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We all know that VLC media player is the most popular media player and is preferred among various media players by most of the people. VLC can play almost every video and audio formats. We use VLC media player to watch movies, videos and listen musics. But do you know you can also perform a lot of other things with VLC media player. I am sharing some hidden tricks of VLC player.


1) Record videos:
First of all play the video which you want to record. Now go to View-->Advanced Control. The record button will now appear. Click on the button while playing the video to start recording. Click on the record button again to stop recording.

2) Download YouTube and other online videos:
First of all go to the YouTube video page which you want to download. Now open your VLC player. Click on Media-->Open Network stream. Paste the URL of the YouTube video page and click Play. Once VLC starts streaming the video, click Tools-->Codec Information and at the bottom of the window you will see a Location box. Copy the URL and paste it on your browser’s address bar. Now download will start.

3) Convert Audio and Video formats:
VLC can also be used as audio and video converter. Go to Media-->Convert/Save. Load the file you want to convert using the Add button and click Convert. Now choose the output format and output file location.

4) Play RAR files:
VLC can also play videos zipped inside RAR files. If the RAR file is split into several files, just load the first part (.part001.rar ) and it will automatically play the whole file.

I guess you like these hidden tricks of VLC. Don't forget to share with your friends if you like it.