Click the Save button to save the YouTube video to your computer.Ģ. Open a web browser and paste the location information of the YouTube video in the address bar at the top. On a Mac version of VLC, click Window > Media Information.

Now you can play the YouTube video on VLC, if you would like to download the video, there are 2 more steps to go.Ĭlick Tools > Codec Information to copy all the location information of the video in Location bar. Tip: If you're using Mac, go to File > Open Network to paste the video address. You can do the same control on the video as on YouTube. On Windows PC, go to Media > Open Capture Devise > Network in VLC. Open a video on YouTube and copy the video URL from the address bar at the top. You can convert videos to MP4 with VLC, record screen videos and even better, download videos from YouTube on the player Now you can follow the steps below to use this hidden feature. Known as a player, VLC can do more than just play videos. What will you do then? Quit watching or saving the video into your device to have a fluent viewing later? Well, if you have VLC player on your computer, you can download YouTube videos with VLC in the following steps.Īs a free and open-source media player, VLC is popular around the world.

When watching online videos on YouTube, you may be faced with interrupted viewing caused by advertisements and internet disconnection.