John Wick

Posted on Mar 5, 2022 • Originally published at vlc.guru on Nov 29, 2021

How to Save Online Videos Using VLC Player?

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VLC Media Player is the most popular, free , open-source , and cross-platform media player worldwide. It can play any audio and video format. This software is available for desktop Operating Systems like Windows, Mac , Linux , and mobile platforms such as android , iOS , and iPad. Many users wanted to download videos using VLC, but they don’t know how? This task is quite simple.

You can download videos from websites like YouTube, Reddit, and so on. With the help of the VLC program, you can also download the online streaming videos to your PC. If you want to do this, then we will assist you. In this article, you will understand how to download online videos using the VLC media player on your system.

Download Online Videos

Specialities of VLC Player

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.

Download Online Videos using VLC

Kindly follow the below-given instructions to download online videos in your system through a VLC media player.

Way 1: Use Network Stream

Launch the VLC Media Player program on your system.
Go to the Media tab , and select the Open Network Stream option from the menu, or else you can press the CTRL + N keyboard shortcut.

Open Network Stream

It will open the Open Media wizard.
Under the Network tab , you have to paste the video URL that you want to download in the “ Please enter a network URL ” field.
For instance, we enter the following Vimeo URL.

[https://vimeo.com/647748643](https://vimeo.com/647748643)

Enter the URL

You need to click the Play drop-down list and select the Stream option, or press the ALT + S shortcut on your keyboard.

Select the Stream option

Now, you will see the Stream Output window , where you need to click the Next button.

Stream Output wizard

After that, select the Display locally option, and click the Add button.

Hit the Add button

Hit the browse button to select the destination where you want to store the file.
Click the Next button.

Click Browse button

Now, click on the Active Transcoding option and choose the video H.264+Mp3 format option in the Profile field using the given drop-down list.
Hit the Next button.

Press the Next button

You have to click on the Stream option to start streaming the video.

Click the Stream button

Once the streaming process is finished, the file will be stored on the selected file location.

Downloaded video

Way 2: By Using Codec Information

Launch the VLC Media Player program on your system.
Go to the Media tab , and select the Open Network Stream option from the menu, or else you can press the CTRL + N keyboard shortcut.

Open Network Stream

It will open the Open Media wizard.
Under the Network tab , you have to paste the video URL that you want to download in the “ Please enter a network URL ” field.
For instance, we enter the following Vimeo URL.

[https://vimeo.com/647748643](https://vimeo.com/647748643)

Then, click the Play button.

Click the Play option

It will start playing the video.
Under the Tools tab , you have to select the Codec information option from the menu.
Alternatively, you can press the CTRL + J shortcut on your keyboard.

Codec Information

It will display the Current Media Information dialog box, where you can see the location field.

Location

You need to copy the url given in the location field and go to your Browser.
Paste the copied URL into your browser window.
It will play the video, where you can see the hamburger menu ( three vertical dots ).
Click on it , and select the Download option to get the video.

Download

It will begin the downloading process as shown below.

Start Downloading process

In such a manner, you can easily get the online videos using VLC.

The Bottom-Line

In this article, we helped you know how to download online videos using the VLC media player on your system. You can check out more VLC related posts on our site, vlc.guru.