alt=\"download youtube videos vlc\" width=\"600\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>With CleverGet, if you are going to download movies from streaming services like Amazon, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, etc., CleverGet helps. It comes with multiple modules like <strong><a title=\"CleverGet Amazon Downloader\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/amazon-downloader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon Downloader<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a title=\"CleverGet Netflix Downloader\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/netflix-downloader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix Downloader<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a title=\"CleverGet HBO Downloader\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/hbo-downloader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HBO Downloader<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a title=\"CleverGet Disney+ Downloader\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverget.com\/disney-plus-downloader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney+ Downloader<\/a><\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> CleverGet offers free trial version, which enables you to download 3 videos for totally free before you decide to purchase it. Make sure you download online movies for personal use only.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part3\"><strong>Part 3: Comparison between VLC and CleverGet Video Downloader<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Both VLC media player and CleverGet Video Downloader helps you download YouTube videos easily. However, regarding online video downloading, CleverGet Video Downloader is highly recommended. Here we have made a comparison chart between VLC media player and CleverGet Video Downloader below.<\/p>\n<table class=\"dot\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Features<\/th>\n<th>VLC Media Player<\/th>\n<th>CleverGet Video Downloader<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Play back online videos<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Download YouTube videos<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Download YouTube channel<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Download YouTube video in batch<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Download YouTube Live videos<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Download YouTube videos at up to 8K resolution<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Download videos from various other video sharing sites<\/td>\n<td>Only a few limited video sharing sites<\/td>\n<td>Support downloading videos from 1000+ video sharing sites<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Video download speed<\/td>\n<td>Normal<\/td>\n<td>Faster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>You could easily see the differences between VLC media player and CleverGet Video Downloader above. Actually, CleverGet Video Downloader is only a module built in CleverGet. CleverGet offers multiple more modules that could help you download videos from various online streaming services such as Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, and others, while VLC media player can\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide will show you how to download YouTube videos using VLC media player and the best alternative to VLC media player for downloading YouTube videos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/how-to-download-youtube-videos-with-vlc-1400.html\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,215,4],"tags":[216],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-recommendations","category-software-reviews","category-tutorial-customizing-flash-video-player","tag-cleverget-video-downloader"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806,"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions\/806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.playerdiy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}