How to Do Screen Recording in VLC Media Player?

VLC Media Player is a legitimate program that provides all the features needed for playing media content and is an efficient tool to perform all kinds of tasks. At some point, some of us want to record the video currently running on the VLC Player. For example, we need to record the game footage or record the steps of solving a specific problem. With the help of a VLC player, you can easily record your screen without any extra software. Let us see how to do screen recording in the VLC Media Player program.

Screen Recording in VLC Player

Specialties of VLC

• This software almost supports every video and audio file format and plays every media.
• It is used to convert any medial file formats without using additional plugins.
• VLC can stream media over the local network as well as on the internet.
• It supports many platforms like Windows , Mac, ** and **Linux.
• This program helps to watch videos crisply and clearly.
• It is ranked amongst the most advanced and *progressive * softwares.

Here, we will see three different methods for screen recording using VLC. Let’s see them below.

Enable Advanced Controls

• Firstly, you have to enable ** the “ **Advanced Controls ” option on your VLC program because this option is disabled by default.

Disabled option

• To do this, go to the View tab , and select the “ Advanced Controls ” option from the menu.

View Tab

• Once you enabled it, and you will see the recording options as shown below.

Recording options

• Now, you can proceed with the following instructions for screen recording a video.

Record Streaming Videos

By following the below-given instructions, you can easily stream videos from streaming websites like YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Reddit, and so on.

• Here, we will see how to screen record a video that is streaming from YouTube.
• To do this, go to YouTube, and copy the link or URL of the video from your browser’s address bar.
• For example, we get the following URL.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-iPp6yn0hw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-iPp6yn0hw)

• You need to launch the VLC media player on your device.
• Once the VLC application is launched, ensure that the “Advanced Controls” option is enabled on VLC.

View Tab

• You have to click ** on the *Media * tab and *select * the **Open Network Stream option from the menu.

Open Network Stream

• Then, you have to paste the URL in the “ Please enter a network URL ” field.
• *Hit * the *Play * button at the bottom of the window.

Paste the URL

• After clicking the Play button, it will start streaming the video.
• You have to click the Record button that is located at the left-bottom corner of the VLC program.

Click the button to Start Recording

• When you want to stop the recording process , again click the same button.
• VLC will store your recorded video on This PC -> *Videos * section.

Recorded video

Steps to Record Video by Inserting Disc

To record a video on a VLC player with the help of Disc, do as follows.

• Initially, you have to insert your Disc on your device for screen recording.
• You need to launch the VLC media player on your device.
• Once VLC is launched, ensure that the “Advanced Controls” option is enabled on VLC.

View Tab

• Under the Media tab , you need to select the Open Disc option from the menu.

Open Disc option

• Under the Disc tab , you need to select the disk type ( DVD , Blue-ray , Audio-cd , svcd/VCD ) that you are inserting in the Open Media dialog.
• Use ** the *Browse button * to **select a file that you want to open on VLC.
• Finally, *click * the *Play * button to watch the video.

Open Media Dialog

• Finally, *click * the *Play * button to watch the video.
• After hitting the Play button, VLC will play your video.
• You have to *click * the *Record * button that is located at the left-bottom corner of the VLC program.

Click the button to Start Recording

• When you want to stop the recording process , again click the same button.
• VLC will store your recorded video on This PC -> *Videos * section.

Screen Recording Local Files

You can also do screen recording local files on your PC using VLC media player software.

• You need to launch the VLC media player on your device.
• Once VLC is launched, ensure that the “Advanced Controls” option is enabled on VLC.

View Tab

• Under the Media tab , you have to select the Open File.. option.

Click the Open File option

• Now, it will open the Explorer window , where you need to navigate to your file location , select the file, and hit the Open button.

File Explorer

• Now, it will play the selected video on your VLC.
• You need to click on the Start button to start the recording process.

Press the Record button

• When you want to stop the recording process , again click the same button.
• VLC will store your recorded video on This PC -> *Videos * section.

Recorded Video of VLC

Wind-Up

This guide helped you to know how to do screen recording in the VLC Media Player program. You can check out more VLC related posts on our site, vlc.guru.

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