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Stream Reddit Videos on your PC via VLC Player!!

The VLC media player is a widely used free and open-source, portable, cross-platform media player software. It allows you to play any video or audio format. You can watch your videos as you need. We all know that Reddit is a social sharing website. It helps to view news, connect with people of similar backgrounds. Generally, it works like a newspaper, and every people in this community can vote on it. The most viewed content rises to the top, and others become less visible.

This post will learn some simple instructions to *stream * Reddit ** videos on your Windows PC via a ** VLC media player. Let us jump into this post.

Play Reddit videos on VLC
Play Reddit videos on VLC

Features 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 in a crisp and precise manner.
  • It is ranked amongst the most advanced and *progressive * softwares.

Stream Videos from Reddit to your PV through VLC

You can follow the below-given instructions to stream videos from Reddit to your Windows device using VLC.

  • Initially, it would help to head ** over to the ** online video streaming websiteReddit” that you want to play on your PC.
  • Then, you have to copy the link or URL of the video from your browser’s address bar.
  • For example, we use the following URL from the Reddit website.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/qvowir/two\_kittens\_i\_picked\_up\_from\_the\_highway\_dont/](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/qvowir/two_kittens_i_picked_up_from_the_highway_dont/)
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Copy the path
Copy the path

  • You have to press the CTRL + U shortcut to open ** the **Source page of that video.
  • Kindly check ** in the **Line Wrap box located at the top left of the page in the source page.

Source page
Source page

  • Now, you need to *click * the *CTRL * + *F * shortcut to open the Find box.
  • In the search field, you have to enter ** “ **.mpd.”
  • Then, it will navigate to the dashURL ** section, and you need to **copy that URL.
  • Here, we have given the sample dashURL of the selected video.
[https://v.redd.it/ttjssjtpi2081/DASHPlaylist.mpd](https://v.redd.it/ttjssjtpi2081/DASHPlaylist.mpd)
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Get the Dash URL
Get the Dash URL

  • Launch the VLC Media Player program on your PC.
  • You have to click ** on the *Media * tab and *select * the **Open Network Stream option from the menu.

Open Network Stream
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.

Hit the Play button
Hit the Play button

  • At last, it will start streaming video on your computer through VLC.

Streaming Video
Streaming Video

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  • Firstly, you have to click ** the **hamburger menu (three dots) on the VLC window.
  • Then, you need to *click * the *Stream * option.
  • You have to enter your video URL in the Enter network address section.
  • Now, *click * the *Go * button to play or stream the video.

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I hope that this post might be helpful to you to know how to stream Reddit videos on your Windows PC via a VLC media player. You can check out more VLC related posts on our site, vlc.guru.

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